The Greater Long Island Running Club is now accepting nominations for its 17th annual Scholarship Award. The club plans to present $2,000 in US Savings Bonds to one or more graduating high school seniors to be selected on the basis of his or her service to the Long Island running community.

All graduating seniors who reside anywhere in Nassau County or Suffolk County are eligible.

The qualifications for the scholarship award are very clear. They are not necessarily interested in the star of the track or cross country team; they are interested in the youngster who helped raise the funds to send the team to an out-of-state meet, or who helped organize a road race for a local charity. The key is service, not athletic prowess! If no applicant meets their standards (it happened in 1989), they simply won't make an award. If there is more than one applicant who stands out in terms of service to the Long Island running community, they will consider multiple awards, as they have in 1985, 1990, 1993, 1996 and 1998 and 2000.

Applications for the 2001 scholarship can be obtained from GLIRC Scholarship Chair Erica Gassen at 349-7646. The deadline for submission of Scholarship Applications is April 9, 2001.

1985	Douglas Nassisi	Hicksville HS
	Michael Kaufman	Syosset HS
1986	Christine Gray	Holy Trinity HS
1987	Brett Dixon	POB Kennedy HS
1988	Eileen Downey	Syosset HS
1989	No Award
1990	Matt Winkler	Syosset HS
	Todd Pulerrwitz	Half Hollow Hills HS
1991	Richele Scuro	Seaford HS
1992	Lauren Wallack	Kings Park HS
1993	Wayne Caro	Archbishop Molloy
	Joseph Palazzo	Lindenhurst HS
1994	Kevin Coughlin	Farmingdale HS
1995	Kristine Caro	Levittown Division
1996	Gregory Sherman	Hicksville HS
	Melissa Aspuru	Sachem HS
	Lauren Conoscenti	Smithtown HS
197	Jennifer Doherty	Calhoun HS
1998	Lauren Baumann	Rocky Point HS
	Shayna Lustig	Shoreham-Wading River HS
1999	Geoffrey Kovesdy	Elwood-John Glenn HS
2000	Justin Smith	Bellmore Kennedy High School
	Jesse Warren	Roslyn High School