Coughlin Is A Finalist for the Sullivan Award17 January 2002By Tarrah J. Smith (Courtesy of USA Swimming) ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 17. THE Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) has announced the names of the fourteen finalists for the 72nd Annual AAU James E. Sullivan Memorial Award which recognizes the top amateur athlete in the nation. Among the finalists is Natalie Cou...
Johnson wins the Sullivan Award14 March 1997Michael Johnson wins the Sullivan Award for best amateur athlete of 1996. His time of 19.32 seconds in the 200m at the 1996 Olympics smashed his own world record of 19.66 and his time of 43.49 in the 400m broke the Olympic record of 43.50 set by Quincy Watts at the 1992 Olympics. The winner of the S...