2014 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Of The George Hirsch Journalism Award

Marathon Trailblazers Germán Silva, George Spitz, Allan Steinfeld, and Kathrine Switzer to Be Inducted into NYRR Hall of Fame

President and owner of Amdur Productions and former sports editor of the New York Times Neil Amdur will receive the prestigious George Hirsch Journalism award

Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, October 30 at 3:00 p.m. at the race-week media center located on the second floor of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center

WHAT: Distance-running revolutionaries Germán Silva, George Spitz, Allan Steinfeld, and Kathrine Switzer will be inducted into the NYRR Hall of Fame, and president and owner of Amdur Productions and former sports editor at the New York Times, Neil Amdur, will receive the George Hirsch Journalism Award at the 2014 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Press Conference and Presentation of the George Hirsch Journalism Award on Thursday, October 30, at 3:00 p.m. at the Race-week Media Center at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

Please click here to read the press release announcing the 2014 NYRR Hall of Fame induction class and Neil Amdur as the recipient of the George Hirsch Journalism Award.

WHEN: Thursday, October 30 at 3:00 p.m.

WHERE: Race-week Media Center at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York, Eleventh Avenue and West 35th Street, Floor 2

WHO: Germán Silva: Back-to-back New York City Marathon Champion (1994-1995)

George Spitz: Founder of the first five-borough marathon in 1976

Allan Steinfeld: Former New York City Marathon race director and president and CEO of NYRR

Kathrine Switzer: First woman to complete the Boston Marathon in 1967

Neil Amdur: Former New York Times sports editor and president and owner of Amdur Productions