Awards

The name of the meet, “GoldenSprint,” is one of Frimpong’s nicknames he earned when racing as an undocumented African immigrant in the Netherlands. His Dutch coach, Sammy Monsels, gave him golden track spikes after his first Dutch National win in 2003. The fastest men’s and women’s sprinters at the GoldenSprint Challenge will follow Frimpong’s footsteps and take home a golden spikes trophy.

Kirt Mcgees (L) from Mcgees Stamp & Tropy and designer of the GoldenSprint Challenge Invitational Spikes tropy together with Akwasi Frimpong (R), founder of the GoldenSprint Challenge track meet.

The 2013 GoldenSprint Challenge Invitational best male and female awards were presented to:

From left to right : Kassie Jensen, Chandler Rieske, Dak Kleven, Arlene Gowar, Parker Landgren, and  Nicole Laws.

2013 Goldensprint Challenge Invitational best male and female awards

The 2012 GoldenSprint Challenge Invitational best male and female awards were presented to:

Sarah Palmer         (high school best female athlete)
Dak Kleven            (high school best male athlete)
Tiera Hansen         (Open best female athlete)
Akwasi Frimpong   (Open best male athlete) , Akwasi gave his award away to the runner up,  Cole Javier.

2012 GoldenSprint Challenge Invitational best male and female athletes