Our guy in green.
USATF officials have their own email list, and Friday’s revealed a top honor for
Jim Flanik, a longtime member of the USATF Masters T&F Games Committee. (These five or so folks make sure meets are run properly and fairly.)
Sue Polansky reports: “It is with great pleasure that we announce the Class of 2014 of the
National Officials Hall of Fame. Those receiving this, our highest honor, have not only exhibited expertise in officiating but have contributed greatly to the promotion of our sport. All have donated their time and talents to making the lives of officials across the country better and to the
National Officials Committee. We will proudly welcome
Laurie Boemker, James Flanik, Len Krsak, Dan Reynolds and
Eric Zemper to the National Officials Hall Of Fame. Please join us at the Officials Awards Dinner and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Anaheim. The cost is $49 per person and we know that you will enjoy this special evening.” Congrats, Jim! Enjoy your time out of the sun!
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Congrats to Jim. Well deserved. However, his is not the only name on the list with a strong connection to MTF. In alpha order:
Laurie Boemker has been a stalwart member of the crew running our indoor and outdoor championships (not to mention those in her New England Association) for years and has often been meet referee for the championships.
Len Krsak is not only the chair of the Officials Committee (thus Gary Snyder’s counterpart) and like Jim a longtime member of the Games Committee, specializing in the throws.
And Eric Zemper (also a marketing professor) was involved several years ago in multiple studies to document who we as masters athletes are and what we can bring to the table as a market.
Kudos to all the well-deserving honorees!
I second that. These folks keep our competitions alive year after year.. Great job and Congratulations to all, particularly Laurie Boemker who has made our meets more efficient and been very kind and helpful to all of us in the process.
Same heartfelt congratulations from us: Jim,
big hug!
And to “Uncle Lennie” and the other great officials,same: Thank You and congratulations!
Christel and Jerry
congratulations and thank you to all who have been elected, I second Roger’s shoutout to Laurie Boemker.
I will back up what others have said about Laurie Boemker. At the Boston indoor masters I have found her to be always cordial, consistently helpful, and reliably supportive even when she is trying to get three or four things done at once.
Laurie is one of the best officials we have, and I should know, as I have been to 19 indoor masters nationals, once as a competitor and 18 as announcer. Laurie didn’t go to all of them, but I wish she had.
Jim Congrats you are definitely one of my favorite people in Masters very unbiased opinions with a big dash of humor. I always enjoy speaking with you during the National meets. Thank you for all your contributions.Laurie is certainly one of the top officials in the country, fantastic problem solver on the fly and always classy it is always a delight to be at any meet when she heads up the officials. Looking forward to seeing both of you at the annual convention. I grew up 5 minutes from the hotel hosting the convention.
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