Very proud to announce our 2015 USATF Nebraska Association LDR Scholarship winners. And honored that the award is named the Will Lindgren LDR Founder’s Scholarship. Our panel consists of LDR Chair Peter Falcon, coaches Shannon Stenger and James McGown, and myself. The $250 scholarship will be paid at the start of their second season of competition. If you or your business would like to make a donation to this annual scholarship please contact Peter at [email protected] or me at [email protected].
MEN’S AWARD: TY HANSEN, Fremont High
“I do have many thoughts after running in high school, but the one that sticks out the most is the relationship I made throughout being in high school. Through running I got to know my 2 mentors in life, my distance coach Sean McMahon and track coach Dave Sellon. They have taught me a lot growing up from being a little freshman to becoming a young man I am today. I got to meet my best friends through this sport and those friendships will last a lifetime. Winning 2 gold state medals and 2 schools records are nice testament to my hard work but it’s the little things that made this journey special for me. My future plans are to attend Midland University to run cross country and compete on track. My events will likely range from 800-1000-Mile ( Indoor) and 800-1500-Steeplechase (outdoor). I’m very honored and very grateful to be the first male to win this award.”
WOMEN’S AWARD, KATIE SPENCER, Millard South
“Thank you for the recognition; I am honored to be a recipient of your scholarship. I very much enjoyed my high school experience as a whole. As for my running career, I put in a lot of miles and I was lucky enough to have a body that responded. I managed to improve every season and finally came out on top in the end. I put most of my miles in with Dustin and/or the boys distance team.
I will be attending Oklahoma state this fall. I am planning to study petroleum geology and will be on the track and cross country teams. I was primarily recruited by an assistant coach and she has indicated 5k, 10K,…. However, the head coach mentioned concentrating on something a bit shorter at first. I will have to wait and see how things develop. Looks to me like they have a lot of depth at the 800m – 1600m and don’t have much in the longer distances.”
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