1st Annual Distance Running Awards

The end of the year is coming upon us and I thought I would do the First Annual Distance Awards for you guys. So here are the winners of these different awards

Best Stache Award
Men (4 Way Tie)
Justin Aln (DIII Augustana Runner), Nathan J. Smith (DIII Augustana Runner), Will Leer & Me (Derek Rubis)

Women
New Mexico XC Team

Best Track Website(2 Way Tie)
Flotrack & RunnerSpace

Top 10 Track Mix Songs Of The Year
1. Robbie Williams-"Candy"
2. Pink-"Try"
3. Ke$ha-"Die Young"
4. Maroon 5-"One More Night"
5. The Wanted-"I Found You"
6. Karmin-"Hello"
7. Travis Barker & Yelawolf featuring Tim Armstrong-"6 Feet Underground"
8. One Direction-"Live Where We're Young"
9. The Killers-"Miss Atomic Bomb"
10. Ellie Goulding-"Anything Can Happen"

Most Underrated Distance Athlete
Men
John Jefferson

Women
Stephaine Garcia (Jefferson)

Best Mid-Distance Athlete
Men
Nick Symmonds & Duane Solomon

Women
Shannon Rowbury

Best Long Distance Athlete
Men
Galen Rup, Evan Jager & Billy Nelson

Women
Emma Corburn & Shayla Kipp

Best Comback Of The Year
Men
Chris Solinsky

Women
Lauren Fleshman

Best International Distance Athlete Of The Year(4 Way Tie)
Mo Farah, Nick McCormick, Ciaran O'Lionaird, Mitch Goose

Best Races Of The Year
Male
Olympic 800 & Evan Jager's American Record Steeplechase

Female
Olympic Trials Women's 5K

Best Track & Field Athlete Outside Distance Running
Men
Trey Hardee

Women
Chante Lowe & Brigetta Barrett

Best Track Meet
Olympics & Olympic Trials

Best XC Meet
DIII & DI XC Nationals

College Teams Of The Year
Men
DI- Oklahoma State
DII- Adam State
DIII- North Central

Women
DI- Oregon
DIII- UW-Oshkosh

Best College Distance Runner Of The Year
Men
DI- Lawi Lalang & Maverick Darling
DII- Mat Daniels (Adam State)
DIII- Tim Nelson (UW-Stout)

Women
DI- Sara Koll
DIII- Christy Cazzola (UW-Oshkosh)

Best Bearded Distance Athlete
A.J. Acosta, John Jefferson, Ian Dobson, & Barak Watson (Boise State)

Coach Of The Year
Men
Billy Nelson

Women
Shayla Houlihan