2025 Awards Night Recap

PPTC’s Awards Night was held last night (April 9, 2025) at Littlefield. The sold out event was bustling with celebration. While the line for food was long, you were rewarded once you got the tacos from Park Life. After dinner service, there were pies from Four and Twenty Blackbirds to top off the night. This year’s host/presenter was Leo Gil who moved the event along. But you’re probably reading this to find out who won the coveted golden cowbells last night, so I’ll cut this intro short.

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2025 Awards Night Winners

RUNNERS OF THE YEAR

Jordan Sobon - Female Runner of the Year
Richard Whiddington - Male Runner of the Year
Skye Kowaleski - Non-binary Runner of the Year

MASTERS RUNNERS OF THE YEAR

Laura Gray - Female Masters Runner of the Year
Sung Jin Choi - Male Masters Runner of the Year
Dame Dave Lewis - Non-binary Runner of the Year

ULTRA RUNNERS OF THE YEAR

Jana Velíšková - Female Ultra Runner of the Year
Enrik Mundt - Male Ultra Runner of the Year
Julian Barlow - Non-binary Ultra Runner of the Year

NYRR 2ND PLACE NON-BINARY TEAM
AT THE 2023 TCS NYC MARATHON

Erin Anthony
Dame Lewis
Sam Ommen

BOB MUELLER AWARD

Edith Asibey

MOST INSPIRATIONAL

Megan Pappan

BEST TEAM SUPPORTER

David Coleman

OUTSTANDING SINGLE CONTRIBUTION

PPTC Clothing Committee:
Co-Chairs: Angela Workoff and Will Ngo
Fulfillment Team: Claire Dougherty, Daniel Dougherty, Emily Funk,
Jimmy Leung, Jiyoung Han and Brienna Vos

MOST IMPROVED

Sachie Kita

COMEBACK RUNNER OF THE YEAR

Rachel Ngu

NEW MEMBER OF THE YEAR

Sarah Mann

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

Will Stenhouse

PRESIDENT’S AWARD

Lillian Park

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As always, special thanks to the Awards Committee: Evy Barnett, Crystal Cun, Clark McCaskill, Jonathan Giles, Lillian Park, Rachel Ngu, Audrey Rosenblith, and Courtney Tight.

2025 Awards Night Slideshow

Tacos in progress, Photo by Linda Chan

Dame Lewis, Photo by Linda Chan

Megan Pappan, Photo by Linda Chan

Richard Whiddington, Photo by Will Hattar

Skye Kowaleski with Evy Barnett, Photo by Will Hattar

Sachie Kita, Photo by Linda Chan

Julian Barlow with Evy Barnett, Photo by Will Hattar

Pies!, , Photo by Linda Chan

Lillian Park - the very surprised recipient of the President's Award - with President Crystal Cun, Photo by Will Hattar

Linda Chan, Skye Kowaleski, and Alexis Gordon, Photo by Linda Chan

Ingrid Linden, Linda Chan, Natasha Goss, and Scott Rohrer

Linda Chan, Michael Constantine, and Kishor Vayyala

Angela Workoff, Linda Chan, and Jonathan Giles

Linda Chan, Cyndi Tlatelpa, Lunetten Garces, and Clark McCaskill

Linda Chan, Olly West, Kyle Eskridge, Miguel Colina, and Danielle Verbrigghe

Linda Chan, Lillian Park, and Brian Schwartz

Linda Chan, Danielle Verbrigghe, and Megan Pappan

Linda Chan, Erica Harper, and Cyndi Tlatelpa

Linda Chan, Peter Chian, and Kelly Chian

Linda Chan and Hamid Soleymani

Linda Chan, Alexis Gordon, Luzette Garces, and Koushik Dasika

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Text by: Linda S. Chan (she/her)
Photos by: Linda Chan and Will Hattar (as noted)
Produced by: Linda S. Chan

PPTC is a diverse and supportive team. We want to celebrate the diversity of our club and membership. We welcome and encourage everyone to share their stories with us.

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