The USATF Masters Track & Field Hall of Fame (MTF HOF), established in 1996, inducts distinguished athletes and administrators who have been active for at least ten years. All athletes and administrators, living or not, are eligible for HOF induction.
The Masters Hall of Fame (“HOF”) Subcommittee annually researches and solicits nominations for eligible candidates for the MTF Hall of Fame. Subcommittee selects finalists and presents them to voters for selection to the HOF. Candidates may include active or retired MTF athletes and administrators who have been involved in MTF for a minimum of ten (10) years and meet the criteria below. Voters shall include the HOF Subcommittee, current members of the Hall of Fame, members of the MTF Executive Committee, MTF Subcommittee Chairs, MTF Task Force Managers, and USATF Association Masters Chairs.
Athletes must have achieved at least two (2) of the following:
- Set Individual WMA Record (even if the record has since been broken it would still be eligible for Hall of Fame consideration);
- Set Individual USATF MTF Record (even if the record has since been broken it would still be eligible for Hall of Fame consideration);
- Earned Individual World Championship (gold medal in non-relay event at a WMA Indoor or Outdoor Championship Meet);
- Earned Individual World Medal (silver or bronze in non-relay event at a WMA Indoor or Outdoor Championship Meet);
- Earned Individual National Title (gold medal in non-relay event at any USATF Masters National Indoor or Outdoor Championship meet);
- Received Athlete of the Year, including Event or Age Group, award from USATF Masters Track and Field.
Administrators include anyone who has dedicated many years to Masters Track and Field in the area of Meet Director, Administrator, Association and/or Regional Coordinators, or otherwise have made a significant impact on the progress and function of Masters Track and Field.
Anyone receiving USADA, WADA, USATF or WMA sanction or violated USATF’s Code of Conduct is not eligible.
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Members of the Masters Track and Field Hall of Fame
| 2024 | ||||||
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| Mark Cleary | Antwon Dussett | Sonja Friend-Uhl | Phil Greenwald | Brian Hankerson | Monica Kendall | Bill Platts |
| 2023 | |||||
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| David Bickel | LaTrica Dendy | Tim Edwards | Sue MacDonald | Emmanuelle McGowan | Antonio Palacios |
| 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Murray | Harvey Lewellen | Derek Pye | Robert Thomas Jr | Doug Torbert |
| 2021 | ||||||
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| Jerry Bookin-Weiner | Michael Brown | Kay Glynn | John Goldhammer | Rachel Guest | Lesley Hinz | Don Isett |
| 2020 | |||||
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| John Alexander | Linda Cohn | John Hartfield | Bess James | Donald Pellmann | Orville Rogers |
| 2019 | |||||
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| Sabra Harvey | Alisa Harvey | Gunnar Linde | Lisa Daley | Willie Gault | Tim Muller |
| 2018 | |||||
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| Paul Babits | Ty Brown | Dick Hotchkiss | Marianne Martino | Sandy Pashkin | Ruth Welding |
| 2017 | |||||
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| Dr. William Clark | Gloria Krug | Harry Nolan | Gary Patton | John Seto | Thad Wilson, Sr. |
| 2016 | ||||
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| Renee Henderson Shepherd | Bill Benson | Horace Grant | Pete Taylor | |
| 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Altendorf | Phil Brusca | George Mathews | Oscar Peyton | Jeff Watry |
| 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myrle Mensey | Anselm LeBourne | Robert Hewitt | Walt Butler | |
| 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magdalena Kuehne | Ken Baker | Greg Foster | ||
| 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Byrne | Rita Hanscom | Kathy Martin | John McManus | Roderick Parker | Joy Upshaw |
| 2011 – No Inductees |
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| 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Aldrich Bill Bangert Edward Burke |
Paul Edens Gary Hunter |
Oneithea Lewis Ralph Maxwell |
Leland McPhie Flo Meiler |
Howard Rubin George Vernosky |
| 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Cohen Jerry Crockett William Daprano |
Tim Dyas Ray Feick Mary Harada |
Bob Lida Bob Matteson Bruce McBarnette |
Charley Miller Bert Morrow Bill Rodgers |
Gerald Vaughn Algene Williams |
| 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy Bergen Joe King |
Tom Langenfeld Audrey Lary |
Marie-L Michelsohn Bill Morales |
Ladislav Pataki Roger Pierce |
Bob D Ward Nate White |
| 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Conway Carol Finsrud Alfred Funk |
Alfred Guidet Gayle Johnson |
Barbara Miller Austin Newman |
Nadine O’Connor Ruth Rothfarb |
Dorothy Stock Herm Wyatt |
| 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeanne E. Bocci Avery A. Bryant Burt DeGroot |
Jim Mathis Miriam Gordon |
Shirley J. Kinsey Frank W. Finger |
Courtland P. Gray, III Sumi Onodera-Leonard Maxwell E. Springer |
Jack H. Starr Marilyn J. Mitchell Mary L. Storey |
| 2005 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Allie Vicki Bigelow Gloria Brown |
Barbara Filutze Franklin (Bud) Held |
Sid Howard Barbara Jordan |
Lori Maynard Winfield McFadden |
Tim Murphy Stephen Robbins |
| 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Conley Don DeNoon Mike Heffernan |
Robert Hunt Betty Jarvis Dale Lance |
Milton Newton Wendell Palmer Emil Pawlik |
Nolan Shaheed Sue-Ellen Trapp |
Rudy Valentine Sal Vasquez |
| 2003 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konrad Boas Fay Bradley Harry Brown |
Jaclyn Caselli Bill Collins Jeanne Daprano |
Gerry Davidson Ruth Eberle Dudley Healy |
Margaret Hinton Carol Johnston Tom Patsalis |
Elton Richardson Gordon Wallace |
| 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Brobston Larry Colbert Buell Crane Bob Fine |
Everett Hosack Dave Jackson Sandra Kiddy |
Tom McDermott Len Olson Dave Romansky |
James Stookey Jim Sutton Johnnye Valien |
Jim Vernon Betty Vosburgh Ken Weinbel |
| 2001 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louise Adams George Braceland Bud Deacon |
Stan Druckrey Tom Gage Burl Gist |
Ray Hatton Vanessa Hilliard Bernice Holland |
John Keston Jim Law Archie Messenger |
Roy Pirrung Becky Sisley Marcie Trent |
| 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Andberg Ernie Billups Norm Bright |
Carolyn Cappetta Anne Clarke Bill Fitzgerald |
Rex Harvey Mel Larsen Ed Lukens |
Leonore McDaniels Phil Mulkey Joan Ottaway |
Stan Whitley Jerry Wojcik |
| 1999 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thane Baker Mary Bowermaster Dan Bulkley Ted Corbitt |
Jerry Donley Joann T. Grissom Hal Higdon |
Claude Hills Helen Klein Pearl Mehl |
Edith Mendyka Gary Miller Al Oerter |
Alex Ratelle Larry Stuart Warren Utes |
| 1998 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Anderson Bob Boal Ross Carter |
Harold Chapson Polly Clarke Clive Davies |
Max Green Marion Irvine Shirley Matson |
Bob Mimm Pete Mundle Jim O’Neil |
Pat Peterson Al Sheahen George Sheehen |
| 1997 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Benham Christel Donley |
Jack Greenwood Boo Morcom |
David Pain | Phil Raschker | Paul Spangler |
| 1996 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Anderson Toshi D’Elia |
Miki Gorman Norman Green |
Payton Jordan | Bev LaVeck | Irene Obera |