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Dan Girling, Chris Stone and son Bobby Stone chat before the ceremonies at a private room at the Foxfire Restaurant.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Arnie Gaynor hears out fellow Strider Jim Selby, a 2006 nominee to the USATF Masters Hall of Fame.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Striders pioneer Mike Castaneda and club President Brenda Matthews greet Girling, an M60 sprinter who also trains boxers.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Kathy and high jumper husband Bert Bergen look forward to the night's awards. She's up for some major honors after winning national titles and setting world records.
Date: 01/04/2007
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M65 sprinter Doug Smith recalls for the group the storied history and famed athletes of the original Striders, a club founded in 1955.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Striders Vice President Eric Dixon (left) introduced the night's featured speaker, USC head track coach Ron Allice.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Coach Allice described the changes in track and field over his career, especially from a collegiate perspective.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Allice also took questions from the audience, including ones about financing of track amid a successful football program and drug problems in the sport.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Hugh Cobb, longtime director of the club's annual Meet of Champions, relates how the Striders morphed into a masters-only track club.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Track coach Frank Little (front, left), Ernie Stucki and Shana Ballmer (in back) were among several dozen attending the annual dinner.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Mike Castaneda, a longtime Strider and champion masters thrower, recalls some inspiring stories.
Date: 01/04/2007
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World record holder Johnnye Valien, wearing earrings instead of her usual headband, sits with LaTanya Glass, who holds the AR in the W55 javelin.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Fancy dinner of filet mignon was followed by speakers and awards in the north Orange County "American chophouse."
Date: 01/04/2007
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Eric Dixon, an M45 sprinter who also serves at the club's webmaster, showed off future changes in the Striders' Web site.
Date: 01/04/2007
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W70 distance runner Ellen Brannigan tries out the shade-covered folding chair given to some honored Striders.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Folks who won the shade chairs pose with their prizes. They were honored for their dedication to the club.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Club Prez Brenda Matthews, a champion W55 sprinter, announced the resurrection of the Striders as an open track club.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Brenda beamed as she began the introductions of top Strider award winners.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Eric Dixon congratulated Jeanne Bowman, a W50 sprinter and thrower, as Female Athlete of the Year.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Jeanne had a best of 14.70 for 100 meters in 2006.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Brenda and Eric personified cool style at the dinner. But of course they always do.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Dan Girling accepted an award on behalf of his friend Stan Whitley, a two-time M60 national sprint champion at Charlotte in August 2006.
Date: 01/04/2007
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When Stan gets back from a Jamaica trip, this plaque awaits him.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Eric congratulates Debbie Selby, a W50 sprinter and steeplechaser, for winning the club's Renegade Award (Most Inspirational).
Date: 01/04/2007
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Debbie is a second-grade teacher in north San Diego County and also holds world records in her age/weight group in power lifting.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Debbie and her dad, ironman runner Jim, live in rural Fallbrook, overlooking the Camp Pendleton Marine base.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Kathy Bergen was named the Striders' Athlete of the Year after a season that included national W65 sprint titles and world records in the high jump.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Last March at the USATF Boston nationals, Kathy broke the W65 indoor world record at 60 meters, clocking 9.27 seconds.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Brenda shows off the third-place team trophy the Striders won at indoor nationals. The Striders finished ahead of 88 teams!
Date: 01/04/2007
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The Striders women accounted for the bulk of the scoring. Brenda herself won three silvers and a gold medal!
Date: 01/04/2007
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Arnie Gaynor shows off jacket given him by Mike Castaneda.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Frank Little, a former masters sprinter who now coaches Olympic 800 runner Khadevis Robinson and others elites, grabbed the mike to make a presentation of his own.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Brenda is caught off-guard by Frank's mystery gift. She is motioned to open it.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Unwrapped, the prize is revealed -- a set of collector's dishes for major L.A. Lakers fan Brenda Matthews!
Date: 01/04/2007
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M65 sprinter Lee Gillespie looks over patterns for the next generation of Striders uniforms.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Debbie and Jim Selby help Doug Smith study a photo of an early generation of Striders team members.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Doug and Jim try to identify Striders athletes from the 1950s. Doug ran with some of them.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Rodney Johnson, an M45 sprinter who raced world record holder Willie Gault in 2006, poses with Brenda Matthews, who thankfully did not.
Date: 01/04/2007
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Mike Castaneda captures his own memories near the end of the delightful awards dinner.
Date: 01/04/2007
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All Striders in attendance gathered for a team shot. Brenda says just under 40 active masters athletes compete for the Southern California Striders.
Date: 01/04/2007
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