2019 Athletes of the Year to be recognized at 2nd annual Awards Celebration

USATF Virginia will recognize 37 athletes as 2019 Athletes of the Year in various sport and division categories at the second annual USATF Virginia Awards Celebration on Sunday, February 9.  The celebration will be held at the Jepson Alumni Center on the campus of the University of Richmond at 5:00pm.  All USATF members and guests are welcome to attend to help recognize the outstanding accomplishments of the award recipients. 
 
The Athletes of the Year that will be recognized are:
Long Distance Running - Open
Keira D'Amato (Midlothian)
Timothy Young (Fredericksburg)
 
Long Distance Running - Masters
Perry Shoemaker (Vienna)
David Angell (Blue Ridge)
 
Track & Field - Open
Britton Wilson (Henrico)
Trevor Stewart (Spotsylvania)
 
Track & Field - Masters
LaKeasha Moore (Richmond)
Ronald Humphrey (Chesapeake)
 
Race Walking
Oscar Coddington (Blacksburg)
 
Track & Field - Youth
8&Under:
Alaiyah Choice (Chester)
Brycen Crawford (Chantilly)
 
9-10: 
Sydney Taylor (Aldie)
Jaime Frias (Penn Laird)
 
11-12: 
Layla Driscoll (Aldie)
Ransford Antwi (Woodbridge)
 
13-14: 
Mirai Bernard (Sterling)
Michail Rose (Suffolk)
 
15-16: 
Aaliyah Pyatt (Fredericksburg)
Vannie Coles (Aldie)
 
17-18: 
Pearl Nagbe (Glen Allen)
Taylor Beckford (Stafford)
 
U20:
Michaela Rose (Henrico)
Kurt Powder (Chesapeake)
 
Cross Country - Youth
8&Under: 
Morgan Washington (Chantilly)
Chase Elliott (Woodbridge)
 
9-10:
Emily Gordon (Leesburg)
Jaiden Diaz (Brambleton)
 
11-12: 
Claire Anderson (Locust Grove)
Christopher Miller (Culpeper)
 
13-14: 
Kaia Woolfe (Ashburn)
Joshua Gray (Mechanicsville)
 
15-16:
Mary Kemp (Richmond)
Luke Taylor (Rockville)
 
17-18: 
Mary Heinen (Richmond)
Ben Neuwirth (Richmond)
 
U20:
Bethany Graham (Aldie)
Daniel O'Brien (Lynchburg)
 
Location: Jepson Alumni Center, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 
 
Tickets: Tickets are $30.00 per person and can be purchased online until Monday, February 3 at 11:59pm.  A lunch buffet will be served.