Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards
2018 Bob Ivory Award
Semifinalist Watch List
Released on June 23, 2018
Updated on July 10, 2018
Rochester, NY: Below is the 2018 Semifinalist Watch List for the Bob Ivory Award (High School Coach of the Year).
The seventeen coaches listed were nominated by the sectional coordinators for Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, and / or Outdoor Track and Field for each section.
Nominations are accepted from any interested individual or group. Use our nomination form to submit any nomination(s). The nomination form is linked below.
The list of finalists for each of the annual awards will be announced in July.
The finalists (top 3) will be selected from these lists of semifinalists by a panel of area coaches, participants, and nationally-based historians and statisticians.
The winner of all eight of Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame annual awards are selected by the same panel of area coaches, participants, and nationally-based historians and statisticians.
The 2018 Annual Awards winners will be announced in late August or early September 2018.
Nomination Form
Download and save the nomination form to your computer. This is a PDF file.
The form can be competed using Adobe Reader. Type the requested information into the form and save the file to your computer. Then, e-mail the form to
Watch List
| Name | School | Section | Supporting information received |
| Gerry Amidon | Canisteo-Greenwood Central School | 5 | Yes |
| Greg Broton | Cicero-North Syracuse HS | 3 | Yes |
| Nick Burk | Batavia HS | 5 | |
| Tim Burlee | Wayne HS | 5 | Yes |
| Chris Compson | Pittsford Mendon HS | 5 | Yes |
| Michael De May | Rush Henrietta Sperry HS | 5 | |
| Majeed Eason | University Prep HS | 5 | |
| Jason Glashauser | C.W. Baker HS, Baldwinsville NY | 3 | |
| Michael Heitzenrater | Newfane HS | 6 | Yes |
| Paul Ksionzyk | Olean HS | 6 | |
| Raymond Lawson | Corning HS | 4 | |
| Stephen Matteson | Maple Grove HS | 6 | Yes |
| Walter McLaughlin | East Aurora HS | 6 | |
| Michelle Rauber | Tully HS | 3 | Yes |
| Sean Van Laaken | Fairport HS | 5 | |
| Jim Vermeulen | West Genesee HS | 3 | Yes |
| Matt Ward | Canandaigua HS | 5 | Yes |
About the Bob Ivory Award
The Bob Ivory Award, which debuted in 2012, is presented annually by the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame to the outstanding High School Coach of the Year in the Niagara Association.
Robert J. Ivory, a member of the Hall of Fame's Class of 1998, our inaugural class, is a former track and field coach at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute in Buffalo, NY, where he was very successful. Ivory is a graduate of Canisius College in Buffalo. In ten years at St. Joe's, his teams won eight conference Cross Country Championships, eight conference Track and Field Championships, one Eastern States Championship (runners-up twice), and two Penn Relays Championships. In addition, Ivory coached Dick Buerkle when Buerkle set the world record for the Indoor Mile in 1977. Ivory was named District I Track Coach of the Year (1976).
For more information on The Bob Ivory Award, the trophy, and Bob Ivory himself, visit NiagaraTrackHoF.org.
About the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards
The Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards program was developed to bring some well deserved recognition to the outstanding high school and college athletes and teams, and the top high school coach from the Niagara Association.
The finalists (top 3) are selected from the lists of semifinalists by a panel of area coaches, participants, and nationally-based historians and statisticians.
The winner of all eight of Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame annual awards are selected by the same panel of area coaches, participants, and nationally-based historians and statisticians.
About the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame
Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame and Virtual Museum is provisionally chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York. The purpose of the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame and Virtual Museum is to recognize those individuals who made significant and outstanding contributions to the Sport of Athletics (including Track & Field, Long Distance Running, Race Walking, and Cross Country Running) while living within the geographic boundaries (New York State West of and including the counties of Oswego, Onondaga, Cortland, and Broome) of the Niagara Association as athletes (including Masters), coaches, and/or administrators (including Competition Officials).
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