The 2019 MDRA Annual Party is Saturday, January 19, 2019!
Edina Community Center Third Floor Lounge. 5701 Normandale Road, Edina, MN 55424
Free pizza and soda kick the party off at 11:00 with the awards portion starting at 12:45. Come and enjoy runner camaraderie and a slide show of 2018’s racing season.
This yearly event features great prize drawings for all in attendance, MDRA Grand Prix Awards, Distinguished Service and Volunteer of the Year awards and free pizza and soda!
The party is free for MDRA members and costs $5 for guests.
You can join MDRA at the party or sign up at this link to get all the great benefits of MDRA started now!
Great door prizes, that you must be there to win from our great sponsors:
Great Prizes from:
- Grandma’s Marathon
- Twin Cities in Motion
- Fargo Marathon
- MDRA Gear/Comp Race Entries
- TC Running
- Marathon Sports
| YEAR | MDRA Presidents | Distinguished Service Award Winners/renamed Pat Lanin DSA in 1997 |
Volunteers of the Year (First awarded in 1984) |
| 1961 | Bob Harris | ||
| 1962 | Bob Harris | ||
| 1963 | Bob Harris | ||
| 1964 | Bob Harris | ||
| 1965 | Bob Harris | ||
| 1966 | Bob Harris | ||
| 1967 | |||
| 1968 | Ron Daws | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1970 | Jack Jarpe | ||
| 1971 | Ron Daws | ||
| 1972 | Dave Griffith | ||
| 1973 | Jeff Brain | ||
| 1974 | Jeff Brain | ||
| 1975 | Jeff Brain | ||
| 1976 | Alex Boies | ||
| 1977 | Jeff Winter | ||
| 1978 | Jeff Winter | ||
| 1979 | Jeff Winter | ||
| 1980 | Jeff Winter | ||
| 1981 | Jack Moran | ||
| 1982 | Jack Moran | Pat Lanin Jeff Winter Charlie Quimby |
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| 1983 | Jim Ferstle | ||
| 1984 | Jim Ferstle | Rick Kleyman | Tom Breen |
| 1985 | Tim Zbikowski | Roy Griak | Lynn Elliott & Robbi Mathews |
| 1986 | Tim Zbikowski | Scott Keenan | Eddie Melquist |
| 1987 | Tim Zbikowski | Jack Moran | Dale Borgeson & Barry Fox |
| 1988 | Terrell Brown | Carol Klitzke | John Holmquist |
| 1989 | Larry Garfin | Alex Ratelle | Mary Dybvig Jan Gustafson Carol Lichterman |
| 1990 | Cindy Fitzpatrick | Judy Lutter | Ann Charity |
| 1991 | Rick Recker | Cindy Fitzpatrick | Jim Rath |
| 1992 | Rick Recker | Larry Russ | O.C. Williams |
| 1993 | Dave DePauw | Rick Recker | Steve & Erica Fossen |
| 1994 | Dave DePauw | Bill Wenmark | Jim & LeeAnn Hewitt |
| 1995 | Patrick Eastman | Sue Wurl | Vince Rodriguez |
| 1996 | Patrick Eastman | Bruce Mortenson | Bob Lindsey |
| 1997 | Dave DePauw | Chris Fuller | Nancy Carlson |
| 1998 | Mary Anderson | Dan Finanger | Naomi Nygaard |
| 1999 | Mary Anderson | John Cramer | Kathy Unger |
| 2000 | Dave Kuehn | Kevin Moorhead | Joe Wirth |
| 2001 | Dave Kuehn | LeeAnn Meyer | Marien Bradsher |
| 2002 | Dave Kuehn | Patricia Goodwin | Bill Knight |
| 2003 | Gloria Jansen | Steve Hoag | Hal Gensler |
| 2004 | Gloria Jansen | Bruce Brothers | Bryan Hendricks |
| 2005 | Gloria Jansen | Dave Kuehn | Norm Champ |
| 2006 | Rick Recker | Dr. Bill Roberts | Dwight Peach |
| 2007 | Kevin Wojchik | Tim Zbikowski | John Cramer & Family |
| 2008 | Kevin Wojchik | Lowell Schow | Jean Quinlan |
| 2009 | Kirk Walztoni | Gloria Jansen | Rob Lundquist |
| 2010 | Kirk Walztoni | Barb Leininger | Peter Erpenbach |
| 2011 | Michael Iserman | Kathryn Benhardus | Peter Cramer |
| 2012 | Michael Iserman | Gary Wilson | Mike Warden |
| 2013 | Michael Iserman | Craig Yotter | Ann Snuggerud |
| 2014 | Norm Champ | Carrie Tollefson | Cindy Campbell |
| 2015 | Norm Champ | Heidi Miller | Lee Dittbenner |
| 2016 | Dave Marek | Bill Miles | Hamline Track and Cross Country Teams |
| 2017 | Dave Marek | Gabriele Grunewald | Mark LeDuc |