Contact: Mark Winitz
Pacific Association/USATF Communications Manager
Tel: (650) 948-0618 Direct
HONOLULU - At the Annual Awards Breakfast on December 1 at the 2007 USA Track & Field Annual Meeting in Honolulu, numerous Pacific Association/USATF awards winners were announced for their achievements on and off the track. Winners are listed below:
--Masters Long Distance Running --
Masters Age Division Runners of the Year: Age 80-84: Joy Johnson (San Jose, Calif.)
--Masters Track & Field Committee--
Masters Men Athletes of the Year 60+: Ed Burke (Los Gatos, Calif.)
Masters Women Athletes of the Year: Ages 30-59: Joy Upshaw-Margerum
(Los Altos Hills, Calif.)
Masters Race Walkers of the Year
Age 50-54: Mark Green (Reno, Nev.)
Age 70-74: Shirley Dockstader (Mill Valley, Calif.), Jack Bray
(Greenbrae, Calif.)
Age: 85-89: John Levinsohn (Greenbrae, Calif.)
--Mountain & Ultrarunning Awards--
Mountain Runners of the Year: Christine Lundy (Sausalito, Calif.)
Masters Ultrarunners of the Year: Beverly Anderson-Abbs (Red Bluff,
Calif.)
--USATF Associations Awards--
Bronze Awards: Pacific
--Officials Committee Awards--
Officials Hall of Fame Inductees: Horace Crow (deceased)
Horace Crow Award: George Kleeman (Martinez, Calif.)
--Men's Long Distance Running Awards--
Scott Hamilton Memorial Award (Association Level Contributor): Tyler
Abbott (San Francisco, Calif.)
--U.S. Track Meet Directors Association Awards--
Howard Schmertz Lifetime Achievement Award: Tom Moore (Modesto
Relays, deceased)
--Men's Track & Field Awards--
Roy Griakk Distinguished Service Award: Bob Podkaminer (Santa Rosa,
Calif.)
For more information on the 2007 USATF Annual Meeting, visit:
http://www.usatf.org> .
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