Awards Page

This page lists the awards earned or received by randonneurs (as of each DCR annual meeting) who were current members of DC Randonneurs in the year the award was received. (Awards are added on request of current members for years that pre-date DC Randonneurs and/or for years the person was not a current DCR member.)

The awards on this page are generally for achievements in completing multiple events and/or for noteworthy service to randonneuring or DC Randonneurs. Individual events completed by DC Randonneurs members, such as Paris-Brest-Paris and other Grand Randonnées, are noted in the "Results" pages of this website and/or the Awards Summary, for the year completed. Most of the information is taken from the Awards page of the RUSA website.

We hope that this is a comprehensive list. However, if we have omitted your name, or if you would like your name deleted, please let us know.

International Awards:

R-5000 Award: In 1961, the Audax Club Parisien created an award for those randonneurs who have completed 5000 km in BRM events. It is called the Randonneur 5000. To qualify for this award, the successful randonneur must complete the full series of ACP brevets (200, 300, 400, 600, and 1000k), a Paris-Brest-Paris randonnée, a Flèche Vélocio, and additional ACP brevets to bring the total distance up to at least 5000 km.

2000	Paul H Donaldson	Richmond, VA
2000	Rudy Hewitt	Wheaton, MD
2000	Gene Oliver	Bland, VA
2001	Donna Kuehn (F)	Warfordsburg, PA
2001	Kenneth P Zabielski	Falls Church, VA
2004	Crista Borras (F)	Washington, DC
2004	Chuck Wood	Rockville, MD
2005	Robert Casciato	Chester Springs, PA
2005	Bob Sheldon	Takoma Park, MD
2007	Ed Pavelka	Kutztown, PA
2008	Stephen Ashurst	Burtonsville, MD
2008	William Beck	Woodbine, MD
2008	Carol Bell (F)	Baltimore, MD
2008	Greg Conderacci	Towson, MD
2008	David Goodwin	Falls Church, VA
2008	Lowell D Grubbs	Springfield, VA
2008	Lothar Hennighausen	Chevy Chase, MD
2008	Lynn Ho (F)	Burtonsville, MD
2008	Chris Mento	Glen Burnie, MD
2008	Maile Neel (F)	University Park, MD
2008	William Olsen	Califon, NJ
2009	Chip Adams	Severna Park, MD
2009	George Winkert	Highland, MD
2009	Clint Provenza	Millersville, MD
2010	Ed Felker	Washington, DC
2010	Joe Fillip	Swarthmore, PA
2010	Jim Logan	Pittsburgh, PA
2011	Carol Bell (F) [2]	Baltimore, MD
2011	Nicholas Bull	Arlington, VA
2011	Gary Dean	Silver Spring, MD
2011	Bill Fischer	Elmira, NY
2011	Mary Gersema (F)	Washington, DC
2011	Dave Goodwin [2]	Falls Church, VA
2011	Joe Kravotil	Hillsborough, NJ
2011	Jerry Phelps [2]	Chapel Hill, NC
2011	Kelly Smith	Fairfax, VA

International Super Randonneur Award: A rider can complete a Super Randonneur series, that is, 200, 300, 400 amd 600km rides under the Randonneur Mondiaux code, with each ride in a different country, over any period of time, and become an International Super Randonneur. No DCR recipients.

SR Award: In 1952, the Audax Club Parisien created an honorific, the Super Randonneur Award, recognizing randonneurs who had completed, the ACP 200k, 300k, 400k and 600k brevets within a single calendar year. Listed below are RUSA members who earned the SR award and listed their club as either DC Randonneurs, Potomac Pedalers, or RUSA (and rode in the region).

