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Sponsored by AstraZeneca 2009 Official daily newspaper of the 2009 Senior Games | Palo Alto, California Friday, August 7, 2009 Split second decides cycling race Calif. rider bursts from pack to edge rivals at finish line of 20k event By Colin Becht In competitive cycling, the difference between winning and second and third place can often be a fraction of a second. Such was the case Thursday in the 20k races of the Senior Games, where most races were not decided until the last few feet. Such a near-photo finish was best exemplified by the men’s 50-54 race. In a mad dash to the finish line, John Platero of Thousand Oaks, Calif., prevailed by just .2 seconds over Don Stimson and by .8 seconds over Steve Matson, both of Washington. Platero was not even the leader as the pack of riders began their climb up to the finish line at Cañada College, but he pulled just ahead in the last straightaway to claim the gold, sending Stimson and Matson back to Washington, lacking gold medals by the slimmest of margins. The state of Washington would get its revenge moments later when Tom Hackleman cruised in to claim the gold in the men’s 55-59 race. Hackleman held off Scott Sifferman of Missouri by 2.8 seconds. Hackleman was in a pack of six riders as he began his ascent to Cañada College. Mid- way up the hill, the riders hit a brief flat section, during

(continued on page 15) A medal machine from Maryland Helen Schley already has two top finishes, and expects another today By Kylie Sloan Way out ahead of her competitors, Helen Schley, 81, of Fredrick, Md., Wasily won the gold medal in the women’s 400-meter run event in the 80 to 84 age group at the Senior Games Thursday. “I’m not going to let anyone take it from me this time,” Schley said, regarding her new medal. Earlier in the day, Schley won the gold in the 1,500m, with a time of 11:34, or so she thought. Ap- parently, another woman in the same age group had missed the heat, so she ran in a different one, faster than Schley, finishing in 8:32. Schley had to trade in her gold medal for the silver. “I let them know that I didn’t like it,” Schley said, referencing her complaints to the Senior Games of- ficials. The gold in the 400-meter felt “darn good,” she said, even more so because she knocked three seconds off

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Extreme jump Indiana long jumper Charles Modlin, 84, catches some air in this 2.52 meter jump Thursday.

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Cycling her competitors, winning by more than eight seconds. (continued from page 1) Andrews, like many of her fellow winners, trailed at the bottom of the final hill, but luckily which Hackleman accelerated . her training had prepared her for such climbs. “I gave it everything I had right there, and “Climbing is my strength,” Andrews said. “I’ve that’s what created the gap,” Hackleman said.’’ been working on my hill climbing, and it paid Hackleman said much of the race, until that off for me.” final burst, was spent in packs. Occasionally, Living near Toronto, Andrews has a limited riders would attempt “attacks,” in which they cycling season, with weather preventing her would try to break out of the pack on their own. from riding outside until April. Andrews said “But it never really worked, so by the time we indoor training is an option, but she finds it “bor- got about a mile from the finish, the racers were ing. So I don’t do much indoor training.” all compacted together,” Hackleman said. Andrews, and many of the other cyclists, will Hackleman is a passionate cyclist and said he also compete in the 40k race Friday and the 5k spends about 10 hours each week training. This and 10k time trials on Saturday. After medaling is his first Senior Games, making him one-for- in all three of the remaining events in 2007, in- one in gold medals at the Games. cluding a silver medal, Andrews said she expects Carol Johnson, a fellow Washingtonian, added to be on the podium a few more times in the next another medal to the state’s total when she won two days. “I’m hoping to bring a few medals the women’s 50-54 race, finishing the course in home,” she said.

35 minutes and 33.9 seconds. In the men’s 60-64 race, Richard Alejandre CourtesyBecht Colin Lee Andrews, who traveled from Ontario to of Pennsylvania crossed the finish line first to Cyclist John Plztero, of Thousand Oaks, won the gold medal in the 20 kilometer road race compete, got her second straight gold medal at a claim his gold medal with a time of 33:56.2, 20 Thursday, just edging out Don Stimson, right, who won silver, and Steve Matson, the Senior Games, repeating her victory from 2007 seconds ahead of Durward Higgins of Tennes- bronze winner. Stimson and Matson are both from Washington state. Cyclists will compete in the women’s 55-59 race. Andrews blew out see, who took first in the 65-69 catetgory. ★ in the 40k race today, starting at Cañada College at 9:30.

Track & Field until she retired in 1987. There was no run- “I don’t just show up and say here I am,” Schley treats her back problems at a physi- ning, let alone physical education, in her in (continued from page 1) Schley said. cal therapist weekly. high school or college. She runs three days a week and works out two “I can’t wait to take it home and show it “It was the 40’s,” Schley said. “We were days at the gym. Her coach, a young man who to my physical therapist,” Schley said, of her “At least I haven’t gotten slower,” Schley ladies; we didn’t get hot!” just missed qualifying for the Olympics, varies gold medal. said. When the time came for Schley to pick a Schley’s workouts each day and runs alongside While Schley has won the gold before in Schley will also run the 800m on Friday, career, her choices were limited. She gagged her, an aspect Schley loves. She has to work to the 400m, the feeling of winning never gets Aug. 7. She has run these same, three races at the thought of home economics. Instead, keep up with him though, she said. old, she said. But, at the same time, medals since her first games in 1991. And she is she chose to teach physical education for the Unfortunately, Schley has scoliosis in addi- are not the only reason she comes to the Se- proud to say that she has never gone home next 32 years of her life, so she could be out- tion to another spinal condition, which caused nior Games. empty-handed. This may be her last Games side, and stay active and healthy, one of her one of her vertebra to collapse. “I love the friendship and the camarade- though; Schley thought she might not have favorite aspects of the Senior Games. “I’ve always just done track; I have a bad rie,” Schley said. “Even if I don’t win, I’m enough energy for Houston, the location of Of course, Schley adheres to a serious back so jumping is no good,” Schley said. okay with it.” ★ the next games. training regimen before she comes to com- “The pounding hurts my back when I run, SSC Senior Games:Layout 1 7/28/09 9:32 AM Page 1 Schley did not start running competitively pete at the Senior Games. but I can put it out of my mind.”

