>HRW Scores at the National Senior Games - Palo Alto, CA
Aug. 8-10: The biannual National Senior Games were held this year on the Stanford campus. HRW sent 9 walkers and they came back with 2 Gold,2 Silver, and 2 Bronze medals as well as 4th and 8th place ribbons. We were represented by our nonagenarian pedestrians, Jean Brunnenkant and Tom Young, as well as the youngsters Floyd and Martie Delon (recent newlyweds), Fred Adams, Alan Poisner, Julie Haller, BJ Thornburg and Eileen McManus. Gold was brought back by the oldest and the youngest, Jean and Eileen. This year the judges were particularly active in giving DQ's to 23-37% of the walkers in the two events (5K and 1500 meters). This was discouraging to many but we believe that better days are ahead for those who were awarded the red cards. Some of our members drove to the event in the San Francisco Bay area and did some exploring before or after. The various adventures in racewalking and elsewhere were reported at our August monthly meeting (Aug. 22). The results are shown under the RESULTS link and pictures can be found under the PICTURES link. There are two sets of pictures (5K and 1500 meters). The 2011 Games will be a little warmer-in Houston.