More than 1,700 athletes — age 50 and older — competed in 21 different sports at the 29th annual Florida Senior Games that ran from Dec. 5 through Dec. 13.
More than 50 senior athletes from Pasco County were among those competing.
Five of the 21 sports took place in Pasco. The Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus of Pasco County hosted bag toss, basketball shooting, basketball 3-on-3 and volleyball. Pickleball was played at the Sarah Vande Berg Tennis and Wellness Center in Zephyrhills.
The Senior Games each year are presented by the Florida Sports Foundation, the official sports promotion and development organization of the State of Florida.
The event is described as “an Olympic-style sports festival for active adults.”
Here is a look at all the Senior Games athletes from Pasco and the sports they competed in:
5K Road Race
Cynthia Miller, Odessa
Gary Miller, Odessa
Archery
Ed Griffin, Land O’ Lakes
James Pettitt, Hudson
Diane Watson, Hudson
Bowling
David Henderson, Dade City
Jeffery Williams, Land O’ Lakes
Cycling
Duane Barker, Zephyrhills
David Sikes, Wesley Chapel
Doug Webster, New Port Richey
Golf
Kenneth Atwell, Hudson
Bill Demers, New Port Richey
David Parker, Port Richey
Kendal Shaw, Wesley Chapel
Pickleball
Mike Bernaldo, Wesley Chapel
Maria Bustos, Port Richey
Patricio Bustos, Port Richey
Pascal Collard, Wesley Chapel
Dale Delcamp, Zephyrhills
Ernesto Diaz, Zephyrhills
Peggy Griffiths, Dade City
Deborah Jean Jesseman, Zephyrhills
Robert Jesseman, Zephyrhills
Rita Jones, Zephyrhills
Kathy McCausey, Land O’ Lakes
Gary Penfield, Zephyrhills
Ron Perkins, Zephyrhills
David Peterson, Odessa
Lani Prilliman, Zephyrhills
Andrew Sorrentino, Zephyrhills
Jimmie Stokes, Zephyrhills
Val Thomopalos, Land O’ Lakes
Jason Young, Land O’ Lakes
Powerlifting
Paul Hampton, Wesley Chapel
Otis Perry, Wesley Chapel
Raquetball
James Adamek, New Port Richey
James Brown, New Port Richey
Samuel Fustaino, Dade City
Roy Joes, New Port Richey
Bob Kozyra, Wesley Chapel
Alan Leathers, Odessa
Shuffleboard
Earl Ball, Zephyrhills
Michael Zellner, Holiday
Swimming
Karen Westerman, Land O’ Lakes
Ann Guins, Hudson
Table Tennis
Bruce Holck, Wesley Chapel
Tennis
Terri Baun, New Port Richey
Scott Campbell, Land O’ Lakes
Peter Clapson, New Port Richey
Patricia Evanoff, Odessa
Dan McMullen, Holiday
Paula Kastenson, Trinity
Donovan Peterson, Land O’ Lakes
Kathryn Peterson, Land O’ Lakes
Janette Rice, Wesley Chapel
Thomas Trotta, New Port Richey
Track & Field
Samuel Alcott, New Port Richey
Susan Cooke, Odessa
