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The following OMRR members have been recognized for their outstanding athletic achievement and/or outstanding service to the running community. To nominate someone for OMRR Member of the Month, send an email to Pete Pyeatt (ppyeatt@aol.com) with the nominee's name and a brief description of their accomplishment(s). The accomplishment should have occurred during the award month. Also include the nominee's contact information (email address and/or phone number) and (if available) a recent photo (preferably in running gear). Preference may be given to those individuals who may not ordinarily receive awards.

Month	Member of the Month	'Runner' Up
December 2009	The OMRR member of the month for December is Bob Dewar. He completed his 150th marathon at the Run for the Ranch in Springfield, MO, 12/27/09.
October 2009	The OMRR co-members of the month for October are Kristi Edwards and Chad Lakin. They both qualified for their first Boston Marathon at the Chicago Marathon.
September 2009	The OMRR member of the month for September is Jamie Rigdon. Jamie is a new OMRR member from Mountain Home, AR. She had two PRs in September, one in a 5K and one in a half marathon.
August 2009	The OMRR member of the month for August is Shane Luper. Shane is 15 and garnered two PRs in August (and several more in previous months).
June 2009	The OMRR member of the month for June is Bruce Stansberry. Bruce achieved a PR at the difficult Hospital Hill Half Marathon in KC on 6/6/09.
May 2009	The OMRR member of the month for May is Emm Foster. Emm is a new OMRR member and she had two PR's in May: the May Day 5K on 5/2/09 and the CASA 8K on 5/16/09.
April 2009	The OMRR member of the month for April is Allyn Wollard. Allyn ran his first marathon at Oklahoma City in April and has been very active this year organizing local races.
March 2009	The OMRR member of the month for March is Pam Sailors. Pam set yet another PR in March at the Strafford Relay for Life 5K (and Pam has been setting PR's consistently for the past year or two).
February 2009	The OMRR member of the month for February is Shari Wilder. Shari set a 5K PR at the Valentine Run, and a 10K PR at Polar Bear. She has also been active in starting several women's running groups in Nixa.
January 2009	The OMRR member of the month for January is Jessica Lakin for achieving a PR at the Houston Marathon (1/18/09, 4:23:33).
December 2008	The OMRR member of the month for December is Charles Smith for achieving a PR at the Christmas Mile on 12/20/08.
November 2008	The OMRR member of the month for November is Nancy Ormsbee for achieving a PR at the Bass Pro Springfield Marathon on 11/2/08.
October 2008	Shane Luper Shane is 14 years old and just started running. His recent races were the Wildcat Sprint Duathlon (10-18-08, 1:07:51, 8th place overall, 1st place in age group) and the Halloween Hustle (10-25-08, 19:21, 4th place overall, 2nd place in age group).
August 2008	Monty Montgomery Monty recently returned to the running scene from knee replacement surgery and finished the 25th Concreteman Triathlon Sprint with a 2:12:05.
May 2008	Dave Walker For his two WAVA PR's (Lincoln Half Marathon and Cox Medical Mile) in May.
February 2008	Steve Foucart For running a PR at the Polar Bear Run 10K on 2/9/08.
December 2007	John McSpadden For running a PR at the Christmas Mile on 12/22/07.
November 2007	Chris and Linda Revoir For training dozens of runner for the 1st Annual Bass Pro Marathon and Cohick Half Marathon
July 2007	Didi Tang For her PR at the Murney 5K. DiDi has also written several articles about local running for the Springfield News Leader.	Kara Amstutz For her PR at the Murney 5K.
June 2007	Ryan Slight For his four PR's during the month of June.	Steve Foucart For being the only swimmer to complete the YMCA Elk River Distance Swim at the Downtown Y.
May 2007	Gerald Glass Gerald set two Missouri state records in the 5K during the month (Kitchen Run (5K) and Asics / RRS 5K).	Pete Peterson For his 25:41 performance at the ASICS/RRS 5K on May 19th. Pete has been consistently in the top tier of his age group for 2007.
April 2007	Pam Sailors Pam garnered her first overall victory at the Panera Five Miler on 4/14/07.
March 2007	Chris Robbins Chris set a PR at the Little Rock Half Mararthon on 3/2/07.
November 2006	Todd Christell Todd completed his first 100 mile race at the Mother Road 100 in Oklahoma, 11/11/2006.	Kathleen Johnson Kathleen completed her first marathon at the Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa, 11/19/2006.
October 2006	Joanna Sexton Joanna set a marathon PR at the Chicago Marathon (3:48), just five months after delivering her second child.	David Hunsucker and Randy Stephens Dave Hunsucker (2:55) and Randy Stephens (2:57) also PR'ed at Chicago.
September 2006	Rachel Baker set a marathon PR at the Heart of America Marathon on 9/4/2006 (Columbia, MO).	Bill Drummond completed the Hotter n' Hell 100 Mile bike ride on 8/26/06 and then ran the Heart of America Marathon the next weekend on 9/4/06.
August 2006	Melissa Skrabal ran her first Pikes Peak Ascent on 8/17/06 in 3:25, 12th overall female finisher and the first female flatlander.	Mark Schiefelbein set a PR at the Finley River 5K (21:12)
July 2006	Brian Todd set a 5K PR at the Firecracker 5000 in 17:22.	Pam Sailors set an 8K PR at the Y Not Run 8K in 39:05.
June 2006	Linda Barnett, wife of Brent Barnett, has been volunteering at nearly all the races this year (including June), helping Craig and Mary time the runners. Her help is very much appreciated. I'm sure she has also been a huge help to Brent in his recovery. Thanks, Linda!	Kayleigh Amstutz, daughter of Dwight Amstutz, has just taken up serious running in the past year. She is only eight years old and has already run 10 races in 2006, including a 7:38 at the Cox Medical Mile and a 26:37 at the Aldersgate 5K. She is also involved in the St. John's/OMRR Runner of the Year program.
May 2006	Blake Jones Blake (age 13) ran a PR at the very warm Bass Pro 10K on 5/20/06 in a time of 40:53, a 71% POWR rating.	Shannan Parsley has volunteered much of her time from March through May at the Alpena School District in Arkansas (where she also teaches) to train about 50 youngsters and adults after school to run their first 5K.
April 2006	Mark Plucinski Mark (age 52) won the Grandmasters division at the very hilly Spirit of St. Louis Marathon on 4/9/06 with a 2:52:34, breaking an 18-year-old Missouri state record for the 50-54 age group by one second. This is Mark's fastest marathon in 18 years.	Ian Alaimo Ian (age 29) ran a PR at the Boston Marathon on 4/17/06 in a time of 2:45:16, 251st finisher overall, fifth place finisher from Missouri and first from SW Missouri. Ian is also the co-Webmaster of omrr.org.
March 2006	Russ Traphagan Russ ran a PR at the Germantown 1/2 marathon in Memphis, TN, with a time of 1.23.08, 17th over all and 3rd in his age group. Russ also volunteered at the Frisco High Line Run on 3/25/06.	Mike Baxter Mike ran a 3:42 marathon at Little Rock only 8 weeks after surgery with a maximum 15 mile training run.
February 2006	Brent Barnett Brent ran his first marathon since his car accident, which occurred on 12/28/04, at the Austin Marathon on 2/19/06 in a time of 7:03.	Merrill Drummond Merrill ran her first 5K at the Valentine Run on 1/15/06 at the young age of 62.
January 2006	Trish Hopkins ran her first marathon at the Houston Marathon on 1/15/06 in 3:56.	Rusty Manes Rusty organized the annual OMRR banquet, held on 1/21/06 in Springfield.

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01/14/10.