2026 NYRR Club Night Nominees and Award Winners
Below are the lists of nominees for age-group awards from the 2025 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
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Ages 1-14 |
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Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
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Club Team |
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Club Team |
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Borut Junior Vojnic |
Abigail Cochran |
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Xavier Khanal |
Asian Trail Mix |
Livia Cagney |
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Elijah Keshodkar |
Amelia Lo Cascio |
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Olivia Schroeder |
City Park Foundation |
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Eliza Mahoney |
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Ivy Mo |
Misty Mountain Runners |
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Ages 15-19 |
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Men |
Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Alex Califano |
Staten Island AC |
Tatiana O'Neal |
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Theo Trane |
Melanie Liu |
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Daniel Menendez |
Queens Distance Runners |
Karen Escamilla |
Run for the Future Alumni |
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Oscar Soudee |
Emma Aponte |
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Kylie Croce |
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Ages 20-24 |
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Men |
Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Ian Tibbals |
Felicia Pasadyn |
212 Athletic-Saucony |
Ellie Bamer |
Dyke Run NYC |
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Alair Ang |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Grace Dorantes |
Lupa Aguilar |
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Evan Kolin |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Kelly Hooks |
Northport Running Club |
Lio Connelly-Mendez |
Latinas Run |
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Jose Morales |
Club Atletico Hispano Correcaminos |
Megan Strauss |
Manhattan Track Club |
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Eugenia Shakhnovskaya |
North Brooklyn Runners |
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Ages 25-29 |
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Men |
Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Issame El jazouli |
United Mexican Runners of New York |
Khia Kurtenbach |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Jacob Caswell |
Front Runners NY |
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Ryan Kutch |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Abigail Shoemaker |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
Jae Lee |
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Sean Grossman |
Brooklyn Track Club |
Brooke Starn |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Rachel Steppe |
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Ryan Cutter |
Brooklyn Track Club |
Kate MacCary |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Matty Motylenski |
Front Runners NY |
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Laurel Fisher |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
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Ages 30-34 |
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Men |
Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Matthew Leach |
Brooklyn Track Club |
Alexandra Conway |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Elijah Taylor |
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John Bleday |
New York Athletic Club |
Stephanie Diacovo |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
J Solle |
Front Runners NY |
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Ferdinand Airault |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Danielle Aspitz |
North Brooklyn Runners |
Zackary Harris |
Front Runners NY |
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Alfredo Mazzuca |
Hellgate RR |
Nicolette Reilly |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
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Madelyn Cameron |
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Morgan Lingar |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
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Ages 35-39 |
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Men |
Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Benjamin Toomer |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
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 |
Truth Bachman |
Front Runners NY |
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Michael Cassidy |
New York Athletic Club |
Mollie Ferro-Hart |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Jack Marley-Payne |
North Brooklyn Runners |
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Abelino Alatorre |
Striders Track USA |
Michael Brydges |
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Dmytro Molchanov |
Ukrainian Running Club NY |
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Ages 40-44 |
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Men |
Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Jaouad El jazouli |
United Mexican Runners of New York |
Aileen Barry |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Sean Rankin |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
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Abebe Negewo Degefa |
West Side Runners |
Becca Ades |
North Brooklyn Runners |
Jose Arriaga |
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Jeremy Guidoni |
212 Athletic-Saucony |
Kelly De Csepel |
Henwood's Hound's Racing Team |
Christopher Di Niso |
DSNY Running Club |
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Micah Polansky |
Henwood's Hound's Racing Team |
Taeya Konishi Schogel |
North Brooklyn Runners |
Vinay Chadha |
#PitchandRun |
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Guillaume Flamarion |
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Ages 45-49 |
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Men |
Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Gustavo Campiz |
Roberta Groner |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Robert Roberts |
North Merrick Runners |
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Frederick Hines |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
Leah Mark |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
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Orlando Quichimbo |
Rebeldes Running Club |
Kelly Wickstrom |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
