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News Items from the Party!
On February 23, 2007, the Washington Running Club celebrated the end of the 2007 racing year at Sonoma Restaurant on Capitol Hill. Members and friends gathered to chat about their race victories over the past year, discuss 2008 races, and more. There were more than 45 members in attendance. A big thanks go to all who attended and a special thanks
goes out to Tris Kruger, who bought
a round of drinks for all!
President Adina Wadsworth emceed the awards
presentation. She began by introducing the board (V.P. Erica Grasmick,, Secretary Bart
Forsyth, Treasurer James Scarborough, Director at-large Dan Simonds, and Information Officer Jim Wadsworth. All
were present except for Bart so he shall receive 20 lashes with an unboiled noodle the next time we see him.
Award Ceremony Results
First, a special mini “FBI” pin was
presented to Yancey Hall for his
bravery for chasing down a laptop thief from his place of work one day last
summer. Yancey told a humorous tale of his detective work and capture adventure and
we would repeat it here except that it would take pages and pages of
written word and no right minded person would take the time to read it.
Every year the WRC recognizes
the outstanding performances of club members. We take many things into
consideration such as excellent performances (relative), improvement,
number of races, training effort, and loyalty to the club. Kudos to those
winning 2007’s high recognition awards and recognition call outs.
High Recognition 2007
Male Runner of the Year
and Most Improved: Will Ellison
(3:05 Columbus PR, 38 minute 10k PR, 1:24 half marathon PR)
Prolific Racer and Traveler:
Mike Mills (many marathons this
year all over the U.S.
and including some special foreign spots such as Sweden and Antartica)
Female Runner of the Year:
Elyse Braner
(69:59 Army 10-Miler, 3:14 Marine Corps, 1:25 20k win)
High Achievement: Laura Chipkin
(3:25 Boston, 3:22 New
York Marathon, both PR’s)
Recognition Call Outs 2007 (alphabetical order)
Jean-Christophe Arcaz
Lance Crist
Courtney Fulton
Erica Grasmick
Kevin Grasmick
Elizabeth Jones
Maria Kozloski
Max Lockwood
Lucy Nottingham
Tom O’Reilly
Bob Platt
Philippe Rolly
Shirley Sameshima
James Scarborough
Dan Simonds
Stephanie Tocco
Michael Wardian
Lindsay Goulet
Wilkins
Jay Wind
All these names will be added to the WRC History and Member
Recognition Page for all of eternity!
Congratulations to all these members for their
excellent performances! We know many other members had some great efforts
last year also...congratulations to all of you who reached your goals
and/or had performances that made you proud!
Club Election Results
After the award ceremony was completed…the
club held an invisible ballet and voting exercise. Here are the results.
Adina Wadsworth and Erica Morton were
reelected President and Vice President for another year. We thank them for
their leadership during 2007 and look forward to their continued leadership
for 2008.
Door
Prizes Drawing
Finally, a drawing was held for a number of
door prizes, including a Pacers gift certificate, a night for two at a
resort in Virginia,
and some WRC shirts and hats.
Some Party Pics...
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WRC President kicks off the awards ceremony
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Adina pins the mini “FBI” pin on Yancey’s collar
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Kevin, Erica, Steve, & Adina share a drink
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Three pretty ladies (Chris,
Caroline, Jess) say hi
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Tom and Lauren share a smile…Doug looks on
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Runner of the year Elyse strikes a
pose with Naoko
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Proficient racer award winner Mike
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Naoko & Robin make a toast
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Amy and high achievement winner
Laura pose
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Shirley talks to Dr. Tris
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Will, Charles, Juli,
and Caroline
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Sue and
Bruce
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Yancey and Jim hoist some vino
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Jim talks to Elyse…Dan and
Barb hang out
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Robin, Amy,
and Dan
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Ed and Caroline
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Henry listens to Erica…Kevin
looks on…
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James, Bruce and Jay
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Group shot
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Thanks much to Deborah for the photos!
Good luck in your training, running, and racing in
2008!
See you all next year!
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