Chip Adams	2007,2009,2010,2011
William Alcorn	2011
Barbara Anderson	2010,2011
Ronald Anderson	2010,2011
William Arcieri	2007,2009,2010,2011
Stephen Ashurst	2006,2007
Stephen Wayne Balinski	2004
Tom Bardauskas	2011
William Beck	2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011
Carol Bell	2007,2008,2009,2010,2011
Geoff Benedict-Hall	1999
Bob Bingham	2010,2011
Crista Borras	2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2009,2010
Larry E. Brenize	2004
Joe Brown	2010,2011
Nicholas Bull	2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011
Janet Bull	2009
Chris Burkhardt	2002,2006,2007
Richard Carpenter	2010,2011
Robert Casciato	1999,2003,2004,2006,2007
Justin Castillo	2007
Doreen Chaitt	1999,2003
John Chapin	2007
Wesley D. Cheney	2006
Bill Cisek	2005,2006,2008
Greg Conderacci	2007,2008,2009,2010,2011
Bob Counts	2005
Mary E. Crawley	2004,2010
Elizabeth A. Crotty	1999,2000
Glenn Dance	1999,2003,2007
Gary Dean	2009,2010,2011
Joel Dechter	2009,2010
Cliff Dierking	2011
Kathryn Dietz	2000
Paul H. Donaldson	1999,2000,2001,2002,2003, 2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2011
Jeff Erickson	2003,2007,2010,2011
Edward R. Felker	1999, 2001,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2009,2010,2011
Joe Fillip	2010
Bill Fischer	2010,2011
John Fuoco	2002,2003,2007,2011
Jonathan Gardner	1999
Scott Gater	2009,2010,2011
David M. Gaudette	2005,2007
Linda M. Gaudette	2007
Mary Gersema	2005,2006,2009,2010,2011
Lane Giardina	2009,2010
David Girard	1999
David Goodwin	2007,2011
Hank Greenblatt	2003,2007,2010
Nigel Greene	2011
Lowell D. Grubbs	2006,2007,2008,2010,2011
Cheryl Grubbs	2010
John Guth	2003,2007,2010
Nancy Guth	2003,2007,2010
Lothar Hennighausen	2007,2009
Rudy Hewitt	1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006
Roger Hillas	2002,2003,2006,2009,2010,2011
Lynn Ho	2006,2007
James P. Houck	2007
John Hsu	2011
Cenora Inabinett	1999
Mark R. Kaufman	2011
Branson Kimball	2010
Bernd Kral	2006,2007
Koe Kratovil	2010,2011
Lynn Kristianson	2001,2009
Keith Krombel	1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007
Donna Kuehn	2001
James Kuehn	2001
George Larson	2010
Timothy Marks Laseter	2006,2007
Jim Lehman	2005,2007,2009
James A. Levitt	2007
Jim Logan	2011
Peter Luce	2007
Michael J. Lutz	2010,2011
Jeffery Magnuson	2004,2005,2006,2007,2011
Ronald Malinauskas	2011
Glenn Martin	2006
Michael D. Martin	2005,2007,2011
Andrea Bassing Matney	2005,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011
John Mazur	2010,2011
Scott McCullough	2008
Christian McMillen	2011
Chris Mento	2003,2004,2005,2007,2009,2010,2011
David Meredith	2011
Gordon Meuse	2001,2007
George C. Moore	2009,2010,2011
Randy Mouri	2007,2009
Maile Neel	2007,2008,2009,2010,2011
Bryan Nelson	2011
Steven Netherly	1999
Christine Newman	2010,2011
Thomas A. O'Neil	2006,2007
Bob Olsen	2011
William M. Olsen	2011
John Perry	2003
Thai Pham	2011
Jerry Phelps	2010,2011
Cindy Piotrowski	2010,2011
Al Pless	2010
Max Prola	2011
Clint Provenza	2007
Katie Raschdorf	2011
W. Thomas Reeder	2003,2004,2007,2010,2011
Rick Rosa	2007
Michael Rowny	2006,2007,2009,2010,2011
Alejandro Sanchez	2003,2007
Matt Settle	1999,2000,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010
Mark L. Sheehan	2010
Bob Sheldon	2002,2003,2005,2007,2011
Joshua Simonds	1999,2003
Raymond L.Skinner	2009
Kelly Smith	2007,2010,2011
Ray Suziedelis	2009
Charles S. Thomas	2010,2011
Ron Tosh	2007,2009
Mark Vinette	2008,2009
Quirijn Vos	2004,2005,2009
Gary Waggoner	2011
Stephen Whiteman	2009
George Winkert	2006,2007,2008,2009,2011
Chuck Wood	2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2009,2010
Kenneth P. Zabielski	1999, 2001,2003
Tim Zak	2010
Clare Zecher	2007
John Zenter	1999