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Female 75-79 Men 65-69 1 Joyce Quadri 75 PA +8:29.5 1 Condon, Frank 67 CA 5:05.71 2 Wilma Calvin 75 CA +8:42.9 2 Malaczynski, Gerard 67 MI 5:26.02 3 Dolly Williams 77 TX +19:33.0 3 White, Nat 68 AZ 5:32.18 Female 80-84 Men 70-74 1 Margaret Eckenrode 81 PA +14:59.7 1 Sagedahl, Sherwood 70 MN 5:45.43 2 Catherine Mc Cormick 82 CA +27:38.7 2 Grodnik, Jim 70 NC 5:45.90 3 Marilyn Olen 81 CO +30:57.1 3 Mohica, Ken 71 HI 5:52.36 Female 85-89 Men 75-79 1 Freeman, George 77 MI 6:56.05 1Elizabeth Bramhall 86 CO +23:33.6 2 Bisson, Jerry 77 NY 7:28.75 3 Smythe, William 79 CO 7:31.36 Male 50-54 Men 80-85 1 John Platero 50 CA +31:44.0 1 Blanchard, Ken 80 LA 7:17.34 2 Don Stimson 52 WA +0:00.2 2 Bell, Joseph 81 MO 7:23.13 3 Steve Matson 54 WA +0:00.8 3 Davidson, Bob 80 CT 7:34.89 Male 55-59 Men 85-89 1 Tom Hackleman 55 WA +1:35.3 1 Dotson, Charles 86 NC 7:51.43 2 Scott Sifferman 55 MO +1:38.1 2 Green, Lowell 85 OK 8:46.65 3 Alastair Lockett 56 WA +1:38.1 3 Englert, Roy 86 VA 9:13.04 Male 50-64 Men 90-95 1 Richard Alejandre 62 PA +2:12.1 1 Stern, William 90 MA 16:22.79 2 Sverre Falck-Pedersen 60 WI +2:16.6 2 Hawkins, Claudis 92 AL 20:23.73 Men 95+ 3 Zoltan Zsohar 62 TX +2:18.0 1 Levine, Frank 95 PA 14:29.33 Male 65-69 1 S. Higgins 67 TN +2:32.2 2 Clifford Jackson 65 FL +2:33.2 100-Meter Dash 3 Phil Needham 67 KY +2:42.2 Women 80-84 Male 70-74 1 Fitzgerald, Margie 81 CA 19.34 1 Robert Paganini 73 CA +5:17.6 2 Styles, Frances 81 CA 21.36 2 Patrick Bunch 74 KS +5:18.2 3 Smith-Griffin, Burtie 81 LA 24.46 3 Bill Vest 72 VA +5:23.8 Women 85-89 Male 75-79 1 Bauer, Lorma 87 IL 23.91 1 Walt Axthelm 75 CO +5:21.5 2 McGowan, Ann 85 RI 25.45 2 Louis Monacelli 76 MI +5:45.6 3 Trexler-Campbell, Hazel,86 NC 33.92 Women 90-94 3 Kendal Green 75 CA +6:08.0 1 Mackown, Molly 91 CO 29.92 Male 80-84 2 Webb, Lillian 94 FL 32.69 1 Link Lindquist 81 CA +5:45.6 Men 90-94 2 Robert Bergen 84 CA +8:15.6 1 Pellmann, Donald 93 CA 19.56 3 Bob Malain 82 CA +16:09.2 2 Bulkley, Daniel 92 CA 22.04 Male 85-89 3 Stern, William 90 MA 29.01 1 Larry Johnson 89 NM +16:35.4 Men 95+ 2 Elton Hammond 85 OH +26:08.6 1 Springer, Max 95 TN 28.65 3 John Taylor 87 GA +27:40.1 2 Zilverberg, John 95 SD 29.32 SANTANA ROW (San Jose) - 3055 Olin Ave 2009 Senior games Legends 2009 SENIOR GAMES LEGENDS CUPERTINO - 19626 Stevens Creek Road Congratulations to the athletes below Salvador Panuco who were selected as a 2009 Legend from Soccer PALO ALTO - 2305 El Camino Real the AstraZeneca Celebration Board. California age: 55 wahoos.com THURSDAYThursday AUGUSTAugust 6 MJ Lee (Merijane) Sarah Overton Soccer Bowling/Track & Field California Tennessee age: 59 age: 84 Page 20 | Friday, August 7 | 2009 Senior games

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