Steve Taylor Receives H. Browning Ross Long Distance Running Merit Award
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Steve Taylor is awarded the H. Browning Ross Long Distance Running Merit Award by USATF representative Blake Bolden.
(December 1, 2018)
Columbus, Ohio – Collegiate Running Association Co-Founder, Steve Taylor has been honored by USA Track and Field (USATF) with the H. Browning Ross Long Distance Running Merit Award for his contributions and service to the sport of long distance running. Taylor's efforts were recognized at the USATF Annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio Sunday morning.
The H. Browning Ross Long Distance Running Merit Award is given annually to that individual who has made an outstanding contribution and/or has been of service to the sport of long distance running in the U.S. It was named in honor of the founder of the AAU LDR committee and the Road Runners Club of America, as well as the first recipient of the award in 1969. The award has been bestowed annually since its inception.
Taylor, a Saint Marys, West Virginia native is the co-founder of the Collegiate Running Association, along with being the University of Richmond Spiders head coach while contributing on several levels to long distance running on the national level. In addition to years of as an active athlete where he represented the U.S. in the 1991 World Championships and 1991 and 1995 World Marathon Cup, he has spent decades as a prominent coach and annually contributes at the USATF Annual Meeting. Taylor is a forward-thinker in expanding men's and women's long distance running. His creation of the Collegiate Running Association in 2013 has led to thousands of dollars returning back to student-athletes who are working toward a degree, including the first-ever champion, Paul Chelimo, who went on to medal in the 2016 Olympic 5,000m. Taylor's tireless efforts create opportunities to keep aspiring athletes of both genders in the sport, while leading in creating competitive opportunities with prize money for both.
H. Browning Ross is often referred to as the father of long distance running in America. In 1948 he won the NCAA steeplechase championship, which paved the way for his 1948 and 1952 U.S. Olympic Team qualification. Ross was a lifelong resident of Woodbury, New Jersey. He devoted his life to spreading his love and enthusiasm for long distance running and is often credited as the cornerstone to the development of long distance runners in the USA today.
H. Browning Ross Long Distance Running Merit Award
Awarded annually be USA Track & Field (USATF) to that individual who has made an outstanding contribution and/or has been of service to the sport of long distance running. It was named in honor of the founder of the AAU LDR committee and the Road Runners Club of America, as well as the first recipient of the award in 1969.
2018 Steve Taylor
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2009 Jack Daniels
2008 Bob Sevene
2007 Don Kardong
2006 Joe Newton
2005 Bob Larsen
2004 Mark Winitz
2003 Creigh Kelley, Fred Finke
2002 Dan Brown
2001 Joe Vigil
2000 Vin Lananna
1999 Mike Scott
1998 Alvin Chriss
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1992 Doug Thurston
1991 John Mansoor
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1989 Jeff Darman
1988 Don Kardong
1987 Allan Steinfeld
1986 Bill Roe
1985 Kenneth Young
1984 Vince Chiappetta
1983 Fred Lebow
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1981 Will Cloney
1980 Norman Brand
1979 Stanley Stafford
1978 Anthony Diamond
1977 Joseph Kleineman
1976 John Brennand
1975 Harold Canfield
1974 Aldo M. Scandurra
1973 Robert E. DeCelle
1972 Frank Shorter
1971 Ted Corbitt
1970 Robert S. Campbell
1969 H. Browning Ross