25th Annual Awards Party

Date: November 22nd, 1997
Location: Universalist Church, 76th Street & Central Park West

We have lots of photographs taken at this historical occasion. It w ill take you a while to browse through them, since the 30 photographs take up 1.5 megabytes of space. So clear out your cache, before and after.

7:00 pm --- Cocktails, snacks, mixer

Photo 1: Nathan Klejman is munching on some snacks
Photo 2: Meta-photograph of Alan Bautista taking a photograph of Stacy Creamer. Was there someone else behind my back too?
Photo 3: Candy Strobach and Marty Stanton with drinks in hand and wondering how the funny gadget (namely, the digital camera) works.
Photo 4: The digital camera is a silent stealth device such that the subjects may be completely unaware that they are being photographed. See how Jud Santos is oblivious to the presence of the camera until it was too late.

8:00pm --- Dinner (Food, Glorious Food!)

Photo 5: Gordon Bakoulis and Sylvie Kimché are obviously very serious about their food.
Photo 6: Laura Miller and Thomas Pennell are astonished at what Sarah Gross is willing to try.
Photo 7: Diane Lebowitz and Audrey Kingsley exhibit singular, intense concentration.
Photo 8: The mediagenic set always look out for media ops. Whereas everyone else focussed on the food, Tyronne Culpepper and wife spotted the camera and immediately assume the proper pose.

We have a number of triathletes on our club. These tri-geeks are not exactly bulimic skinny runner-types, and food is a major obsession for them. That is why it is necessary to segregate them into a different photo section:-
Photo 9: Julie Denney is absolutely beaming at the sight of the food.
Photo 10: Aubin Sullivan and Ross Galitsky are moving down the food line, as Ross helps Aubin look her best for the photo. Oh, by the way, this is their second helping at the foodline.
Photo 11: Scott Willett is contemplating and probing the food.
Photo 12: This is a close-up picture of the double decker of plates of food in Scott Willett's hand. Well, he did pay $35 to get in, he did have to do a couple more loops around the park after the party and, above all, he is a tri-geek!

9:00pm --- Awards

Photo 13: The Masters of Ceremony are Stacy Creamer and Marty Stanton.
Photo 14: The Founders of Central Park Track Club are David Blackstone, Jack Brennan and Frank Handelman. According to legend, on October 15th, 1972, David Blackstone first put down the Central Park Track Club as his club affiliation on a race entry form.
Photo 15: Sylvie Kimché, our current President, takes care of regular business (elections, indoor track, etc).

Hall of Fame

Photo 16: Frank Handelman announces the Central Park Track Club Hall of Fame inductees while our coach George Wisniewski listens.
Photo 17: The Hall of Famers: Sid Howard, Fritz Müller, Candace Strobach and Ed Gonera. Cliff Pauling was not able to attend.

1997 Award Recipients

Photo 18: George Wisniewski gives a pensive speech before he presents his awards.
Photo 19: The Most Improved Runner is Victor Osayi, who has set a long string of personal bests this year.
Photo 20: Female Newcomer of the Year is Julie Denney, a triathlete from the famous Columbia nursing enclave.
Photo 21: Male Newcomer of the Year is Ray Blackwell, M.D.
Photo 22: Audrey Kingsley accepts the award for the Best Female 20-29 runner.
Photo 23: The CPTC (Coach's Picks of Tough Competitors) award winners Luis Peña, Ramon Bermo and Mary Rosado.
Photo 24: Open 30-39 Award winners Peter Allen, Hank Berkowitz, Stacy Creamer and Rachel Latessa. We regret that we missed the picture of Sal Allah.
Photo 25: Masters 50-59 Award winners Sid Howard, Sylvie Kimché and Ron Johnson.
Photo 26: Masters 40-49 Award winners Ed Gonera, Alan Ruben, Tom Hartshone, John Kenney and Jesse Norman.

No Photo: Media Person of the Year --- they cancelled the award, which Tyronne Culpepper thought was his for sure. Yes, he wuz robbed!

Note: Some runners were not present to receive their awards, including Joe Simonte , Irene Jackson, Anselm Labourne, Cliff Pauling, Ricardo Granados, ...

10:00pm-1:00am --- Dancing (Saturday Night Fever)

Photo 27: Stacy Creamer and Marty Stanton dance the night away.
Photo 28: Laura Miller and Sarah Gross sure look like they are having fun.
Photo 29: ... and what party would be complete without Eden Weiss stripping down to his tanktop?

FOOTNOTE: Unfortunately, the most interesting photo is the one of Sid Howard that was circulating around the room but cannot be published on this web site. That particular photo was associated with a subway token roll joke. We regret that we cannot elaborate any further ...