Annually, the Mill Cities Alliance recognizes a citizen of the local running community with the Phil Quinn Award for making extraordinary contributions to our sport. The past winners of this prestigious award are listed below. Their dedication, support, commitment and passion for running have improved our sport immensely.
Among our past recipients you will find coaches, race directors, newsletter editors, webmasters, race officials, club officers, writers and most likely a teammate of yours. They are the mortar that holds the organizational bricks of our running community together. These individuals willingly give their time and expertise to make running better for all of us.
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| 1991 Dave Camire - GLRR | 1992 Bob Randall - WCRC | 1993 Jack Pierce - GLRR | 1994 Jim “Gilly” Gilford - GAC | 1995 Mike Page - NSS |
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| 1996 Dave LaBrode - AS | 1997 Skip Cleaver - GCS | 1998 Jean Barry - GLRR | 1999 Bob Manning - WCRC | 2000 Sharon Yu - AS |
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| 2001 Gary Freedman - NSS | 2002 Mike McCormack - WCRC | 2003 Warren Church - GCS | 2004 Charlie Farrington - MVS | 2005 Mark Coddaire - GLRR |
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| 2006 Steve Burton - SRR | 2007 Bill Feeney - SRC | 2008 Bill Mullen - Lynn Woods XC | 2009 Marshall McCloskey - MVS | 2010 Steve Moland - GCS |
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| 2011 Glenn Stewart - GLRR | 2012 Jack Rembiz - AS | 2013 George LeCours - GCS | 2014 John Barbour - GLRR | 2015 Jessica Costa - GLRR |
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| 2016 Rick Bayko - WCRC | 2017 Roger Perham - NSS | 2018 Tom Licciardello - MVS | 2019 Gretchen Wilson - SRR | 2021 Michael Hartin - Mystic Runners |
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| 2022 Joe Abelon - Lynn Woods XC | 2023 Dave Kazanjian - Whirlaway Sports | 2024 - John Gorvin - SRR |