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,...

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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...

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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)...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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