Stan Mavis

January 31, 2013February 1, 2013 / runningincolorado

photo: triathlonbusiness.com

Stan Mavis was a world-class runner at Michigan State and was part of the fabled Athletics West Track Club. Stan attended Michigan State on a running scholarship in 1973, where he made it to nationals several times. Stan set an American record for the half marathon in 1980 with a time of 1:02:16. Stan become a prominent name is the sporting goods industry, working and managing the Frank Shorter stores in Boulder, building the Pearl Izumi brand from the ground up, and leading Brooks Sports and Sugoi Performance Apparel. He remains a runner and an avid cyclist.

1980 10,000m Olympic Trials (mavis is third from right). Photo: letsrun.com

Rich Castro

January 31, 2013February 3, 2013 / runningincolorado

photo: boulderhistory.org

Rich Castro has been a fixture of the Boulder running community for decades. Rich is the founder and president of the Boulder Road Runners has been associated with the BolderBOULDER in which he has coached winners in the citizen’s race, the wheelchair race, and in the elite divisions since 1979. He has also served as distance coach for Ecuador in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, as track coach for the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program, as Global Athletics Consultant for Reebok International, and as Road Racing Athletes Consultant for Nike Inc. While he did not become an elite runner, Castro did become a coach of elites and non-elites alike. He coached sprinters at CU and helped start the school’s women’s track and cross country programs, which quickly included middle distance star Mary Decker. As head of the Frank Shorter Racing Team in the mid-1980s, he worked with stars such as Stan Mavis, Herb Lindsay and Steve Flanagan. Castro_Rich-USxc10-200x300

2009 Colorado Running Hall of Fame induction set May 13

February 16, 2009February 16, 2013 / runningincolorado

Boulder Daily Camera: ” Sooner or later, the Colorado Running Hall of Fame may want to consider opening a Boulder wing. Of the eight inductees for the class of 2009 — the third overall class in the Hall — at least five have strong Boulder connections, continuing a trend that began with the induction of the inaugural class in 2007.

This year’s class, to be inducted at a May 13 ceremony at the Denver Athletic Club, consists of Rich Castro, Alan Culpepper, Benji Durden, Kim Jones, Creigh Kelley, Stan Mavis, Maureen Roben and Jerry Quiller.”

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