A softball team from Vancouver won its tournament, a local cyclist won gold, and a track and field athlete from Battle Ground won several medals at the Huntsman World Senior Games, which concluded Saturday at St. George, Utah.
The Games are held annually for athletes 50 and older and feature a variety of sports.
Bonaventure Senior Living won the gold medal in the men’s 70-and-older AA Division of the softball competition, rallying in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat a team from Michigan 15-14 and finishing 3-0 in the championship round of the tournament.
Leading hitters for the Vancouver team were Jim McAbee and Clauis Nickleberry. Other players from Vancouver were Dave West, Dan Fernandez, Bob Riehm, Art Roper and John Aarhus.
The team was sponsored by Bonaventure Senior Living in Salmon Creek.
TRACK AND FIELD — Janice Bradley of Battle Ground posted personal-best marks in five events and picked up bronze medals in four during track and field competition during her first trip to the Games.
Competing in the women’s 75-79 age group, Bradley earned bronze medals in the high jump (PR of 2 feet, 10½ inches), javelin (44-11), discus (49-10) and standing long jump (PR of 4-11). Her other personal records were in the shot put (24-¾), 50-meter dash (11.24 seconds) and the 200 meters (49.96 seconds).
Bradley has earned USA Track and Field All-American status in nine events in 2014. Those events are two sprints and seven throwing events: the 50-meter dash, the 100 meters, the shot put, discus, hammer throw, weight throw, super weight throw, weight pentathlon, and the ultra weight pentathlon.
CYCLING — Glenn Teague of Vancouver won three cycling races at the Games and was the overall champion for his division.
Competing in men’s Division II for ages 70-74, Teague won the road race, the 5-kilometer hill climb race (with a time of 16 minutes and 58 seconds), and the 20-kilometer time trial (39:48). He was also third place in the criterium, where the first four cyclists finished in 26:26.
James Noonan of Vancouver placed second in the triathlon for men ages 65-69 in 1 hour, 13 minutes, 37.9 seconds. Noonan also placed ninth in the men’s Division I 20-kilometer cycling time trial for ages 65-69.
