This is the history of the Ohio River Road Runners Club. The information contained herein was compiled from a painstaking reconstructive effort by Jeff McPherson in 2017-2018, and updated thereafter. If you have information to complete some of the gaps in historic information, please contact the Club so we may update this history.
ORRRC Lifetime Members
The following is the list of individuals that have demonstrated a consistent, long-standing and significant contributions to the Ohio River Road Runners Club purpose. Each have been empaneled as an “ORRRC Lifetime Member” after careful consideration by the Board of Directors, based on their length of intensive service to the Club.
Many of our lifetime members are also a part of the Dayton Distance Running Hall of Fame, an organization unaffiliated with the ORRRC, but with a similar mission of spreading the joy of running within the Miami Valley.
ORRRC Leadership History
| ERA | PRESIDENT | VICE PRESIDENT | SECRETARY | TREASURER | TRUSTEES |
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| 1966 | Steve Price | Jack Maharin | None | None | Steve Price , Wayne Yarcho, Walt George, Bill Riggs, Joe Rogers |
| 1967-1968 | Jay Birmingham | Jack Maharin | None | None | Steve Price , Wayne Yarcho, Walt George, Bill Riggs, Joe Rogers, Felix LeBlanc |
| 1969-1971 | None | None | Claire Duckham | Steve Price, Claire Duckham | Steve Price , Wayne Yarcho, Walt George, Bill Riggs, Joe Rogers, Bob Roncker, Dick Blue |
| 1972-1973 | Bob Thompson | Claire Duckham | Claire Duckham | Wayne Yarcho, Walt George, Bill Riggs, Joe Rogers, Dick Blue, Felix LeBlanc | |
| 1974-1978 | Felix LeBlanc | Felix LeBlanc… | |||
| 1979-1980 | Ray Olfky | Felix LeBlanc… | |||
| 1981 | Jack Wallace | Felix LeBlanc… | |||
| 1983-1984 | George Snyder | Jim Gerard | LeBlanc, Klein, S Owens, W Owens, B Hensheid, M Hensheid |
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| 1985-1986 | Mitzie Hensheid | Jim Gerard | LeBlanc, Klein, Borgstrom, S Owens, W Owens, G Snyder, B Hensheid |
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| 1987-1992 | Wendell Owens | Jill Buzzard, Carol Bennett | Jim Schwartzhoff, Terry Murray (1988) | LeBlanc, Somers, Williams, Klein, Borgstrom, S Owens, Stacy, Snyder, C O’Hara (Bennett), Frizzell, Burchett, L Cramer, Burchett, D Bennett, Yokum, Jett, R Cramer, Mercer, Warwick, Szabo, Grilliot, Jumper |
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| 1993-1994 | Denny Bennett | Dick Osborne | Carol Bennett | Terry Murray | Mercer, Klein, R Cramer, Jett, Bell, Borgstrom, Burchett, D Masters, J Masters, LeBlanc, Wallace, Schneider, D Thompson |
| 1995-1998 | Dick Osborne | Dan Thompson | Ron Hart, Tim Schroeder | Terry Murray | Mercer, Klein , R Cramer, Bell, Borgstrom, LeBlanc, Schneider, Wallace, D Bennett, E James, R Bennett, Hart, Aaronson, Grilliot, J Brasier, Schroeder, S Sirois, Guthrie |
| 1999-2000 | Dan Thompson | Kevin Walsh | Chari Walsh, Tom Stocker | Terry Murray | Wallace, Borgstrom, LeBlanc, Klein, Mercer, Waid, R Cramer, Osborn, Aaronson, Guthrie, Snyder, S Sirois, Brasier, K Sirois, Hotz, Ninotti, Hurley |
