The 2005 awards banquet was held on Saturday, February 5, 2005 beginning at 6:00pm at the SWIRCA Building.  About one hundred and thirty people including selected high school track and cross-country athletes attended.  John Nunn local Harrison High School Graduate and 2004 Summer Olympic Race Walker was the guest speaker.  His talk was both entertaining and inspirational.  His stories of race walking in the United States, Europe, South America, and the Olympics in Athens, Greece were both amusing and contained good training tips for all athletes.  John was a member of the Army Elite Athlete Unit while he was training and entering Race Walking events around the world.  John was discharged from the Army this past January but is continuing his training with hopes of competing in the 2008 Summer Olympics.  After the Banquet the award winning high school track and cross-country athletes kept John busy for about forty-five minutes asking questions and getting his autograph.  It was easy to see that they were quite impressed with John, as was everyone in attendance.

Awards were given to the following club members: Male Runner of the Year - Roger Westerfield: Female Runner of the Year - Janet Beamer: Master Male Runner of the Year - Bill Hussmann: Master Female Runner of the Year - Becky Kiesel: Male Walker of the Year - Cedric Hustace: Female Walker of the Year -Belinda Chandler.  The Volunteer of the Year Award went to Don Nichols.

High School Award Winners for 2004 were: Caleb Higginbottom, Male Cross Country; Lauren Crick, Female Cross country; Michael Weber, Male Track; Katie Johnson, Female Track; and the Cross Country Team Award went to the Mater Dei Boy’s Cross Country Team.  Mater Dei Team members included: Scott Koressel, Patrick McKinney, Sean Herron, Wes Dingman, Shad Macke, Andy Krack and Matt Feller.