Recent Recognitions
Over the past 40 years, the Cleveland West Road Runners organization has been lifted up through the strengths and unselfish contribution of many, many members. These are folks who enjoy the sport and camaraderie of running and want to foster an environment where others can share and grow in that same experience. A few of those bright sparks from the club's history have had awards named in honor of the examples and contributions they provided, and at the Winter Banquet current club members who best mirror those examples are presented with awards.
VOLUNTEER AWARDS FOR 2019
Members listed below were recognized for significant volunteer contributions during multiple events in 2019 and presented with gift certificates by club officers Mark Brinich and Heather Kuch
Members listed below were recognized for significant volunteer contributions during multiple events in 2019 and presented with gift certificates by club officers Mark Brinich and Heather Kuch
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Kathy Dugan
Mark Breudigam Mark Brinich John Delzani Joanna Brell Chip Cooper Kimberly Roach Cathy Fischer Joe Nainiger Liese Nainiger |
Paul Schlosser
Brian Cleary Gretty Myers Rich Oldrieve Mike Schipper Maureen Scullin Anthony DeMarco Tatiana De Marco Mike Fry Greg Klipan |
Cathy Leonard
Steve Morchak Bob Myers Chris Banas Larry Begue Bob Budzilek Bob Dhloughy Glenn Dumonthier Julie Gavreau John Guty |
Andrew Mangels
Christine Mangels Kathyrn Metz Kathy Rezek Joe Schnug |
CLUB SERVICE AWARDS
The Steve Gladis Special Service Award This award is determined by a vote of the officers and is awarded to club members who have given outstanding service over the past year. So recognized for 2019 were: Mark Breudigam & Chip Cooper 1977 Dick Fanning, Susan Chanter 1978 Bob Kuebler, Annette Johnson 1979 Stew McKnight, Joan Simpson 1980 Jack Swisher, Ginny Sheehan 1981 Paul Tepley, Kathy Graf 1982 Robert Kaiden, Pat Ashmun 1983 Robert Kaiden, Helen Williams 1984 John Dunlavey, Pat Ashmun 1985 Jim Chillemi, Luann Wargo 1986 Wally Bethke, Marilyn Olsen 1987 Al Troietto, Barb Cook 1988 Chip Cooper, Annette Johnson 1989 John Kolozvary, Fabiola Damicone 1990 John Delzani, Kathy Dugan 1991 Bill Stross, Ross Larson 1992 Colleen Theusch, Bob Blum 1993 Donna Bernazolli, Larry Gmucs 1994 Juanita Robeson, Don Robeson 1995 Joe Eisenberg, Gerry Nemeth 1996 Martha Riggs, John Wincek 1997 Mark Shelton, Rick Mead 1998 Dave Clinton, Hugh Danaceau 1999 Tom Prue, Nancy Danisek 2000 Tom Todrank, Dan Peters 2001 Lou Karl, Maureen Scullin 2002 Allen White, Larry Begue 2003 Toni Massa, Bill Dieter 2004 Dan Peters, Rick Mead 2005 Don Baun, Rick Mead 2006 Toni Massa, Eleanor Royko 2007 Charlie Farrel, Debbie Lemmer 2008 Chris Kaylor, Maureen Scullin 2009 Amy Kaylor, Lou Karl 2010 Cathy Leonard, Chip Cooper 2011 Tim Furry, Amy Kaylor 2012 Cathy Leonard, Chip Cooper 2013 Art Moore, Mike Malloy 2014 Maureen Scullin, Rich Oldrieve 2015 Kathy Dugan, Dan Straitiff 2016 John Delzani, Mark Brinich 2017 Marlene Zepkin, Charlie Farrell, Bob Budzilek, Mark Brinich, Joe Nainiger 2018 Kathy Rezek, Dan Straitiff 2019 Mark Breudigam, Chip Cooper |
The George Simmerly Memorial Award
As Lou Holtz said, "Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." This award honors the member who best demonstrates the positive attitude and spirit of running. So recognized for 2019 was: Mike Schipper. 1992 Leo Lightner 1993 Gerry Nemeth 1994 Tom Hord 1995 Bob Blum 1996 Michelle Mead 1997 Rich Medykowski 1998 Mark Breudigam 1999 Bob Pavlas 2000 Colleen Theusch 2001 Kathy Dugan 2002 Irene Weston 2003 Liese Nainiger 2004 Nancy Desmond 2005 Amy Jamieson-Petonic 2006 Charlie Farrel 2007 George Klier 2008 John Sobolewski 2009 Arthur Moore 2010 Heidi Finniff 2011 Melissa Miller 2012 Kathryn Metz 2013 Raj Rangoon 2014 Kimberly Roach 2015 Heather Kuch 2016 Ashlee Ginter 2017 Larry Begue, Brian Cleary, Kathy Dugan, Chip Cooper 2018 Evan & Debra Golder 2019 Mike Schipper 
The Hugh Daneceau Award
Hugh was a past President of the club and steadfastly worked to make sure we thrived. This award is presented to a member who has substantially contributed over many years. So recognized for 2019 was: Bob Myers 2010: John Delzani, Lou Karl, Bob Budzilek 2011: George Klier 2012: Kathy Dugan 2013 Mike Twigg 2014 Heidi Finniff 2015 Mark Brinich 2016 Maureen Scullin 2017 Mark Breudigam 2018 Cathy Leonard, Chip Cooper 2019 Bob Myers |
The Jess Bell Award
Each year the CWRRC race directors honor those who have provided exceptional contributions to our race series. So recognized for 2019 were: Dan Straitiff & Bill Dieter 1988 John Kolozvary, Ross Larson 1989 Larry Gmucs, Ross Larson 1990 Chip Cooper, Ross Larson 1991 John Kolozvary, George Klier 1992 Karen Kolozvary, Mark Breudigam 1993 Liese Nainiger, Joe Nainiger 1994 Tim Crisman, Liese & Joe Nainiger 1995 Tim Crisman, Jim Gilmore 1996 Bob Budzilek, Maureen Scullin 1997 Bob Budzilek, Debbie Lemmer 1998 Bob Budzilek, Debbie Lemmer 1999 Mark Breudigam, Rich Medykowski 2000 Tim Furey, Micky Rzymek 2001 Mark Breudigam, Tom Prue 2002 Christine Pavlas, Glenn Dumonthier 2003 Cathy Fischer, Mark Breudigam 2004 Cathy Fischer, Mike Twigg 2005 Pat Ashmun, Maureen Scullin 2006 Joanna Brell, Tom Todrank 2007 Mark Breudigam, Toni Massa 2008 Mark Brinich, Kimberly Roach 2009 George Klier, John Delzani 2010 Amy Jameson-Petonic 2011 Toby Barvincak, Bob Budzilek 2012 Melissa Miller, Bob Budzilek 2013 Mike Schipper, Bob Myers 2014 Mark Breudigam 2015 Joe Nainiger, Bob Budzilek 2016 George Klier, Gretty Myers 2017 Mike Fry, Mark Shelton, Kevin Arth, Mike Schipper 2018 Bob Budzilek, Bob Myers 2019 Dan Straitiff, Bill Dieter |