2020 Officers and 2019 Awards
The annual year-end holiday party was held at Sunday Cavallaro's home once again with good food and fellowship. The [b]election[/b] of officers and board members for 2020 resulted as follows: President-Karen Swisher; Vice-President-Pat Durkin; Secretary-Sunday Cavallaro; Treasurer-Tom Oakes; Past-President-Alan Poisner; Board Members at Large-Leslie Brown; Janice Kelble.
Several awards were presented. The Alan Poisner Service Award was shared by [b]BJ Thornburg[/b] and [b]Sunday Cavallaro[/b]. BJ had a terrific year in service to the club, racewalking success and other athletic accomplishments, including finishing a half-marathon in the 70-74 division, and accomplishing a 43-story competitive stair climb for charity. Sunday once again showed remarkable service as our clinic director while dealing with medical issues, kept us all smiling and still managed to get into local, regional and national races.
Two other awards were presented. [b]Karen Swisher [/b]was presented with a plaque, acknowledging her setting a new American Record in the one-mile walk in the 65-69 age division (breaking her own record from 2017). [b]Alan Poisner[/b] was presented with a certificate of appreciation for receiving All-American Status again in 2019 from USATF Masters and his continued mentorship and promotion of racewalking Karen concluded the meeting with a review of the past year and a preview of 2020 which is anticipated to be another Golden year for Heartland Racewalkers.