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The 2010 Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Awards Luncheon which will be held on Sunday, 11 April 2010 at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center.
The honorees at this Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Awards Luncheon are:
- Jon P. Anderson (Cornell University, living in Eugene, Oregon)
- William John "Bill" Cox (Rochester Shop School, Mercersburg Academy (PA), Penn State University, deceased),
- Marquis Franklin "Bill" Horr (Munnsville HS, Syracuse University, Deceased),
- Kathy D. Mills (Parker) (Fayetteville-Manlius HS, Penn State University, living in Portland, Oregon),
- Jerome Edward "Jerry" Riordan (Cathedral High School, Syracuse University; Coached at: Christian Brothers Academy - Syracuse and Henninger HS, living in Syracuse, NY),
- William "Brad" Sumner, Jr. (McQuaid Jesuit HS, Villanova University, living in Atlanta, Georgia), and
- Karl D. Thornton (Binghamton HS, University of Pennsylvania, Living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
- Kim Batten
- Lewis "Deerfoot" Bennett
- Steve Dering
- Sonja Fitts
Periodized Sport Psychology - Building the Bulletproof Athlete by Brian Risk.
Click the book cover above to learn more about this outstanding new book.Brian Risk has produced a book that demystifies mental conditioning and gives the coach and parents a step-by-step handbook to systematically implement the principles behind sport psychology into daily practice and every day life.
Loren Seagrave
Co-Founder, Speed Dynamics
Founder, Velocity Sports Performance
Chief Performance Officer, Life University Sports Science Institute
This book is masterfully written. It is a must read for any serious coach or athlete interested in improving performance. I would strongly recommend this book be part of every coach's and athlete's library
Brent McFarlane
Head Track & Field Coach, 2000 Canadian Olympic Team
Author of "The Science of Hurdling and Speed"
If you are to compete at the highest level or just to be at the top of your genetic potential Brian's book is an indispensable part of what the coach and athlete need to achieve that aim. Sportsmen need to prepare all parameters of performance and Brian has outlined and outfitted you to do just that. His approach covers masterfully in an easily digestible format what one needs to do and practice to allow that 5% to direct that 95% to its genetic best. All of what one needs to improve psychological performance is there. This is one book or in this case one course that the coach and athlete should not be without. Mental skills are attainable, but must be practiced the same as any physical skill. Let Brian help you to expand your ability to be the 100% complete athlete. This work is extremely well done.
Dr. R. Craig Poole
Head Coach Women's Track and Field and Cross Country, Brigham Young University
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Sign-up for the FREE This Day In Athletics Daily Newsletter or This Day In Athletics Weekly Newsletter Back to topAnnouncing the Class of 2009 of the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame
The Class of 2009:- J. Kimberly "Kim" Batten is a graduate of East high School in Rochester, NY and Florida State University. Batten, a 400 meter hurdler, set the World Record (52.61) for the 400 meter hurdles when she won the 1995 World Championship in Goteburg, Sweden. She is a two-time US Olympian, winning an Olympic Silver medal in 1996 and is the 1995 Pan-Am Games Champion in the 400 meter hurdles. Batten also won Bronze medals at the 1991 Grand Prix Finals, 1993 Grand Prix Finals, 1997 World Track and Field Championship, the 1998 World Cup. She is a six-time US Outdoor Track and Field Champion in the 400 meter hurdles (1991, 1994, 1995. 1996, 1997, and 1998). She also a nine-time NCAA All-American. Batten won the1996 ESPY Award as Women's Track and Field Performer of the year and appeared on the cover of the June 1996 edition of Track & Field News. She was inducted into the Class of 1997 of the Florida State University Hall of Fame and the Class of 2006 of the Florida Track and Field Hall of Fame.
- Lewis "Deerfoot" Bennett was a professional runner from 1856 to 1870 and set six Word Records in 1862 and 1863 - 10 miles, 1 hour run (4 times), and 12 miles. Bennett is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, NY next to Red Jacket, the famous Seneca Indian Orator.
- Steve Dering is a graduate of Christian Brothers Academy High School, Albany, NY and Syracuse University. Dering is a three-time All-American who specialized in the hammer throw after college. He won six Big East Championships (four in the hammer throw and two in the 35 pound weight throw). Dering was the 1988 US Junior Champion, the 1990 Penn Relays Champion, and 1990 IC4A Champion in the Hammer Throw. He set the Syracuse University school record in the hammer throw twice (1990, 1991). Dering won the 1991 Big East Outstanding Performer Award and the 1991 Bud Brown Outstanding Thrower Award from Syracuse University. Dering was ranked in the US Top Ten six times (1992-1997) for the Hammer Throw.
- Sonja Fitts (Walters) is a graduate of Gates-Chili High School, near Rochester NY, and St. John's University. Fitts specialized in the hammer / 2eight Throw after college but competed in all throwing events in high school and college. She set a world record for the 20 pound weight throw in 1992 (18.92m / 61' 1") and won the silver medal in the hammer throw at the 1991 Pan-Am Games. Fitts is an eight-time US Champion winning the 20 pound weight throw five-times (1991-1995 - the first five times it was held) and the hammer throw three-times (1992-1994 - the first three times it was held). Fitts won twelve Big East championships and earned All Big East honors twenty times (five times indoors and seven times outdoors). She also won three ECAC Conference Championships, eight Metropolitan Conference Championships, and is a five-time All East Selection. She also won six Empire State Games Championships. Fitts was the top ranked US hammer thrower in 1994 and 1995. She was inducted into the St. John's University Hall of Fame, was named Metropolitan Athletic Congress Women Athlete of the Year, and 1992 Big East Indoor Championships Performer of the Meet.
Athletes:
Glass Dragon Digital Publishing is now offering Coaching Education articles in PDF format.
See the Glass Dragon Digital Publishing web site. Available Articles at Glass Dragon Digital Publishing include:- Training Theory - A Primer on Periodization by Dr. Marc R. Grosso in the April 27, 2006 edition of The Coach (published in England).
This article was reprinted in the July 2006 edition of Modern Athlete and Coach (published in Australia). It was also reprinted in the Spring 2006 edition of the IAAF Regional Development Center Bulletin for Beijing, China. - Training Theory - Additional Considerations by Dr. Marc R. Grosso in the July 27, 2006 edition of The Coach (published in England).
This article was reprinted in the October 2006 edition of Modern Athlete and Coach (published in Australia). - Developing An Athletics Training Program by Dr. Marc R. Grosso to the October 27, 2006 edition of The Coach (published in England).
This article was reprinted in the January 2007 edition of Modern Athlete and Coach (published in Australia).
Nominations for future classes of the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame may be submitted by any interested party. Contact the Hall of Fame Committee Chair, , to request nomination materials. Nominations may be submitted electronically.
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