At the Annual Awards Breakfast on Saturday, USATF announced 2005
awards winners for their contributions on and off the track. Award
winners are listed below:Frank Sevigne Award: Judge Norine Richardson
Bill Hargrove Award: Arizona
Otto Essig Award: Twin Cities Marathon
Paul Spangler Award: Evelyn Cockerham & Abraham
Weintraub
Masters Athletes of the Year:
Male: Emil Pawlik
Women: Nadine O'Connor
Outstanding Single Event Performance:
Women: Oneithea (Nini) Lewis
Men: Mel Larsen
Athlete of the Year - Combined Events:
Women: Christel Donley
Men: Emil Pawlik
Race Walker Women: Teresa Vaill
Race Walker Men: Ray Sharpe
Masters Administrator of the Year: Sandy Pashkin
Masters LDR - Outstanding Athletes of the Year:
40-44: Colleen De Reuck, Mbarak Hussein
45-49: Carmen Ayala-Troncoso, John Tuttle
50-54: Kathryn Martin, Gary Romesser
55-59: Gloria Jansen, Terry McCluskey
60-64: Marie-Louise Michelsohn, Don Coffman
65-69: Barbara Miller, Bill Borla
70-74: Ginette Bedard, Ray Parrella
75-79: Toshiko D'Elia, Jerry Johncock
80-84: Helen Klein, John Keston
85-89: Hedy Marque, Henry Sypniewski
90-94: Evelyn Cockerham, Dudley Healy
95+ Abraham Weintraub
Associations of the Year: Southern California
Horace Crow Jr. Award: Norm Green
Cross Country Awards:
Women: Lauren Fleshman
Men: Jorge Torres
Council Merit: Oregon Association
Masters Men: David O'Keeffe
Masters Women: Carmen Ayala-Troncoso
Mountain Runners of the Year:
Women: Laura Haefeli
Men: Simon Gutierrez
Masters Women: Lisa Goldsmith
Masters Men: Bernie Boettcher
Other award winners: Anne Riddle Lundblad
Dave Mackey, William Emerson and Tania Pacev.
MUT Contributor: TEVA
Men's Long Distance Running:
Scott Hamilton Memorial Award: Bob Latham
H. Browning Ross Memorial Award: Bob Larsen
Robert E. DeCelle Jr. Memorial Award: Meb Keflezighi
Women's Long Distance Running:
Runner of the Year: Nicole Aish
Contributor of the Year: Marja Bakker/Joe Vigil
Officials:
Horace Crow Award: Lane Donell
Charles M. Ruter Award: Fred Alder & Bill Buttermore
John R. Davis Memorial Award: Bob Langenbach
Athletes Advisory Committee:
Florence Griffith Joyner Award: Robin Reynolds
Race Walk Award Winners:
Captain Ron Zinn Memorial Awards:
20Km Male: Tim Seaman
20km Female: Teresa Vaill
50km Male: Philip Dunn
Association: Long Island
Mike Riban Contributor Award: A. C. Jaime
Henry Laskau Award (top juniors): Maria Michta, Zachary Pollinger
Al Heppner Scholarship Award: Maria Michta
Chairman's Award: David Baldwin
Howard Schmertz Meet Director of the Year Award: Tim Weaver
Joseph Robichaux Award: Barbara Jackett
Heptathlon Award: Hyleas Fountain
C.C. Jackson Awards:
Track Events: Allyson Felix
Field Events: Tianna Madison
Harrison Dillard Award: Justin Gatlin
Jim Thorpe Award: Bryan Clay
Glenn Cunningham Award: Bernard Lagat
Distinguished Service Award: Charlie Green
John Bennett Decathlon Athlete Award: Bryan Clay
John Bennett Decathlon Contributor Award: Kip Janvrin
Athletics for the Disabled Association Award:
Long Island Track & Field
Individual Contributor: Steve Cueme