With the 2017 National Senior Games being in such close proximity, nearly 900 Florida Senior Athletes traveled to Birmingham, Alabama and made their presence known, winning a total of 576 medals and setting 17 age group records. It was the second highest total of athletes representing all 50 states competing in the biennial games, held […]
The 2016 Florida Senior Games Athletes of the Year are both record-setting athletes who have proven themselves on the National Level as well. Jupiter’s Kathy Petrillo achieved success on a bicycle and John Horwath, of The Villages has done the same with a bow and arrow. Kathy Petrillo set 5K and 10K Time Trials records […]
The 2016 Florida Senior Games features more than 2,600 athletes competing in nine days of sports and events, December 3-11, in Clearwater. Read the daily reports of the action at the links below. Sunday, December 11 Saturday, December 10 Friday, December 9 Thursday, December 8 Wednesday, December 7 Tuesday, December 6 Monday, December 5 Sunday, […]
CLICK HERE for a complete wrapup of the 2015 Florida Senior Games, held December -13, 2015, in Clearwater, Florida. The 2015 Florida Senior Games Wrapup contains stories and highlights and full results from the event which hosted 2,048 athletes age 50 and above in 24 sports over nine days of competition.
Since the inception of Powerlifting in the Florida Senior Games in 2006, the sport has shown an increase in participation. Florida senior athletes agree the health benefits involved in powerlifting strengthens the wrists, hands, ankles and knees, all parts of the body needed to be strong as you age. READ MORE in the March edition […]
~ A Sample of the Daily Highlights and Spotlights ~ CLICK HERE for results from all sports DAY NINE – Sunday, December 13 Iowa Sprinter becomes Florida Senior Games Fastest Man It took 24 years for a Florida Senior Games athlete to run 100 meters in less than 12 seconds and 200 meters in under […]