Cynthia J. Wyatt Award Winners

Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards

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Cynthia J. Wyatt Award

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Second Runner-up
2012	Stephanie Izard	Kala Allen	Jillian Fanning
	Sweet Home HS	Williamsville East HS	Fayetteville-Manlius HS
	Amherst, NY	Williamsville, NY	Manlius, NY
	Combined Events	Sprints	Mid-Distance
2013	Katie Lembo	Jenn Thill	Eileen O'Hara
	Penfield HS	Lancaster HS	Webster Thomas HS
	Penfield, NY	Lancaster, NY	Webster, NY
	Distance	Pole Vault	Distance
2014	Jaskiran (Jesse) Dhaliwall	Jessica Lawson	McKenzie Kuehlewind
	Grand Island HS	Corning HS	Lancaster HS
	Grand Island, NY	Addison, NY	Lancaster, NY
	Throws	Distance	Throws
2015	Samantha Watson	Abbey Wheeler	McKyla Brooks
	Rush Henrietta Sperry HS	Elmira HS	Frontier HS
	Henrietta, NY	Elmira, NY	Hamburg, NY
	Middle Distance	Distance	Horizontal Jumps
2016	Samantha Watson	Lanae-Tava Thomas	Tiana Luton
	Rush Henrietta Sperry HS	Rush Henrietta Sperry HS	Sweet Home HS
	Henrietta, NY	Henrietta, NY	Amherst, NY
	Middle Distance	Sprints / Long Jump	Multi-events
2017	Samantha Watson	Jessica Lawson	Lanae-Tava Thomas
	Rush Henrietta Sperry HS	Corning HS	Rush Henrietta Sperry HS
	Henrietta, NY	Addison, NY	Henrietta, NY
	Middle Distance	Distance	Sprints / Long Jump
2018	Lanae-Tava Thomas	Vanessa Watson	Brooke Rauber
	Rush Henrietta Sperry HS	Spencerport HS	Tully HS
	Henrietta, NY	Spencerport, NY	Spafford, NY
	Sprints / Long Jump	400m Hurdles	Distance

Cynthia J. Wyatt Award

Presented annually by the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame to the outstanding Female High School Athlete of the Year in the Niagara Association.

Cynthia J. Wyatt

This award is named for Dr. Cynthia J. Wyatt, a member of the Hall of Fame's Class of 1998, our inaugural class, was a pioneer in the sport. A two-time National Indoor Champion in the Shot put, Wyatt competed in shot put at the 1963 Pan American Games and was on six United States teams which competed against the Soviet Union teams in the 1960's. Wyatt, who is a graduate of Williamsville High School, Williamsville, NY, is one of the first women to get a college scholarship to compete in Track and Field (University of Hawaii).