40-plus masters stars in running for USATF Athlete of 2009 awards
Rita Hanscom, Nadine O’Connor, Phil Raschker, Bill Murray and Mike Waller are among close to four dozen USATF masters standouts nominated for age-group and top yearly honors. Athlete of the Year voting is done by the 25-member USATF Masters Awards Committee. I’m a voting member, and I’m open to bribes. (Kidding, maybe.) In any case, the voting period ends March 15, so if you want to argue for your favorites feel free to post a comment here. The winners are feted at indoor and outdoor nationals (mainly outdoor). Thanks go to Jeff Brower for posting links to this and other news on usatfmasters.org, including the minutes of the mid-January executive committee, which teleconferenced efforts to coordinate stuff with the National Senior Games Association.
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Why doesn’t the Awards Committee website or 2009 nomination form indicate the deadline for nominations? Or is the deadline indicated somewhere else? What was the deadline for nominations?
It’s always an honor to be nominated. At almost 79, I’m in there with some amazing athletes. Now if I can just get my name spelled correctly with two tees, it’ll be perfect.smile. Jerry Smartt
Thanks to those who nominated me. I don’t know if it is too late to change my age group to 45-49. I will turn 50 in June.
Those nominated richly deserve the honor. If the nomination form (the link to which is included in Ken’s post above) included a nomination deadline date as well as an indication of where to send the completed nomination form, we might see even more nominees and some new names.
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