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HRW made another impressive showing at the biannual National Senior Games. This year the events were held in the Houston, TX area in late June.

The 1500-meter race was held on the 24th at an excellent high school track about 30 miles north of Houston. Despite the challenge of navigating to the remote site and dealing with some hot Texas weather, our intrepid pedestrians took a number of medals and ribbons. Gold Medals were won by Jean Brunnenkant (in her 5th different age division: 95-99), Tom Young, Alan Poisner (in his second different age division: 75-79) and Dave Couts (55-59). Silver Medals were taken by Eileen McManus (55-59) and Fred Adams (75-79). BJ Thornburg won a Bronze Medal, her first medal at a national competition, In addition, top finishing ribbons (5th-8th) were captured by Martie Delon (80-84), Julie Haller (70-74) and Floyd Delon (80-84).

The 5K racewalk was held the next morning on a course around the Reliant Arena parking lot. The four lap course had some ups and downs and was held in the extreme heat. Gold Medals were earned by Dave Couts and Alan Poisner; Bronze Medals were taken by Fred Adams, Eileen McManus and BJ Thronburg; Julie Haller garnered a 6th place ribbon. The most suspense was whether Alan could get to the race on time since his car battery had died overnight. Fortunately, his hotel was only 2 miles away and he had time to walk (fast) to the starting area. The other item of interest is that the course organizers repeated the mistake from the Senior Games in Tucson by providing a shortened course. This did lead to some fast times and to the lore of the National Senior Games.

All of the finishing times are shown in the RESULTS section and pictures will be posted. So once again, HRW made a significant impact at the national level.