2025 NYRR Club Night Nominees and Award Winners
Below are the lists of nominees for age-group awards from the 2024 NYRR club points season, along with information about a number of special award categories.
The winners in each category are highlighted in gold.
Age-Group Award Nominees (scroll >>> to view all nominees)
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Ages 1-14 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Xavier Khanal |
- |
Abigail Cochran |
- |
- |
- |
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Daniel Feng |
Misty Mountain Runners |
Penelope Schonfeld |
- |
- |
- |
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- |
- |
Madeline Cheung |
- |
- |
- |
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Ages 15-19 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Alistair Blee |
- |
Nicole Petrie |
- |
- |
- |
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Adrian Matamoros |
Queens Distance Runners |
Samantha Kleinberg |
Forest Park RR |
- |
- |
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Matt Califano |
Staten Island AC |
Ileane Barrera |
Team For Kids |
- |
- |
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Alex Califano |
Staten Island AC |
Averi Schirmers |
Upper West Side Run Club |
- |
- |
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Gavin Li |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Ages 20-24 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Jared Gridley |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
Liana Eisler |
Great Hill Track Club |
Lio Connelly-Mendez |
Latinas Run |
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Joaquin Tianga |
- |
Freya Lindvall |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
Ry Hong |
- |
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Peter Gardner |
Dirty Bird Run Club |
Nicky Johnson |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Ella Bamer |
- |
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Abdel Khalil |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
Jennifer Walrod |
- |
Ru Sosa |
Upper East Side Run Club |
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Mike Luvin |
- |
- |
- |
Zahra Ashe-Simmer |
- |
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Ryan Cutter |
Brooklyn Track Club |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Sam Schindel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Ages 25-29 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Hugo Ward |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Brooke Starn |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Sofia Camacho Ferral |
Brooklyn Track Club |
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Owen Ritz |
New York Athletic Club |
Khia Kurtenbach |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
Jacob Caswell |
Front Runners NY |
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Tegenu Mengistu Wakjira |
West Side Runners |
Victoria Kingham |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Silas Gitin |
Achilles International |
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Desta Utura Gedo |
West Side Runners |
Amanda Asaro |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Rachel Steppe |
- |
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Scottie Nelson |
Front Runners NY |
Gabrielle Yatauro |
Brooklyn Track Club |
Patrick Monroe |
Front Runners NY |
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Ages 30-34 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Matthew Leach |
Brooklyn Track Club |
Amanda Chang |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
Nicholas Dill |
Front Runners NYC |
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Ethan Koreff |
AdiRun NYC |
Alexandra Conway |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Elijah Taylor |
Shore Road Striders |
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John Bleday |
New York Athletic Club |
Alyssa Salese |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Kester Antiquina |
Front Runners NY |
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- |
- |
Lyndsey Abt |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
Truth Bachman |
Front Runners NY |
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- |
- |
Corinne Fitzgerald |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
- |
- |
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- |
- |
Morgan Lingar |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
- |
- |
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- |
- |
Danielle Aspitz |
North Brooklyn Runners |
- |
- |
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Ages 35-39 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Abelino Alatorre |
Striders Track USA |
Alana Levy |
Brooklyn Track Club |
Pierce Lydon |
Beasts From Riis |
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Jeremy Arthur |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
Leigh Sharek |
Brooklyn Track Club |
Colm McGread |
LIC Runers |
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Ashenafi Ketema Birhana |
West Side Runers |
Francesa Muliawan |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
Wilkin Cabrera |
Yonkers Running Project |
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Harbert Okuti |
Westchester TC |
Lucy Brash |
Manhattan Track Club |
Jack Marley-Payne |
North Brooklyn Runners |
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Ages 40-44 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Guillaume Flamarion |
- |
Alysia Dusseau |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Christopher Di Niso |
DSNY Running Club |
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Jeremy Guidoni |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Aileen Barry |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Goran Vendlener |
#FasterTogether |
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Mourad Marofit |
United Mexican Runners of New York |
Ana Johnson |
Distance Project NYC |
Nenad Moconja |
#FasterTogether |
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Jerry Faulkner |
New York Athletic Club |
Kelly De Cespel |
Henwoods Hounds Racing Team |
Sean Rankin |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
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Micah Polansky |
Henswood Hounds Racing Team |
Taeya Konishi Schogel |
North Brooklyn Runners |
- |
- |
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Girma Bedada |
West Side Runners |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Ages 45-49 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Frederick Hines |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
Laura Gray |
Prospect Park Track Club |
Robert Roberts |
North Merrick Runners |
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Rob Gill |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Dahiema Grant |
Van Cortlandt TC |
Arvin de la Vega |
Pinoy Runners New York |
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Dowen Thompson |
NYPD |
Roberta Groner |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
- |
- |
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Gustavo Campiz |
Running for Ayotzinapa 43 |
Tsedale Tomlinson |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
- |
- |
