Denver Post Olympics writer John Meyer and Libbie Hickman, who had a successful professional career after competing for Colorado State, will be inducted into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame next month.
Others in this year’s class of inductees are Steve Flanagan, Bette Poppers and Parthenia “Potts” Jones. The induction ceremony will be held April 19 at the Denver Athletic Club.
Meyer won the 2007 Jesse Abramson Award for excellence in track and field journalism, awarded by the Track and Field Writers of America. He writes a regular column for The Post on running and other endurance sports, and has run 13 marathons.
Hickman was an All-American at Colorado State who ran the 10,000 meters at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. When she won the 1997 Bolder Boulder, she was the first American woman to win the race in 14 years. She also competed on two world championships teams for the U.S.
Flanagan ran for the Frank Shorter Racing Team in the 1970s and made three world championships cross country teams. He is the father of America’s top female distance runner, Shalane Flanagan, who was a bronze medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Poppers began running when she was 34 years old — and seven months pregnant — and would become one of the nation’s top masters runners in the 1980s. She qualified twice for the Olympic marathon trials after turning 40.
Parthenia “Potts” Jones is known as a tireless volunteer at countless Front Range running events since the 1980s and is the head of a training group called the Potts Trotters.
“Absolute heart of gold,” race promoter Creigh Kelley said. “She is the most selfless person on the planet.”
