Awards
Mavis was such a persistent woman that she achieved multiple awards because of it. She proved to the world that women can do anything and people noticed her never giving up attitude.
Awards
1965 Arthur Newton Certificate
1971 Fair Lady Magazine Honours List
1978 Johannesburg Mini-council Award for outstanding achievements
1978 Star Sports Woman of the Year
1978 State President’s Award
1978 Pro-Nutro Sporting Great
1980 Sports Woman of the Year
1984 Dewars Achievement Award
1990 Masters Award for service to sport
1992 Golden Achiever Award
1997 Natal Athletics Service Award
2002 Premier’s Golden Sports Award for lifetime achievement
Recognitions
March 20th, 2014, “Sports Legend”, by the South African Government for her contribution in world athletics
This is a list of every race she completed and every award she recieved.
Laney, David, and Gillene Laney. Unstoppable Woman: The Forgotten Story of Mavis Hutchison First Woman to Run Across America. CreateSpace Publishing, 2012.