Orange Runners Club and Classic 10K
in conjunction with Classic Road Race Weekend
proudly presents
Frank
Shorter
in USA History
The greatest
Marathoner
TRACK AND FIELD LEGEND, MARATHON LEGEND, AUTHOR, SPEAKER
Kuhl’s Highland House
Saturday, June 3, 2017
To benefit Safe Homes
of Orange County
4:00 p.m. - Cocktails • 5:00 p.m. - Dinner • 5:45 p.m. - Introductions
6:00 p.m. - Frank Shorter Presentation and book signing of the new book “My Marathon”
Career Highlights:
• NCAA 10,000 Meter
Champion 1969
• National 5,000 Meter & 10,000
Meter Champion 1970
• National 10,000 Meter
Champion 1971,1974, 1975, 1977
• Pan American Games 10,000
Meter Champion 1971
• National Cross Country Champion
1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
• US Olympic Trials Champion in the 10,000 Meters 1972 & 1976
• US Olympic Trials Champion in the Marathon 1972 & 1976
• Fukuoka Marathon Champion 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
• Falmouth Road Race Champion 1975, 1976
• Peachtree 10K Road Race Champion 1977
• 1972 Olympic Marathon Gold Medalist
• 1976 Olympic Marathon Silver Medalist
• Orange Classic 10K Middletown NY Champion 1981, 1982
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Recognitions:
• His Greatest Recognition is he is the only American to win two
Olympic Marathon Medals
• James E. Sullivan Award winner 1976, the greatest amateur athlete
in the USA
• He was next to last person to see Olympian Steve Prefontaine alive!
• Shorter’s character was prominently featured in the 1998 film Without Limits!
• Inducted into the US Olympic Hall of Fame 1984
• Inducted USA National Track & Field Hall of Fame 1989
• Co-Founded the Memorial Day Bolder Boulder 10K in Colorado 1979
• A Life-Sized Bronze Statue of Frank Shorter is at the BB10K finish
• In his hometown Middletown NY a street bears his name “Frank Shorter Way”
• Graduated Yale University 1969; University of Florida Law School 1974
• Yale University new “banked” Indoor Track named after Frank Shorter
• October 2011 Runner’s World story: “Shorter is dedicated to stopping
cycles of violence in the home”
• USA Anti-Doping Agency Chairman 2002 and 2003, a body he
helped establish
• He is recognized as the “Father of the Modern Running Boom”
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$40 per person • DOLLAR AMOUNT ENCLOSED: ____________________________
Mail checks with this form to:
Frank Shorter Dinner, c/o Classic 10K
P.O. Box 4050, Middletown, NY 10941
or call Frank Giannino at 845-551-8270
to pay with credit card.
For further information, directions, or if you need special accommodations, please contact Frank Giannino at 845-551-8270.
Portions of all proceeds are tax deductible.