| 2001-2002 | Margaret Hurley | Ken Sirois | Carol Bennett, Norm Sawdey | Terry Murray | Wallace, Schlosser, Smindak, Honzak, B Keller, Mercer, LeBlanc, Osborn, D Thompson, J Plummer, Seiter |
| 2003 | Ken Sirois | Joe Smindak | Norm Sawdey | Terry Murray | Schlosser, Honzak, Hurley, LeBlanc, R Romanick (Plummer), Osborn, J Plummer, Belluardo, Kirby |
| 2004-2007 | Joe Smindak | Norm Sawdey, John Comeskey | Kathy Robbins, Noelle Bartlam | Terry Murray | Kirby, D Tieman, LeBlanc, Honzak, Borgstrom, Bartlam, Hemmelgarn, Olfky, Belluardo, Osborn, Gildow, Faux, Losekamp, Robinson, Hurley, Kohstall, K Sirois, McPherson |
| 2008-2012 | Jeff McPherson | John Comeskey, Andy Helmick | Joe Smindak, Andy Helmick | Terry Murray | Faux, D Tieman, LeBlanc, Honzak, Borgstrom, Kohstall, Laubach, Gildow, Mee, Osborn ,Randall, Ryder, Robinson, Silverstein, Latham, Swartzel, Daily, Fox, Noble |
| 2013-2014 | Jim Latham | Andy Helmick, Eddie Weaver (2013) | Lisa Stephens-Bodine, Aneesa Bhimani-Trimble (2013) | Terry Murray | Kevin Johnston, Lisa Bodine, Homan, Phil Noble, Karen Gildow, Ingrid Honzak, Felix LeBlanc, Mary O’Donoghue, Lindsay Groover, Brooke |
| 2015-2016 | Jeff McPherson | Eddie Weaver | Aneesa Bhimani-Trimble | Terry Murray | Felix LeBlanc, Kevin Johnston, Jim Latham, Mary O’Donoghue, Gina Helmick, Doug Gladman, Anthony Trimble, Chris Graham, Liberty Eberly, Karen Gildow, Robert Faux, Doug Picard, Andy Helmick |
| 2017-2018 | Andy Helmick | Eddie Weaver | Doug Picard | Terry Murray | Felix Leblanc, Karen Gildow, Liberty Eberly, Chris Graham, Robert Faux, Liz Rainer, Beth Whitehead, Kevin Johnston |
| 2018-2019 | Andy Helmick | Eddie Weaver, Beth Whitehead (2019) | Doug Picard | Terry Murray, Eddie Weaver (2019) | Jim Bulach, Tara Cavaness, Robert Faux, Karen Gildow, Heidi Heckel, Brandon Hough, Kevin Johnston, Peter Qumsiyeh |
| 2020-2021 | Andy Helmick | Beth Whitehead | Doug Picard | Eddie Weaver | Jim Bulach, Robert Faux, David 'Hoot' Gibson, Karen Gildow, Heidi Heckel, Brandon Hough, Kevin Johnston, Peter Qumsiyeh |
| 2021 | Peter Qumsiyeh | Robert Faux | Jim Bulach | Eddie Weaver | Brandon Hough, Doug Picard, David 'Hoot' Gibson, Karen Gildow, Kevin Johnston |
| 2022 | Peter Qumsiyeh | Robert Faux | Jim Bulach | Eddie Weaver | Jen Yoak, David 'Hoot' Gibson, Karen Gildow, Kevin Johnston, Andi Van Sickle, Nick Alexander |
| 2023 | Peter Qumsiyeh | Robert Faux | Jim Bulach | Eddie Weaver | Jen Yoak, David 'Hoot' Gibson, Karen Gildow, Kevin Johnston, Andi Van Sickle, Jennifer Summers, Cari Masek, Nick Alexander |
| 2024 | Peter Qumsiyeh | Jennifer Summers | Jim Bulach | Eddie Weaver | Jen Yoak, David 'Hoot' Gibson, Karen Gildow, Kevin Johnston, Andi Van Sickle, Robert Faux, Doug Picard, Shannon Shelton Miller, Danny Sullivan, Micah Lipps, Rebekah Taylor |
Large Race Directors
Club Administrators
** – Indicates the individual served for over a decade in that position.
* – Indicates the individual served more than 5 years in that position.
ORRRC Club Race Directors