USATF Masters T&F Athlete of the Year Awards 2023

Overall Athlete of the Year—  Sue McDonald Photo by Doug Shaggy Smith Male Athlete of the Year – Damien Leake Female Athlete of the Year –  Sue McDonald Sprints Male and Female Athlete of the Year Damien Leake Emmanuelle Mc Gowan Middle Distance Male / Female Athlete of the Year…

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2023 Hall of Fame Inductees

2023 Hall of Fame Inductees David Bickel, M35 – M55, Athlete / Administrator (Throws) David’s Athletic Overview: David has competed in Masters Track & Field since 2004. During that time, he set 8 USATF MTF records, won 4 WMA Championship medals, and won 42 USATF MTF Championships. He has had…

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2022 MTF Hall of Fame Inductees

Harvey Lewellen, M60 – M90, Athlete (Throws) Harvey has competed in Masters Track & Field since 1991. During that time, he set 2 WMA records, 21 USATF MTF records, won 1 WMA Championships, 14 USATF MTF Championships with competition and another 8 without, and won 1 WMA Silver and 1…

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2022 MTF Award Winners

Congratulations 2022 USATF Masters Track and Field Award Winners! Overall Athlete of the Year—Flo Meiler Male Athlete of the Year—Doug Torbert Female Athlete of the Year—Flo Meiler Sprints Male/Female Athlete of the Year—Michael Kish and Emmanuelle Mc Gowan Middle Distance Male / Female Athlete of the Year—Gary Patton and Michelle…

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The Lad Pataki Award renamed The Carol Finsrud Award

As you know, we give out 4 awards annually specific to throws. The Lad Pataki Award for Lifetime Achievement as a Masters Thrower has been awarded since 2007. Lad was indeed a great athlete. The Throws committee discussed changing the name of the award based on the limited time that Lad actually…

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2021 MTF HOF announcement

Each year, since 1996, athletes have been inducted into the USATF Masters Hall of Fame. Click here to see all previous inductees. Nomination information for the Masters Hall of Fame is available here. Hall of Fame 2021 Announcement The MTF Hall of Fame Sub-Committee’s focus this year was to communicate well with every candidate,…

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MTF Athletes of the Year

Cathy Bergen and Gary Patton

Kathy Bergen USATF Masters Athlete of the Year – Gary Patton MTF Male Athlete of the Year MTF Hall of Fame member Kathy Bergen (W81) of La Cañada, California, is the USATF Masters Athlete of the Year. She will be honored during the Night of Legends at the USATF Annual…

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2019 Age Group Athletes of the Year

Age Group Athlete of the Year Awards – Male and female athletes are selected in each age group based on their performances during the preceding years of the indoor and outdoor season. Congratulations to these Age Group Athletes of the Year! ** The first listed Athlete is Winner and subsequent…

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WMA Names the 2018 Worlds Best Masters!!

Congratulations to all the Winners and Runner-ups on being named the best in the world in 2018! 2018 WMA BEST MASTERS ATHLETES The Champions: Carol LaFayette-Boyd – CAN Events at the WMA Malaga Championships Event 1:  200m                – 56 – Position 1st (WR) Event…

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2018 Event Group and Overall Athletes of the Year!

The Masters Track & Field Awards sub-committee has announced their annual Event Group and Overall Athletes of the Year (AOY) awards. These awards are presented to outstanding masters track & field athletes each year at the annual Athletes Dinner held during the following USATF Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The 2019 Outdoor Nationals…

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