Carey Burke Award — St. Cloud River Runners

History of the Carey Burke Award

For several years the St. Cloud River Runners had the privilege of enjoying the company of Mr. Carey Burke. Carey was an enthusiastic member of the running community during the 1980's and early 1990's. He would regularly drive from Princeton to join the group for the Saturday breakfast runs. He lived life to its fullest, had a great sense of humor, and got as much out of life as he could. His colorful running attire gave rise to the name "Crazylegs Classic" for one of the local races. He often presented some very interesting "gifts" at the annual banquets. Carey's positive attitude lasted long after leukemia took him away in 1993. This spirit, and enjoyment of distance running, was the reason an award was created in his honor.

The following SCRR members have been honored for showing some of that spirit, positive attitude, and support of distance running by being named recipients of the Carey Burke Award.

George Bienusa, 2018 Carey Burke Award Recipient

Past Award Recipients

   
      1995
      Joe Perske
       2007
      Paul Ford
   

      1996
      Denny Wintheiser
         2008
      Daryl Stevens
   

      1997
      Terre Severance
         2009
      Kate Adams
   

      1998
      Pam Stevens
         2010
      Mike O'Hara
   

      1999
      Hank Coppock
         2011
      Sharon Hobbs
   

      2000
      Kathy Zachman Mathiasen
         2012
      Renee Saxman
   

      2001
      Evan Jones
         2013
      Anita Baugh
   

      2002
      Pat Ross
         2014
      Lisa Hines
   

      2003
      Calvin Miller6
         2015
      Jacki Devine
   

      2004
      Greg Rolek
         2016
      Bob Kovell
   

      2005
      Ron Stock
         2017
      Jay Johnson and Deb Bemboom           
   

      2006
      Cindy & Donie Lewandowski
         2018
      George Bienusa           
   

In Memoriam…

Carey Burke, Jeannine Sjogren, Leon Meyer, Hank Coppock, Dale Carlson, Thorpe Running, Gerry Stock, Dave Carlson, John Seiler

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