State Championships

Kristin Sweeney

Hall of Fame: Felton Wright

I have run more miles with this person than any other, almost 20 years of running together. So, yes I am a bit biased and extremely pleased about this presentation. When you run that many miles with someone, you get to know a lot about them. What I have...

Triathlete of the Year: George Palmer, Jr

Sometimes things happen that are beyond even our wildest dreams. That has never stopped us from dreaming, and sometimes reaching for the seemingly impossible. I think that's what the English poet Robert Browning was getting at when he wrote, "A man's reach...

Cleveland 2004

When I think about this year's winner of the Cleveland-Caldwell Award for the Advancement of the Sport of Running, I can't help but think of the key premise of the movie, "Pay it Forward," which goes like this:If someone did you a favor - something big,...

Female Runner of the Year: Seeley Lovett

Running author John Parker once likened the emergence of successful distance runners to the approach of a steam locomotive, noting that you can see them coming from a long way off. His point was that most talented runners tip their hands early, and folks...

Male Runner of the Year: Hobson Fulmer

Our story starts 279 days ago at the 108th running of the Boston Marathon. The temperatures were some of the hottest this prestigious event has ever experienced and you can tell the scars run deep for our local running friends who were chewed up, spit out...

Community Award: Capital Health Plan

As a race director, I have always been a bit wary of sponsors and their demands. But with Capital Health Plan I have had the pleasure of working with a sponsor that has become a partner who shares a common goal. And I got to work with some very special...