Carey Burke Award

Carey Burke
Carey Burke
Carey Burke
Eternal St. Cloud River Runner

History of the Carey Burke Award

For several years the St. Cloud River Runners had the privilege of enjoying the company of Mr. Carey Burke. Carey was an enthusiastic member of the running community during the 1980's and early 1990's. He would regularly drive from Princeton to join the group for the Saturday breakfast runs. He lived life to its fullest, had a great sense of humor, and got as much out of life as he could. His colorful running attire gave rise to the name "Crazylegs Classic" for one of the local races. He often presented some very interesting "gifts" at the annual banquets. Carey's positive attitude lasted long after leukemia took him away in 1993. This spirit, and enjoyment of distance running, was the reason an award was created in his honor.

The following SCRR members have been honored for showing some of that spirit, positive attitude, and support of distance running by being named recipients of the Carey Burke Award.



Renee Saxman, 2012 Carey Burke Award Recipient

1995:
Joe Perske
1996:
Denny Wintheiser
1997:
Terre Severance
1998:
Pam Stevens
1999:
Hank Coppock
2000:
Kathy Zachman Mathiasen
2001:
Evan Jones
2002:
Pat Ross
2003:
Calvin Miller
2004:
Greg Rolek
2005:
Ron Stock
2006:
Cindy & Donnie Lewandowski
2007:
Paul Ford
2008:
Daryl Stevens
2009:
Kate Adams
2010:
Mike O'hara
2011:
Sharon Hobbs
2012:
Renee Saxman

In Memoriam…

Carey Burke, Jeannine Sjogren, Leon Meyer, Hank Coppock, Dale Carlson, Thorpe Running, Gerry Stock (YouTube Tribute)

» The Thorpe Running Video (WMV format, 10.6 MB)