Colorado Running Hall of Fame Announces 2008 Inductees
Posted Tuesday, 22 April, 2008
DENVER - (April 21, 2008) - The Colorado Running Hall of Fame (CRHF) Selection Committee has announced the 2008 inductees into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held Wednesday evening, May 14, 2008, at the Denver Athletic Club. The ceremony will be free and open to the public.
The 2008 inductees into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame are:
Arturo Barrios
* Former world record holder in the 10,000 meter run, 1989
* Competed in 10,000 meter run at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Steve Bosley
* Founded the Bolder Boulder in 1979. It's now the second largest foot race in the country, attracting more than 50,000 runners.
* Outstanding community service
Melody Fairchild
* As a high school student at Boulder High, she was an eight-time Colorado state champion and two-time Foot Locker National Cross Country champion (1989-90)
* NCAA track champion at the University of Oregon
* Bronze medalist at the 1991 World Junior Cross Country Championships
* World Championships Track and Field team in the 5000m
Ellen Hart Pena
* Competed in the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials 10,000 meter run and the 1984 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials
* Won the Bolder Boulder twice
Steve Jones
* Former world record holder in the marathon, 1984
* Winner of the London Marathon and Chicago Marathon in 1985
* Winner of the New York City Marathon in 1988
Mark Plaatjes
* Marathon champion at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics
* The first American to win a gold medal in a long distance event at World Championships
Tony Sandoval
* Won the 1980 Olympic Marathon Trials and would have been a gold medal favorite if the U.S. hadn't boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games.
ABOUT THE COLORADO RUNNING HALL OF FAME
Colorado has one of the highest concentrations of world and U.S. record holders and Olympic and World Championship medalists. The Colfax Marathon Partnership, Inc. Board of Directors established the CRHF in 2007 to recognize Colorado residents who have achieved national and international recognition on the long-distance running stage.
Contact: John Raveling, (303) 932-6000 or raveling45@aol.com
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