Can-Am Challenge: The Can-Am challenge award is earned by individuals who complete a U.S. and Canadian 1200K in the same year.

Carol Bell	Baltimore, MD	2009
William Olson	Califon, NJ	2009

Domestic Awards:

The Mondial Award: The Mondial Award is for RUSA members who have successsfully completed at least 40,000 km (circumference of the earth!) in RUSA events (including ACP and RM events in the US).

2010	Matt Settle
2011	Paul Donaldson
2011	William M. Olsen

R-12 Award: The R-12 Award is earned by riding a 200km (or longer) randonneuring event in each of 12 consecutive months. The counting sequence can commence during any month of the year but must continue uninterrupted for another 11 months.

Chip Adams	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Barbara Anderson	2009, 2010
Ronald Anderson	2009, 2010
William Arcieri	2007
Tom Bardauskas	2011
William Beck	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Carol Bell	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Bob Bingham	2010, 2011
Michael K Binnix	2010
Janet Bodine	2010
Crista Borras	2010, 2012
Janet Bull	2010
Nicholas Bull	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Alec Burney	2011
Richard Carpenter	2010, 2011
Gary Dean	2010, 2011
Clif Dierking	2010
Paul H. Donaldson	2008, 2010, 2011
Gardner Duval	2011
Matthew Farrell	2009, 2010
William Fischer	2009, 2010
Theresa A Furnari	2010, 2011
Mary Gersema	2009
David Goodwin	2009
Nigel Greene	2011
Cheryl Grubbs	2010
Lowell D. Grubbs	2008, 2010
Earl Janssen	2011
R Mark Kaufman	2010, 2011
Branson Kimball	2008, 2009, 2010
Joe Kratovil	2010, 2011
Christopher S Lane	2010
James A. Levitt	2008
Andrea Bassing Matney	2008
Andrew Mead	2011
Chris Mento	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
George Metzler	2011
George C. Moore	2009, 2010, 2011
Maile Neel	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Bryan Nelson	2011
Christine Newman	2010, 2011
Daniel Oldale	2011
William M Olsen	2011
Jerry Phelps	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Al Pless	2011
Dave Provine	2011
Katie Raschdorf	2011
Clint Provenza	2009, 2010, 2011
W. Thomas Reeder	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Michael Rowny	2007
Dave Sweeney	2011
Mark Vinette	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Mike Wali	2011
Bill Willis	2010
George Winkert	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Chuck Wood	2010

P-12 Award: is offered to randonneurs and randonneuses who complete a populaire (a ride of 100-199km) for each of 12 consecutive months.

Jan Bull	2012
Nick Bull	2012
Paul Donaldson	2011
Joe Kratovil	2011
Christine Newman	2011
Mark Vinette	2011

Ultra Randonneur Award: The Ultra Randonneur Award is for RUSA members who have ridden ten (10) Super Randonneur series.

2009	Paul H Donaldson	Richmond, VA
2009	Chris Mento	Glen Burnie, MD
2011	William Olsen	Califon, NJ

American Randonneur Challenge: The American Randonneur Challenge (ARC) is a special award given by Randonneurs USA to any cyclist who successfully completes two or more of the American 1200-kilometer grand randonnées in the same season. The ARC award can be earned only by riding the event as a 1200k; riders entered to do it as a 1000k + 200k may not claim the award.

