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William Wynne named USATF Youth Athlete of the Year

Posted November 27th, 2007 at 9:23 AM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, High School

william wynneIAAF World Youth Championships two-time gold and silver medalist William Wynne of Kennesaw, Ga., has been named the 2007 Youth Athlete of the Year by USA Track & Field. Wynne will be honored December 1 at the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, at the Sheraton Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with USA Track & Field’s 2007 Annual Meeting.

Wynne was the most accomplished athlete of any nationality at the 2007 IAAF World Youth Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, winning three medals and setting a world youth record. In his first event of the competition, he brought home the silver medal in the 110-meter hurdles, finishing in 13.44 seconds.
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Dathan Ritzenhein Named
Visa Humanitarian Athlete
of the Year

Posted November 27th, 2007 at 7:45 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

dathan ritzenhein finishing 2007 u.s. olympic men's marathon trialsTwo-time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein has been named Visa Humanitarian Athlete of the Year by USA Track & Field. Ritzenhein will be honored December 1 at the 2007 Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony held in conjunction with USA Track & Field’s 2007 Annual Meeting, November 28-December 2, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Ritzenhein, 24, of Eugene, Oregon, earlier this year won the Healthy Kidney 10K in New York on May 19 in 20 minutes 8 seconds, breaking the Central Park course record of 28:10 set by Kenyan Paul Koech in 1997. Following the race Ritzenhein donated his winner’s earnings of $7,500 to the race beneficiary, the National Kidney Foundation. “I made a pact with myself before the race that if I’m fortunate enough to pick up this course record the least I can do is give back the first place prize money seeing as how this is professional athletics, but it’s a race for charity,” said Ritzenhein.
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