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Girma Bedada |
West Side Runners |
Barbara Mann |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
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Tsedale Tomlinson |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
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Ages 50-54 |
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Men |
Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Guillermo Pineda Morales |
West Side Runners |
Sarah Trigg |
Dame Dave Lewis |
Prospect Park Track Club |
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Tomas Tjarnberg |
Team For Kids |
Jennifer St Jean |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Arvin De La Vega |
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Mohammad Hamouri |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Michelle Kluz |
Mark Aaron Polger |
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Thierry Soudee |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Yulian Zha |
Misty Mountain Runners |
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Julio Sauce |
West Side Runners |
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Ages 55-59 |
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Men |
Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Mark Lindrud |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Fiona Bayly |
Urban Athletics |
Velly Polycarpe |
0Training |
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Francisco Martinez |
Quicksilver Striders |
Julie Mcelroy |
Dashing Whippets Running Team |
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Christopher Swain |
Prospect Park Track Club |
Stephanie Hodge |
New York Harriers |
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Claudio Barbecho |
Running 4 Wish Inc |
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Ages 60-64 |
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Women |
Nonbinary |
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Club Team |
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Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Rick Lee |
Westchester TC |
Judy Stobbe |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
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Masamichi Udagawa |
North Brooklyn Runners |
Manjing Pan |
Love to Run Club |
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Jonathan Schindel |
Urban Athletics |
Diane Kenna |
New York Harriers |
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Florence Clarke |
New York Flyers |
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Gordon Bakoulis |
NYRR Staff |
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Corinna Cortes |
HHH HUDSON DUSTERS |
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Ages 65-69 |
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Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
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Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Joe Kelly |
New York Flyers |
Barbara Belch |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
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Dan Fanelli |
Westchester TC |
Christine Goubet |
Front Runners NY |
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Beau Atwater |
Taconic Road Runners Club |
Jane Lundy |
Taconic Road Runners Club |
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Ages 70-74 |
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Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Bradford Goz |
New York Flyers |
Marie Wickham |
New York Athletic Club |
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Zdravko Belicajevic |
Carolyn Canada |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
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Sidney Cohen |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Amy Bahrt |
Millrose |
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Christy Putnam |
New York Flyers |
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Teresa Gancayco |
New York Flyers |
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Ages 75-79 |
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Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Hank Schiffman |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Sylvie Kimche |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
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Joseph Porcaro |
Taconic Road Runners Club |
Carol Gellman |
Millrose |
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David Dempsey |
New York Flyers |
Deborah Barchat |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
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Laurie Iselin |
Mercury Masters |
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Ages 80-84 |
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Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Jack Hirschowitz |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
Frances Breslauer |
New York Flyers |
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Hideo Shionoiri |
Mary Zulack |
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Arnold Gore |
Van Cortlandt TC |
Lynn Blackstone |
Central Park Track Club Tracksmith |
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Larry Freund |
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Ages 85-89 |
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Men |
Women |
Nonbinary |
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Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
Name |
Club Team |
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Danil Farkash |
Ulrike Klopfer |
Team For Kids |
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Ages 90-99 |
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Men |
Women |
Nonbinary |
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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
Athlete with Disability of the Year
Presented by Achilles
Presented to one athlete with a disability whose dedication, perseverance, enthusiasm, and athletic accomplishments serve as an inspiration to the running community.
Bill Reilly
Fred Lebow Runner of the Year
Presented to the top woman, top man, and top nonbinary athletes in the 2025 NYRR racing season.
Man: Matthew Leach
Woman: Felicia Pasadyn
Nonbinary: Jacob Caswell
Nonbinary: Elijah Taylor
Joe Kleinerman Award
Presented in recognition of outstanding and inspiring community service.
Rob Dalto
NYRR Strider of the Year
Presented in recognition of dedication and achievement by a member of the NYRR Striders.
Mildred Baker
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.
CunningHammers
Ted Corbitt Dedicated Athlete of the Year
Presented to an NYRR member who ran the most miles at NYRR races in 2025.
Lisa Swan