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12/06/2010 - 10:51

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - At the 32nd USA Track & Field Annual Meeting this past week, a host of honors and awards were presented. Below are the top honorees:

JESSE OWENS AWARD
David Oliver, 110m hurdles
Allyson Felix, sprinter

HALL OF FAME
Jearl Miles Clark, 800m / middle distance
Dyrol Burleson, 1500m / mile
Roy Cochran, 400m hurdles
Ralph Craig, 100m / 200m
James Dunaway, journalist

GIEGENGACK AWARD
Dorothy Dawson, Chicago, IL

HELIODORO & PATRICIA RICO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Bill and Darlene Hickman, Seattle, WA

PRESIDENT'S AWARDS
USATF President Stephanie Hightower recognized 5 USATF contributors with annual President's Awards during Thursday morning's 2010 Annual Meeting opening session. Below are the honorees.

* Steve Cuomo - USATF Chair, Athletics for the Disabled Committee
* Julia Emmons - Former Executive Director of the Atlanta Track Club and the Peachtree Road Race. USATF Women's LDR Chair (1990-96) and directed the Olympic Marathons and Race Walks at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
* Karen Krsak - USATF General Competition Division, Associations Committee Chair
* Bob Latham - USATF Long Distance Running Championships Subcommittee Chair
* Bob Weiner - Chairman, Masters Track & Field Media Committee

OTHER AWARDS
Visa Humanitarian Athlete-of-the-Year
Bernard Lagat, Tucson, AZ

Nike Coach-of-the-Year
Brooks Johnson, Orlando, FL

Youth Athlete-of-the-Year
Trevor Barron, Bethel Park, PA

Masters Athlete-of-the-Year
Oneithea "Neni" Lewis, Oakland Gardens, NY

Dr. C. Harmon Brown Award
Melvin R. Ramey, PhD; Cheryl Parker, PA, ATC; Susan Snouse, PA, ATC and Mark Troxler, DO

At the annual Awards Breakfast on Saturday, December 4, USATF's long distance running committees also presented the following 2010 awards:

USATF Distance Running Awards
MEN'S LDR
Glenn Cunningham Award
(Outstanding Male Athlete in events of 800 meters and longer)
Bernard Lagat, Tucson, AZ

Robert E. DeCelle, Jr., Memorial Award
(Outstanding Male Long Distance Runner)
Antonio Vega, St. Paul, MN

Scott Hamilton Award
(Tribute to a leader in the LDR association program)
Tom Knight, San Carlos, CA (Pacific)

H. Browning Ross Merit Award
(For contribution and service)
Virginia Brophy Achman, Minneapolis, MN

Allan Steinfeld Award
Ed Froehlich, Davenport, IA

WOMEN'S LDR
Runner-of-the-Year
Katie McGregor, St. Louis Park, MN

Marja Bakker Contributor-of-the-Year
Elva Dryer, Gunnison, CO

MOUNTAIN / ULTRA / TRAIL
Ted Corbitt Ultra Distance Runner-of-the-Year Award
Michael Wardian, Arlington, VA

Ruth Anderson Ultra Distance Running Athlete-of-the-Year
Kami Semick, Bend, OR

Masters Ultrarunner-of-the-Year Award
Scott Dunlap, 42, Woodside, CA
Meghan Arbogast, 49, Corvallis, OR

Mountain Runner-of-the-Year
OPEN: Kristin Price, Raleigh, NC; Joseph Gray, Lakewood, WA
MASTERS: Nicole Hunt, 40, Deer Lodge, MT; Tim Van Orden, 42, Bennington, VT

MUT Council Contributor-of-the-Year
Bob and Anita Teschek, Mt. Washington Road Race Directors

CROSS COUNTRY
Doris Heritage Award
Bill Roe, Bellingham, WA

Athletes-of-the-Year
OPEN: Patrick Smyth, Minneapolis, MN; Shalane Flanagan, Portland, OR
MASTERS: Carmen Troncoso, Austin, TX; Rick Becker, Selah, WA

MASTERS LDR
Outstanding Athletes of 2010
40-44
Tracy Lokken, Marquette, MI
Stephanie Herbst-Lucke, Atlanta, GA
45-49
Mbarak Hussein, Albuquerque, NM
Linda Somers Smith, Arroyo Grande, CA
50-54
John Tuttle, Villa Rica, GA
Joan Benoit Samuelson, Freeport, ME
55-59
Reno Stirrat, Dorchester, MA
Kathryn Martin, Northport, NY
60-64
Doug Winn, Portland, OR
Sabra Harvey, Houston, TX & Nancy Rollins, Evanston, IL
65-69
Doug Goodhue, Milford, MI
Sharon Dolan, Westphalia, MI
70-74
Bill Riley, Centerville, MA
Barbara Miller, Modesto, CA
75-79
Ray Parrella, Jeffersonville, IN
Lois Ann Gilmore, Janesville, WI
80-84
Jerry Johncock, Shelbyville, MI
Margretta Lutz, Saxonburg, PA
85-89
Lou Lodovico, Ellwood City, PA
90-94
Henry Sypniewski, Cheektowaga, NY
Evelyn Tripp, Piedmont, SC

Masters Athlete-of-the-Year
Doug Winn, Portland, OR
Linda Somers Smith, Arroyo Grande, CA

Paul Spangler Athlete-of-the-Year (oldest Masters age group winner)
Henry Sypniewski, Cheektowaga, NY

Otto Essig Award: Meritorious Service to Masters LDR
Lee Ann Meyer, White Bear Lake, MN

For a complete listing of the other USATF award winners and more USATF Annual Meeting news, go to: USATF.org