INDIANAPOLIS - At the Annual Awards Breakfast Saturday morning, USA Track & Field announced the 2006 awards winners for their contribution on and off the track. The winners are listed below:

Youth Athletics Committee Awards
Frank Sevigne Award: Inez Finch and Harold "Lefty" Martin
Bill Hargrove Award: North Carolina
The Chair Awards: Erika Baxter, Larry Colbert, Sr., Jack Enad, James Duncan, Ron Jackson, Al McDaniels, Ginger Mulanax, Roma Poole, Robert W. Smith and Ray Vanderstein

Masters LDR Committee Awards
Otto Essig Award: Don Lein
Paul Spangler Award: Kathryn West and Vernon Schaefer

Age Division Runners of the Year:
40-44: Colleen DeReuck, Dennis Simonaitis
45-49: Carmen Ayala-Troncoso, John Tuttle
50-54: Kathryn Martin, Pete Orban
55-59: Nancy Rollins, Gary Romesser
60-64: Jan Holmquist, Gerard, Malacynski
65-69: Barbara Miller, Bill Borla
70-74: Ginette Bedard, Bill Riley
75-79: Toshiko D'Elia and Lois-Ann Gilmore, Joe Fernandez
80-84: Helen Klein, Lou Lodovico
85-89: Louise Rossetti, Bill Tribou
90-94: Marion Downs, John Gray
95-99: Kathryn West, Vernon Schaefer

Masters Track & Field Committee
Masters Athletes of the Year:
Male: Bill Collins
Female: Nadine O'Connor
Outstanding Single Event Performance
Male: Trent Lane
Female: Nadine O'Connor
Athlete of the Year - Combined Events
Male: Emil Pawlik
Female: Christel Donley
Race Walking Award:
Female: Janet Higby
Male: Ray Sharpe
Masters Administrator of the Year: Suzy Hess

Masters Age Group Athletes-of-the-Year:
(women's track, women's field, men's track, men's field) 30-34: Sanja Friend-Uhl, Antwon Dussett, Nick Petrucci
35-39: Lisa Daley, Laura Barre, Don Drummond, Pat Manson
40-44: Alisa Harvey, Regina Richardson, Aaron Thigpen, Thomas VanZandt
45-49: Leslie Chaplin Swann and Joy Upshaw-Margerum, Oneithea Lewis, Willie Gault and Pete Magill, Bruce McBarnette
50-54: Kathryn Martin, Monica Kendall, Oscar Peyton, Gary Hunter
55-59: Carol Smith-Hanna, Phil Raschker, Bill Collins, Charles Rader
60-64: Nadine O'Connor, Steve Robbins and Stan Whitley, Tom Gage
65-69: Kathy Bergen, Paul Edens, Ed Burke and Gary Stenlund
70-74: Mary Harada, Christel Donley, Bobby Whilden, Bob Ward
75-79: Edythe Leek, Gloria Krug and Magdalena Kuehne, Jim Stookey, Bud Held
80-84: Pat Peterson, Johnnye Valien, Mel Larsen, Dick Mulkern
85-89: Gerry Davidson, Melanie Reske, John Means, Robert Chase, Ralph Maxwell
90-94: Betty Jarvis, Bob Matteson, Leland McPhie
95+: Trent Lane (men's field)

Associations Committee Awards
Association-of-the-Year: Wisconsin
Gold-Silver-Bronze Awards:
Gold: Inland Northwest and Maine
Silver: Long Island, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Pacific
Bronze: New England, Pacific Northwest
Horace Crow Jr. Award: Valerie Foss

Cross Country Running Council Awards
Doris Heritage Award:
Male: Adam Goucher
Female: Blake Russell

Mountain/Ultra/Trail Running Council Awards
Mountain Runners-of-the-Year:
Male: Simon Gutierrez
Female: Nicole Hunt
Masters Male: Simon Gutierrez
Masters Female: Lisa Goldsmith
MUT Contributor-of-the-Year: Laspotiva/Golibe
Ultrarunners-of-the-Year:
Ted Corbitt Award: Karl Meltzer
Ruth Anderson Award: Nikki Kimball
Masters Male: Dan Verrington
Masters Female: Anne Riddle-Lundblad

Men's LDR Committee Awards
H. Browning Ross LDR Merit Award: Joe Newton
Scott Hamilton Award: Kevin Hanson and Pete Hanson
Robert E. DeCelle, Jr., Award: Dan Lincoln

Women's LDR Committee Awards
Runner-of-the-Year: Marla Runyan
Marja Bakker Contributor-of-the-Year Award: Irene Herman

Athletics for the Disabled Committee Awards
Awards of Merit:
Athlete: Jessica Galley (Wchair)
Association: Georgia

Athletes Advisory Committee Awards
Florence Griffith Joyner Award: Kelsey Stephens, Indiana

Officials Committee Awards
Andy Bakjian Award: Keith Mitchell
25th Anniversary of the Andy Bakjian Award plaque presented to Mary Bakjian
Horace Crow Award: Chester Bradley
Charles M. Ruter Award: Jim Carlisle
John R. Davis Memorial Humanitarian Award: Denise Hutchins

U.S. Track Meet Directors Association Awards
Meet Director of the Year Award: Tom Jordan, Nike Prefontaine Classic

Howard Schmertz Lifetime Achievement Award: Bob Erhart, Drake Relays meet director, 1969-2000

Race Walking Committee Awards
Captain Ron Zinn Race Walking Awards:
Male: Kevin Eastler
Female: Joanne Dow
Association: Indiana
Additional Race Walking Awards:
Mike Riban Contributor: Don DeNoon
Henry Laskau Junior Male: Mike Kazmierczak
Henry Laskau Junior Female: Katy Hayes

Women's Track & Field Committee Awards
Joseph Robichaux Award: Sandra Farmer-Patrick
C.C. Jackson Awards:
Track: Sanya Richards
Field: Kim Kreiner

Men's Track & Field Committee Awards
Harrison Dillard Award: Jeremy Wariner
Glenn Cunningham Award: Bernard Lagat
Jim Thorpe Award: Walter Davis
Al Oerter Male Thrower-of-the-Year Award: Breaux Greer
John Bennett Award: Tom Pappas
Roy Griak Distinguished Service Award: Harry Groves

For more information on the 2006 USATF Annual Meeting, please visit www.usatf.org.