GWTC Annual Awards
Annual Awards Recipients
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 for all of us in their competitive spirit,...
2022 Race Director of The Year – Allen Blay
Presented by Heather Vickers January 8, 2023 Thank you to all of our race directors. We couldn’t have a club without each of you. Our race director of the year this year is an active member of our club. He and his family are all active members of the club. He’s also...
2022 Female Triathlete of The Year – Kory Skrob
Presented by Tina Bahmer January 8, 2023 It is an absolute pleasure to present the female Triathlete of the Year. This is not just an award about doing a race or triathlon, or actually finishing at the podium spot. The award is so much bigger than that. It’s about a...
2022 Annual Awards Ceremony – Summary
Members That Make Us Proud - The Annual Awards Ceremony for 2022 January 8, 2023, David Yon 2022 is the year that Gulf Winds Track Club (“GWTC”) and its membership began operating at full speed again after COVID set things back. That means a lot of people needed to...
A Night to Smile – 2021 Annual Awards
There should always be a reason to smile, even if we have to look around a bit to find it. The Gulf Winds Track Club (GWTC) Annual Awards Ceremony provided plenty of reasons to smile on Sunday, January 9, 2022, when the club held its Annual Awards Presentation at the...
Drum Roll Please — GWTC Awards for 2020
VIEW VIDEOS OF THE AWARDS PRESENTATIONS COVID-19 has impacted GWTC in many ways. The Presentation of Awards is one example. Normally, a large crowd would gather and watch the presentation of GWTC’s Annual Awards and Grand Prix awards. But the 2020 grand prix...
A Night for Smiles – Awards 2019
It was indeed a night for smiles and a chance to say thank you to a lot of people for their hard work on behalf of the Gulf Winds Track Club and the Tallahassee running community. There is so much effort and knowledge that goes into a year of planning, preparing and...
2017 Annual Awards
It is fitting that the GWTC Annual Awards Night fell on the eve of what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King’s 79th birthday. The words above may sound like they were written by Gary Griffin to help a runner though an ultramarathon, but in fact they...
2016 Annual Awards
2015 Annual Awards
2014 Annual Awards
As usual the Awards Committee organized a wonderful evening for us. Their superb selections follow. I have often said the GWTC is by far the most impressive organization I have ever been involved in. The last update (The Rex Cleveland Advancement of the Sport Award)...
2013 Annual Awards
I swear it is not just because they let me do a wonderful presentation. I really think the Awards Committee did a fantastic job this year. Let’s start with the venue. After a couple of years at Bradley’s Retreat, they recognized the need to move the presentations...
2011 Annual Awards
Over the course of a year, a lot of people put mammoth efforts into making Gulf Winds Track Club perhaps the best group I have ever been associated with. Of course it is not perfect as things sometime go wrong and people get upset. But I have been a part of a lot...
2010 Annual Awards
There are never “bad” decisions on awards for Gulf Winds Track Club. After all there are so many hard working people who make GWTC special and who deserve recognition. But every now and then the Awards Committee just hits the ball out of the park with the bases...
2009 Annual Awards
It is the hardest working committee in Gulf Winds Track Club. Once a year their hard work produces a very special night for GWTC. The Awards Committee, chaired by Jeanne O’Kon, and comprised of Lisa Unger, Nancy Stedman, Bill Lott and GWTC president, Judy Alexander,...
2008 Annual Awards
Once a year they gather. The goal is to recognize those who have given and achieved a lot, but usually everyone who attends comes away with a nice warm feeling and feels like a winner. That was certainly the case Saturday night at the American Legion Hall at the...
2007 Annual Awards
2006 Annual Awards
GWTC brought the New Year in with a grand 30K and closed out 2006 with the Annual Awards Ceremony Saturday, Jan. 13, at the American Legion Hall. A good sized crowd watched master of ceremonies Bill McGuire guide the night as the 2006 Annual Award winners and Grand...