A trio of former Tely 10 winners are among the four people who are being added to the Newfoundland and Labrador Athletics Hall of Fame next month.
Michael Greene, Peter Lewis and Trevor O’Brien, all champions in The Telegram 10-Mile Road Race, are entering the Hall as athletes, while Steve Delaney has been elected as a builder.
The announcements were made by Wulf Stender, chair of the Hall of Fame selection committee, which also includes Peter Brown, Don Coaker, George Parsons and Joe Ryan.
Delaney, Greene, Lewis and O’Brien will be inducted at a July 12 ceremony at the track and field building in Mount Pearl. Their additions to the 13-year-old Hall of Fame brings to 81 the number of individuals recognized for achievements and contributions within the sport in this province.
STEVE DELANEY
It could be said Delaney, who is from Paradise, is a man for the times, or more exactly, for the timings.
Along with Bill Pomeroy, he was instrumental in the purchase of an electronic timing system that has become so important in local road racing.
Delaney is also an executive member of the Athletics North East organization, race director for the Cape to Cabot event and chief timer for NLAA road race series.
MICHAEL GREENE
A native of Placentia who now lives in Stephenville Crossing, Greene was winner of the Tely 10 in 1974, and also owns a second- and a third-place finish in the event.
He has competed in numerous marathons, with finishing times under two hours and 34 minutes in six of them, including the Boston Marathon in 1992 and the Toronto Marathon in 1983.
Greene won his first race in 1971 and has held numerous junior and senior records for distances from three to six miles. He set the masters record in 1991 in the Twin City provincial marathon championship.
PETER LEWIS
Lewis first made his mark as a runner at St. Bonaventure's College and Brother Rice high school in St. John’s, advancing in the sport to the Canadian Legion meet in 1978 and the 1981 Canada Summer Games in Thunder Bay, Ont., where he competed in the 3,000 steeplechase and the 1,500 event.
At Memorial University, Lewis was a member of two championship AUAA track teams He also competed in national cross-country junior, senior and university championships.
At the age of 15, Lewis ran the first of his 17 Tely 10s. He won the race twice (1984 and 1989), finished second four times and was third on a couple of occasions.
TREVOR O'BRIEN
O’Brien won the Tely 10 three times (2000, 2002 and 2003), and was champion in many other NLAA races.
In 1999, the Paradise native was NLAA male road runner of the year.
In the 10,000-metre final at the Canada Summer Games in London, Ont., he captured a silver medal. He also claimed titles at Atlantic universities cross country-championship three straight years, and was named conference runner of the year each time.
From 2005 to 2008, O’Brien was a Sport Canada national track and field carded athlete. In 2007 he placed first in a 1,500-metre race in Eugene, Oregon after representing Canada in the same event at the Pacific World Cup in Vancouver. He was also wore the Canadian uniform at the Francophone Games in Africa and represented this country on the European circuit.
O’Brien’s finishes at national competitions included a second place in the Victoria International Track Classic in Victoria, B.C., a third in the national track and field championship in Ottawa and a fourth in the Olympic Trials in Victoria.
Hall of Fame members
Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador Athletics Association (NLAA) Hall of Fame, by year of induction:
2005 — Paul McCloy, Maria Fitzpatrick, Ferd Hayward, Gerald Hutchings, Chester Lawrence, Alex Oakley 2006 Dolph O’Neil, Ron O’Toole, Eric Pomroy, Charlie Spurrell, Geoffrey Stirling, Geoffery Steele
2007 — Gordon Brockerville, Dave “Snowy” Carroll, Gordon Follett, Gillian Grant, Gerald Halley, Graham Kelly
2008 — Monsignor George Bartlett, Jack Bell, Grant Burnell, Jack Canning, James A. Clancy, Herb Coultas, Billy Cotter, Justice James D. Higgins, Arthur Johnson, Dr. David Johnston, Pat Kelly, Art Meaney, Gregory Power, John V. Rabbitts, Harold St. Croix, Duncan Sharpe, Robert Simms, Harvey Skirving, Wulf Stender, Clifford Stone, Harvey Thomas, Nicola Will, Henry Wyatt
2009 — Ches Atkins, Donald Coaker, Jim Emberley, Joe Gatherall, Ted Gillies, George Hillier, George Parsons, Ray Will
2010 — Jim Browne, Robert Fowlow, Dennis Furlong, Jim Jackson, Adrian Miller, Cyril Power, Joe Ryan
2011 — Vincent Barry, Phonse “Tiger” Hawco, Ed Kelly, Frank O’Leary, Chris Pickard
2012 — Ben Dunne, Bob Hollett, Joe Keating, Max Kirby
2013 — John Coaker, Bernard Molloy, Becky Sjare, Gordon Woodford
2014 — George Crane, Murray Fudge, Jennifer Stender, Mark Stender
2016 — Stephanie Adey, Keith Taylor, Lori Toope, Steve Wiseman
2018 — Stephen Delaney, Michael Greene, Peter Lewis, Trevor O'Brien
