Al Ackerman, athletic director at University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, greeted athletes at banquet.
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Dave Clingan, chairman of the Masters T&F Awards Committee, opened the awards portion of the Saturday night event.
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Masters T&F Commitee Chairman Gary Snyder handed out awards, including top 2008 Male Athlete honors to Bill Collins.
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Choked with emotion, Bill thanked the crowd for letting him be part of their masters track family.
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Gary congratulated 2008 co-Female Athlete of the Year Kay Glynn of Iowa.
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Kathryn Martin of Northport, N.Y., gets a kiss from Gary.
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Kathy, a phenomenal W55 distance runner, was the other Female Athlete of the Year.
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Gary and Bruce McBarnette, M50 American record holder in the high jump.
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Paul Babits, pole vault record man, was another honoree in the 35-59 group.
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Gary greets Charles Allie, one of the M60-plus athletes of the year.
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Charles dominated the M60 sprints at Oshkosh, winning the 100 and 400.
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M90 Orville Rogers of Dallas set several middle-distance records in 2008.
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Gary salutes fellow 60-plus sprinter Steve Robbins of Cleveland.
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M80 Bud Held of Del Mar, Calif., was honored for his WR season of 2008.
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Olympian Bud didn't compete at Oshkosh but had a great time among friends.
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Gary honors Bob Ward, a thrower who used to work for the Dallas Cowboys as strength coach.
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Legendary thrower Neni Lewis of New York savors her W30-59 award.
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Multi-eventer Rita Hanscom of San Diego was another 30-59 award winner.
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Renee Henderson, who swept the 1-2-4 at Oshkosh, received her 2008 season award.
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Multi-eventer Christel Donley of Colorado displayed her W60-plus plaque.
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W70 Jeanne Daprano of Atlanta won the 800 and 1500 at Oshkosh.
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W80 multi-eventer Johnnye Valien of Los Angeles added to her legend at 2008 indoor worlds in France.
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Group shot of award winners included M50 sprint champion Val Barnwell, fourth from left top row.
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Orville, Paul, Bill and Steve took in the moment above Johnnye, Jeanne and Christel.
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Christel, Steve, Kay and Val showed off for Ken Stone's camera.
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