| 2008 | Willie Banks |
2-time Olympian, former World Record holder in Triple Jump. |
| 2007 | Steve Scott |
#1 US miler from 1977-1988. Broke 4-min mile 136 times 1984 & 1988 Olympian. US mile record (3:51.71 indoor, 3:47.69 outdoor for 25 yrs) Founder of speed golf in 1979. |
| 2006 | Bob Beamon
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Set a world record (for 23 years) for the long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a jump of 8.90 m (29 ft 2½ in) – the first person to reach 28ft and 29ft. |
| 2005 | Bob Anderson
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Founder of Runners’ World magazine and the “Corporate Cup National Championships”, which evolved into the USCAA’s Corporate Cup Relays. |
| 2004 | Bill Rodgers
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1976 Olympian – marathon team, 4-time winner of both Boston and New York Marathons, World and American records in 25K, American records in 15K, 20K, 30K |
| 2003 | Edith McGuire Duvall
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1964 Olympian – 200m gold medal (broke Wilma Rudolph’s record), 100m silver medal. Held World, Olympian, Canadian, AAU and American records in 200m and 220 yd dash. |
| 2002 | Fred Newhouse
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Three-time All American and National Champion, 4x400m Relay gold and 400m silver medals at 1976 Montreal Olympics |
| 2001 | Lee Evans
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Set 400m (43.86) and 4x400m Relay (2:56.1) world records at 1968 Montreal Olympics. Both records stood for 20 years. In USA T&F Hall-of-Fame (1983). Named 100 Golden Olympian. |
| 2000 | Lee Evans
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Set 400m (43.86) and 4x400m Relay (2:56.1) world records at 1968 Montreal Olympics. Both records stood for 20 years. In USA T&F Hall-of-Fame (1983). Named 100 Golden Olympian. |
| 1999 | Don Bowden
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1956 Olympian. U.S. mile record holder (3:58.7, 1957). First American to break the 4-minute mile (3:58.7) |
| 1998 | Fred Newhouse
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Three-time All American and National Champion, 4x400m Relay gold and 400m silver medals at 1976 Montreal Olympics |
| 1997 | Ruth Wysocki
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Competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Set Master’s 800m (2:04) and 5K (16:06) in 1997 |
| Steve Scott
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#1 US miler from 1977-1988. Broke 4-min mile 136 times 1984 & 1988 Olympian. US mile record (3:51.71 indoor, 3:47.69 outdoor for 25 yrs) Founder of speed golf in 1979. |
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| 1995 | Kevin Little
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Born April 3, 1968, in Des Moines, Iowa specialized in sprints. He won the 200 meter race in the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Paris, France. He won bronze in the same event in the 1989, 1993, and 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships. |
| Natasha Kaiser-Brown
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American Olympian sprinter who specialized in the 400 meter run, and is the current University of Missouri- Columbia track and field coach | |
| 1994 | Joan Benoit Samuelson
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Won inaugural women’s marathon in Los Angeles Olympics |
| 1992 | Edwin Moses
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Olympian. 10-year winning streak in the hurdles (107 consecutive final wins) |
| 1991 | Carl Lewis
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4-time Olympian. Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper who topped the world rankings in the 100m, 200m and long jump |
| 1989 | Mark Curp
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Broke the Men’s World Record in the Half Marathon in 1985, with 1:00:55 at the Philadelphia Distance Run |
| 1986 | Evelyn Hall Adams
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American hurdler. She won the AAU title outdoors (80m Hurdles) in 1930 and indoors (50m Hurdles) in 1931, 1933, 1935. At the 1932 Olympics she earned a silver medal in the 80m Hurdles. |
| 1985 | Craig Virgin
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An American distance runner who is the only American male to be on three Olympic teams in the 10,000 meters (1976, 1980, 1984), and the only American male to win the IAAF World Cross Country Championships…and did it twice. His victories came in Paris, France (1980) and Madrid, Spain (1981). |
| Ruth Wysocki
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Competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Set Master’s 800m (2:04) and 5K (16:06) in 1997 |
