Ron Richards, athletic director at McKay High School, is taking the same position at McNary High School. Photo submitted June 16, 2010.
McNary athletic director Ron Richards was named a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award given by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.
He will be honored along with eight others for outstanding contributions to interscholastic athletics at a banquet Dec. 15 in Orlando, Florida.
Richards was the football coach at Butte High School for 11 years and was a college football coach for 16 years, including at Montana.
He spent nine years as athletic director at McKay starting in 2001 and has been the athletic director and assistant principal at McNary since 2010.
In addition, he is the state’s leadership training coordinator and a past president of the Oregon Athletic Directors Association.
West Salem’s Ahmed Muhumed wins the boys varsity race with a time of 15:17 during the Greater Valley Conference District Cross Country meet Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, at Bush’s Pasture Park in Salem.
Cross country
West Salem junior Ahmed Muhumed placed 40th at Saturday’s Nike Cross Nationals at Portland’s Glendoveer Golf Course.
Muhumed was third among runners from the northwest in the race in 15:44.30.
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