And Always. Family that is. Just wanted you to know what is most important to me, my children. Taking care of my dear sweet Katie and so very excited about my dearest sweetest Allison returning home for Christmas break this weekend. I’ve missed her terribly. Hopefully get to see son Miles as well.
And now on to business.
Forgive an old man for rehashing old tales but these are worth mentioning again and not everyone has heard them.
In 1996 Carmen Ayala Troncoso won my 2nd annual Run For The Arts 10 Mile in Lake Jackson, TX. She would repeat in 1997. In 2000 she hand threw 144 pieces of pottery that would be the age group awards for the race. In 2002 she set the American Record for 40+ females at 5000 meters running 16:01 on the track in Chiba, Japan. In Daytona Beach she was elected to the track & field and long distance running Masters Hall of Fame, class of 2012. One of my very favorite athletes and Texans, proud to call her a friend and of her accomplishments throughout the years, she is so deserving of this award.
In 2003 I received the Women’s Long Distance Running Contributor of the Year Award. Aw shucks. This year the award went to the Houston Marathon Committee for their fine work hosting our USA Women’s Olympic Trials Marathon. I got to catch up with my old buddy Brant Kotch, President and Race Director of the event. You can take the boy out of Texas…..
In 2004 I received the Men’s Long Distance Running Scott Hamilton Award for service at the association level. Double shucks. This year Tracey Russell, Executive Director of the Atlanta Track Club was honored. I’m proud and privileged to be included in the distinguished list of these honorees.
I’m working on our 10th annual Team Nebraska year end Excellence Awards. As always I am happy to accept nominations for those you feel are deserving of recognition. Best event, best t-shirt, best race director, best running/race website, best award, best moment, best performance male, and best performance female. Please send in your nominations to me at [email protected]
I have decided to expand our Team Nebraska Athlete of the Year awards this year to include Senior Male and Female and also Track & Field Male and Female. The club has far too many deserving athletes to only recognize our long distance runners, and by adding the senior category our younger masters won’t always dominate the award.
Giddyup!
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