Local athletes win medals at 2021 Senior Games Virtual State Finals

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A total of 18 athletes from Chatham County won medals in the 2021 North Carolina Senior Games Virtual Finals, held from October 1-22. Qualification took place at the Chatham County Senior Games last spring.

Chatham residents excelled in the pool, with gold medals claimed by Steve Barrett in the men’s 200-yard breaststroke (5:28.04), 50-yard backstroke (57.17), 50-yard breaststroke (1:04.06) and 50-yard freestyle (49.08).

Stan Cox logged first-place finishes in the men’s 200-yard breaststroke (3:45.00) and 200-yard butterfly (4:15.00), while picking up silver medals in the 200-yard individual medley and the 400-yard IM.

Keith Megginson won silver in the men’s 50-yard and 100-yard breaststrokes and bronze in the 500-yard freestyle.

On the track, Denise Lynch sprinted her way to gold in the women’s 50-meter dash in a time of 8.48 seconds and secured silver in the 100-meter dash.

Rob Silbajoris finished third in the men’s 50-meter dash.

Wayne Eckert was first in the men’s 10K run, finishing in 53:45.02. He claimed bronze in the 1,500-meter run. Eckert and Joel Rivers were first and second in the 10K run, respectively.

In the 5K run, Edward Beroset picked up silver in the men’s event while Janet Cromer was third in the women’s race.

Ronald Bousquet’s marksmanship earned a gold medal in Archery Conv-Recurve Barebow with a score of 397. Dean Selleseth came away with bronze in Archery Comp with sight and release aid.

The doubles tandem of Kathleen Havlin/Leslie Pyatt secured gold in women’s pickleball, with Jane Hamilton/Gwen McWilliams finishing second.

Michael Flanary took home a bronze medal in the softball throw.

Daniel Tunstall made it a clean sweep of men’s cycling events, racking up gold medals in the 1-mile (3:10.34), 5K (12:04.70) and 10K (23:38.92) races.

Mark Herboth turned in a silver-medal performance in 1,500-meter power walking.

Chatham County Senior Games is a part of a statewide of 53 local programs sanctioned by North Carolina Senior Games Inc. NCSG is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing year-round health promotion and education for adults 50 years of age and better. Senior Games is sponsored statewide by the North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services.

Qualification for next year’s State Finals will be held in the spring of 2022 at the Chatham County Senior Games.

For more information on Chatham County Senior Games, please contact Liz Lahti at 919-542-4512 or liz.lahti@chathamcoa.org.