Sports Honors

Receiving the bronze medal at the World Championships in Linz, Austria

Receiving the 60 meters sprint bronze medal at the 2006 Masters World Championships in Linz, Austria

  • Iowa State Track and Field Champion 50 and 220 yards dash. Silver medal 100 yardsdash. 1969.

    Gold medalist with the California team at the US Championships in Spokane

    Gold medalist with the California 4×100 team at the US Masters Championships in Spokane

  • Iowa State High School record holder 50 yards dash indoor (5.6 sec.). 1969.
  • Iowa State High School record holder 220 yards dash (22.0 sec.). 1969.
  • Belgian Junior Champion 100 meters dash. 1970.
  • Member, Belgian National Track & Field Team. 1970-74.
  • Participant, European Indoor Track and Field Championships 60 meters in a personal record 6.99 seconds, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1973.
  • Participant, World Junior Olympics, Moscow, Soviet Union, 1973.
  • Gold Medalist, European Championships FISEC League 100 meters in a personal record 10.32 seconds. Haarlem, Netherlands, 1974.
  • Finisher, Los Angeles Marathon, 1987.
  • In lane 3 at the start of the semifinal at the World Championships in Linz, Austria

    In lane 3 at the start of the 60 meters semifinal at the  2006 Masters World Championships in Linz, Austria

    Gold Medalist 4×100 meters (California Team), U.S. Championships Masters Track and Field, Spokane, Washington, 1991.

  • 12th place and Semi-Finalist, World Championships Masters’ Track and Field 100 meters, Turku, Finland, 1991.
  • 5th place (100 meters), and 8th place (200 meters), U.S. Masters’ Championships, Spokane, Washington, 1992.
  • Gold Medalist 60 meters, U.S. Championships Masters’ Indoor Track and Field, Bozeman, Montana,1993.
  • 14th place and Semi-Finalist, World Championships Masters’ Track and Field 100 meters, Miyazaki, Japan, 1993.
  • 5th place, U.S. Masters’ Indoor Track and Field Championships 60 meters, Boston, 2001.

    At halftime during one of daughter Veronique's (on left) games.

    Refereeing for AYSO –  Halftime during one of daughter Veronique’s (on left) games.

  • 8th place and Finalist, World Championships Masters’ Track and Field 100 meters. Brisbane, Australia, 2001.
  • Gold Medalist 4×100 meter relay, World Championships Masters’ Track and Field. Brisbane, Australia, 2001.
  • AYSO Region 143 Soccer Referee of the Year, 2003.
  • Gold Medalist 100 and 200 meters, China National Masters Track and Field Championships. Dongying, Shandong Province, China, 2005.
  • Bronze Medalist 60 meters, World Championships Indoor Masters Track and Field. Linz, Austria, 2006.
  • 20-time All-American Masters Track & Field rank for 60 and 100 meters (1991-98, 2001-02, 2006-08, 2011-12).