Awards Page

This page lists the awards earned or received by randonneurs as of November 2009 who are current or former members of DC Randonneurs or whose home randonneuring club was in the DC region.

The awards on this page are generally for achievements in completing multiple events &/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, 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

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. Currently, we do not have a comprehensive list of recipients of this award over the years (but we know it is a long list!).

Domestic Awards:

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. Number of awards in block parentheses.

2006	W Thomas Reeder	Alexandria, VA
2007	Nicholas Bull	Arlington, VA
2007	Michael J Dayton	Raleigh, NC
2007	William Beck	Woodbine, MD
2007	George Winkert	Highland, MD
2007	William Arcieri	Rockville, MD
2007	Chris Mento	Glen Burnie, MD
2007	Mark Vinette	Bethesda, MD
2007	W Thomas Reeder[2]	Alexandria, VA
2007	Carol Bell(F)	Baltimore, MD
2007	William Olsen	Califon, NJ
2007	Michael Rowny	Chevy Chase, MD
2008	Nicholas Bull[2]	Arlington, VA
2008	Richard G. Carpenter	Reading, PA
2008	Michael J Dayton[2]	Raleigh, NC
2008	James A Levitt	Millersville, MD
2008	Andrea Bassing Matney(F)	Glen Echo, MD
2008	Maile Neel(F)	University Park, MD
2008	William Beck[2]	Woodbine, MD
2008	Lowell D Grubbs	Springfield, VA
2008	Paul H Donaldson	Richmond, VA
2008	George Winkert[2]	Highland, MD
2008	Chris Mento[2]	Glen Burnie, MD
2008	Mark Vinette[2]	Bethesda, MD
2008	W Thomas Reeder[3]	Alexandria, VA
2008	Chip Adams	Severna Park, MD
2008	Carol Bell(F)[2]	Baltimore, MD
2009	Nicholas Bull[3]	Arlington, VA
2009	Richard G. Carpenter[2]	Reading, PA
2009	Matthew Farrell	Wernersville, PA
2009	William Olsen[2]	Califon, NJ
2009	Mary Gersema(F)	Washington, DC
2009	Maile Neel(F)[2]	University Park, MD
2009	Richard G. Carpenter[2]	Reading, PA
2009	William Beck[3]	Woodbine, MD
2009	Ronald Malinauskas	Chesapeake, VA
2007	Michael J Dayton[3]	Raleigh, NC
2009	George Winkert[3]	Highland, MD
2009	Mark Vinette[3]	Bethesda, MD

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

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

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:
None so far

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:

Rookie of the Year Award: As far as DC Randonneurs is concerned a 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). Other considerations: 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