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)

2006 - John Conley, AT&T Austin Marathon
           Jim Marino, Blue Cross Broad Street Run

2007 - Bob Ingalls, Utica Boilermaker 15K

Runner-up: Philip Lockwood, Steamboat Classic 15K/4 Mile