Honorary Contributor

2024 Honorary Contributor

Lonnie Nixon

Lonnie Nixon passed away peacefully surrounded by family on September 26th, 2023 at the age of 85. As a show of our appreciation the Boulder Country Track Meet Committee would like to recognize Lonnie as an honorary contributor to the Boulder County Track Meet.

Lonnie became involved in track and field meets after his daughter Margaret began a successful track career in 1973. Rarely missing a meet, he befriended several track coaches and high school administrators, and over the years realized the need for a County wide track meet competition. In 1977, he founded and financed the first "Boulder County High School Track and Field Championships". This meet was one of the first of its kind and became recognized as a qualifying event for state ranking. Lonnie was not one to draw attention to himself or to be in the spotlight. His focus was always to inspire and invest in the success of others.

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See below for who we've honored in the past!

Past Honorary Contributors

1977 Governor Richard D. Lamm

1978 Wendy Koeneg Knudson

1979 No award

1980 Tom Sutak

1981 A.L. “Monty” Montgomery

1982 Howard Baxter

1983 Rev. A.B. “Father Pat” Patterson

1984 Ivan J. Trimble

1985 Frank C. Potts

1986 Douglas Sorrell

1987 Robert D. Foster

1988 Jerry Bean

1989 Frank Stenson

1990 Duane “Ike” Eicher

1991 Arthur E. “Mick” Pahl

1992 John E. Johnson

Neil Crown

1993 Henri R. Kinson

1994 Bruce H. Tashiro

Frank “Russ” Willis

1995 LeRoy Watts

1996 Jack Little

1997 Roger L. Driver

1998 Jim Williams

1999 Lonnie R. Nixon

2000 Bob Herchenroeder

2001 Mike Flynn

2002 Ric Rogers

2003 Dave Binkley

2004 Monte Sutak

2005 Don Meyer

2006 Pam Leuschel

2007 Bill Stephens

2008 Thomas Stauffer

2009 Randy Zila

2010 Eric Hall

2011 Elizabeth “Bitsy” Carlson

2012 Dick Schaefer

2013 Bud Jenkins

2014 Terry Femmer

2015 Dennis Daly

2016 Gene Hagan

2017 John Creighton

2018 Edward Navarro

2019 Kathy Leiding

2021 Frank Lee

2022 No award

2023 Ed Eastin

2024 No Award - honored Lonnie Nixon as Honorary Contributor

2025 No Award

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