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Eduardo Ribeiro Ferreira |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Najing Chen |
NewBee Running Club |
- |
- |
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- |
- |
Michelle Kluz |
- |
- |
- |
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Ages 50-54 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Tomas Tjarnberg |
Team For Kids |
Rebekah Kennedy |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Dame Dave Lewis |
Prospect Park Track Club |
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Thierry Soudee |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Sarah Trigg |
North Brooklyn Runners |
- |
- |
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Guillermo Pineda Morales |
West Side Runners |
Jennifer Amato |
Urban Athletics |
- |
- |
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Julio Sauce |
West Side Runners |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Chris Dawes |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Ages 55-59 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Claudio Barbecho |
Running 4 Wish Inc |
Locky Trachsel |
Henwood Hounds Racing Team |
Velly Polycarpe |
- |
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Christopher Swain |
Prospect Park Track Club |
Fiona Bayly |
Urban Athletics |
- |
- |
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Mark Lindrud |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Julie McElroy |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
- |
- |
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Masamichi Udagawa |
North Brooklyn Runners |
Margaret McMahon |
AdiRun NYC |
- |
- |
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Ages 60-64 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Joseph Koelbel |
South Brooklyn Running Club |
Denise Iannizzotto |
New York Flyers |
- |
- |
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Francesco Presutti |
New York Flyers |
Corinna Cortes |
HHH Hudson Dusters |
- |
- |
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Conor O'Driscoll |
Westchester TC |
Gordon Bakoulis |
NYRR Staff |
- |
- |
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John Whitfield |
New York Flyers |
Suzanne La Burt |
Taconic Road Runners Club |
- |
- |
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Joe Kelly |
New York Flyers |
Florence Clarke |
Massapequa Road Runners |
- |
- |
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Curtis Wu |
Love to Run Club |
Jane Lundy |
Taconic Road Runners Club |
- |
- |
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Manuel Serrano |
Prospect Park Track Club |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Ages 65-69 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Noel Labat-Comess |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Barbara Belch |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
- |
- |
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Bela Hovy |
Taconic Road Runners Club |
Nora Serna |
Witold's Runners |
- |
- |
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Beau Atwater |
Taconic Road Runners Club |
Heidi Fuhrman |
Taconic Road Runners Club |
- |
- |
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Dan Fanelli |
Westchester TC |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Cesar Estevez |
West Side Runners |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Ages 70-74 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Hank Schiffman |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Carolyn Canada |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
- |
- |
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David Gaines |
New York Flyers |
Christy Putnam |
New York Flyers |
- |
- |
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Bradford Goz |
New York Flyers |
Amy Bahrt |
Millrose |
- |
- |
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Ken Wilson |
Shore Athletic Club |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Dennis Walcott |
Quicksilver Striders |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Ages 75-79 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Joseph Porcaro |
Taconic Road Runners Club |
Sylvie Kimche |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
- |
- |
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Delton Mace |
New York Flyers |
Mary Spera |
Millrose |
- |
- |
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Charlie Hanley |
Brooklyn Road Runners Club |
Deborah Barchat |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
- |
- |
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Julio Aguirre |
West Side Runners |
Teresita Redondo |
- |
- |
- |
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- |
- |
Laurie Iselin |
Mercury Masters |
- |
- |
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Ages 80-84 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Thomas Maile |
Taconic Road Runners Club |
Julia Hsia |
- |
- |
- |
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Arnold Gore |
Van Cortlandt TC |
Frances Breslauer |
New York Flyers |
- |
- |
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Hideo Shionori |
- |
Judith Som |
Mercury Masters |
- |
- |
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Richard Jazwinki |
Front Runners NY |
Lynn Blackstone |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
- |
- |
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Larry Freund |
- |
Yue Qin Fu |
Misty Mountain Runners |
- |
- |
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- |
- |
Mary Zulack |
- |
- |
- |
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Ages 85-89 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Stephen Siegel |
Scarsdale Antiques |
Ulrike Klopfer |
Team For Kids |
- |
- |
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Danil Farkash |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Joseph Dornicik |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Ages 90-99 |
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Men |
Women |
Non-Binary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Eric Seiff |
- |
- |
- |
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Special Award Categories
Achilles Athlete of the Year
Presented to one athlete with disabilities whose dedication, perseverance, enthusiasm, and athletic success inspire all Achilles members to pursue their goals.
Susan Pomerantz
Fred Lebow Runner of the Year
Presented to the top woman, top man, and top non-binary athletes in the 2024 NYRR racing season.
Man: Harbert Okuti
Woman: Roberta Groner
Non-Binary: Sofia Camacho Ferral
Joe Kleinerman Award
Presented in recognition of outstanding and inspiring community service.
Sam Lafata
NYRR Strider of the Year
Presented in recognition of dedication and achievement by a member of the NYRR Striders.
Cheryl Lee
Team Spirit Award
Presented to the team whose members show their spirit by participating in NYRR weekly races, volunteering with NYRR during the year, and cheering for teammates in the TCS New York City Marathon. The winner will be announced during the awards ceremony on February 13.
Nominees:
Cunning Hammers
Boogie Down Bronx
Team Osprey
Love to Run
Bergen Runners
Ted Corbitt Dedicated Athlete of the Year
Presented to an NYRR member who ran the most miles at NYRR races in 2024.
Al Shabana