Annual Awards 2001
2001 Cleveland
Friends and fellow Gulf Winds Track Club Members, I am honored and humbled to be here this evening to present the 2001 Cleveland-Caldwell Advancement of the Sport Award. The Cleveland-Caldwell Award is presented annually by GWTC in recognition of those who...
2001 Race Directors of the Year
When I joined GWTC almost 20 years ago, I remember there being lots of folks in their 20's with their main goal being to "run like hell." Fast and furious. Since then we have mostly grown older, gotten married, brought children into the world and watched...
2001 Volunteer
There is a rule of thumb that states that in every organization or club, 80% of the work is done by 20% of its members. This means that this 20% group is doing about 3 times the work that they would do if the work were distributed evenly among all the...
2001 Community Award
In 1985 Dot Skofronick asked if I would be willing to help her with GWTC’s 15K race, known as the Chenoweth 15K. Dean and Jenny Chenoweth had been the owners of the local Budweiser distributorship and major sponsors of the race and it was one of the...
2001 Male
Male runner of the year , I shall present.Through the ranks in "01," he has made quite an ascent.He may be surprised to discover that,His efforts have been very well spent.Though in the open top 5 he did not finish.Let not that fact - his performance diminish.At the...
2001 Female
It is my great pleasure to make the presentation for the 2001 Female Runner of the Year. This young woman is no flash in the pan or one year wonder, but she has been one of the most consistent top competitors male or female since and even before Margarete...
2001 Award Speech
Runner of the Year (Female and Male)In naming its Runners of the Year, Gulf Winds Track Club seeks to honor those who, besides achieving outstanding times in the past year at various distances in local, regional, and national events, have served as models...