Marathon Foto/Road
Race Management
RACE DIRECTOR OF THE
YEAR
Previous Winners:
1987 – Fred Lebow - President, New York Road Runners Club
1988 – Charles Galford - Cascade Run Off
1989 – Julia Emmons - Peachtree Road Race
1990 – Steve Shostrom - Steamboat Classic
1991 – Steve Bosley - Bolder Boulder 10K
1992 – Jeanette Parke - Gasparilla Distance Classic
1993 – Ed Froehlich - Quad-City Times Bix 7
1994 – Bill Reef - Bolder Boulder 10K
Finalists: Doug Brown and Janice Reed, Raritan Valley 5k Cross Country Series (Edison, NJ); Ted Jacobs, Field of Dreams 5k (Tulsa, OK); Richard W. Radez, Trinity Homes 500 Distance Classic (Indianapolis, IN); Fred Rummel, Wall Firecracker Five (Wall Township, NJ); Kathleen M. Sherman, Pilgrim Health Care Falmouth Road Race
1995 – George Regan - Freihofer's Run for Women
Finalists: Karen Heaps, Lilac Bloomsday Run; Rick Nealis, Marine Corps Marathon; Jack Scaff, Great Aloha Run
1996 – Harold & Louise Tinsley - Rocket City Marathon
Finalists: Guy Morse, BAA Boston Marathon; Allan Steinfeld, New York City Marathon
1997 – Allan Steinfeld - New York City Marathon
Finalists: Anne Audain and Maryanna Young, Idaho Women's Fitness Celebration; Dave McGillivray, Dave McGillivray Sports Enterprises in Medford, MA; Earle Reed, Utica Boilermaker Road Race
1998 – Earle Reed - Boilermaker Road Race
Finalists: Philip Lockwood, Steamboat Classic; Dave McGillivray, Peoples Beach to Beacon 10k in Portland, ME; Rick Nealis, Marine Corps Marathon; Joan Riegel, Columbus Marathon
1999 – Jon Hughes - Walt Disney World Marathon
Finalists: Dave McGillivray - Peoples Beach to Beacon 10k; Tim Murphy, Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon
2000 – Dave McGillivray - Peoples Beach to Beacon 10k
Finalists: Karen Heaps, Lilac Bloomsday 12k
2001 – Carey Pinkowski - LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon
Finalists: Susan Harmeling, Bank of America Gasparilla Distance Classic; Kirby Nicol, Wharf to Wharf Race; Mark Stewart, Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia Distance Run
2002 – Susan Harmeling - Bank of America Gasparilla Distance Classic and Hops Marathon by Tampa Bay
Finalists: Kirby Nicol, Wharf to Wharf Race; Rafael Acosta, World’s Best 10k
2003 – Scott Keenan - Grandmas Marathon
Finalists: Rafael Acosta, World’s Best 10k, Jeff Graves, Indianapolis Life Mini-Marathon
2004 – Rafael Acosta, World’s Best 10k
Finalists: Chuck George, Great Spillway Classic Trail 3 Mile Run; Philip Lockwood, Steamboat Classic 10k; Tracey Russell, Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k
2005 – Tracey Russell, Monument Avenue 10K
Finalists: Alan Sunio (Great Aloha Run) and Rick Nealis (Marine Corps Marathon)