2006	William Olsen	Califon, NJ	Cascade 1200 / Boston-Montreal-Boston / Bonifay Cycling Challenge
2008	William Olsen	Califon, NJ	Shenandoah 1200 / Cascade 1200 / Last Chance
2009	Scott Gator	Rockville, MD	Shenandoah 1200 / Endless Mountains 1240
2009	William Olsen	Califon, NJ	Shenandoah 1200 / Gold Rush Randonnee / Last Chance / Endless Mountains 1240
2010	William Olsen	Califon, NJ	Shenandoah 1200 / Last Chance
2011	William Olsen	Califon, NJ	Texas Rando Stampede 1200 / Colorado High Country 1200 / The Big Wild Ride / Taste of Carolina

Coast-to-Coast Award: The Coast-to-Coast 1200km award is earned by RUSA members who have successfully completed four different Randonneurs Mondiaux 1200km-or-longer randonnées held in the United States.

William Olsen - Califon, NJ
   2005 Boston-Montreal-Boston
   2006 Cascade 1200
   2006 Bonifay Cycling Challenge
   2008 Shenandoah 1200

Charly-Miller Society: One hundred years ago, Charly Miller of Chicago was the first American to ride Paris-Brest-Paris. In the second edition of PBP, in 1901, he finished an excellent fifth place in 56 hours, 40 minutes. To celebrate this cycling hero, below is a list of members of DC Randonneurs or its predecessors who have equaled or surpassed Charly Miller's time at Paris-Brest-Paris:

1995: Time 54H04 Frame: 623 Rider: Gerry Davis of PPTC

American Randonneur Award: Once a year, the RUSA Board of Directors and the RUSA Awards Committee present an award to a member of the organization who has made a significant and outstanding contribution to randonneuring in the United States.
2004   James Kuehn

DC Randonneurs Awards:

Super Rookie Award: As far as DC Randonneurs is concerned a super rookie is that bold - and slightly reckless - rider who completes an SR series in their first year as a randonneur (and whose randonneuring career started after the end of the prior year's SR series, with most SR events being DCR brevets).

2003	Jeff Erickson, Hank Greenblatt, Nancy Guth, Jon Laking, John Lawrence, Randy Mouri, John Perry, Thomas Reeder
2004	Larry Brenize, Jeff Magnusson
2005	Nick Bull, Mary Gersema, Jim Lehman
2006	Bill Beck, Lowell Grubbs, Bernd Kral, Tim Laseter, Tom O'Neil, Kelly Smith, Kirby Tirk, George Winkert
2007	Chip Adams (PBP), Justin Castillo (PBP), John Chapin (PBP), David Goodwin (PBP), James Houck, Glenn Kuhn, Jim Levitt (PBP-dnf injury), Maile Neel (PBP), Rick Rosa (PBP), Ray Skinner* (1000K), Ron Tosh (PBP), Clare Zecher (PBP)
2009	Jan Bull, Lane Giardina, George Moore, Patrick O'Donnell, Ray Suziedelis
2010	Cheryl Grubbs*, John Mazur, Cindy Piotrowski, Charles S. Thomas
2011	Christian McMillen*, Bryan Nelson, Thai Pham*

* Honorable Mention: Not technically 100% qualified, but 99%

Rookie of the Year Award: Prior to 2010, DCR selected one of it's Super Rookies as the DCR Rookie of the year. This was often a difficult choice, since most super Rookies were outstanding. Since 2010, all Super Rookies have been given equal recognition.

In selecting these Rookies of the Year, other considerations for selection included: Completing PBP or another Grand Randonnée or a 1000K; consistency in riding brevets or permanents throughout the year; and volunteerism for DC Randonneurs or RUSA. For most years, the "Results" pages for each year list that year's candidates for the Rookie of the Year, as well as some of their achievements. The winners of the Rookie of the Year award are as follows:

2003	Randy Mouri
2004	Jeff Magnusson
2005	Nick Bull
2006	Bill Beck
2007	Maile Neel
2008	(none, since no DCR SR series)
2009	Lane Giardina