Florida Senior Games will feature many athletes from Polk County
TALLAHASSEE – When the 27th Annual Florida Senior Games begin on Saturday, Dec. 1, the Polk County area will be represented by athletes competing in 25 sports, over nine days in Clearwater.
Approximately 2,600 athletes, from age 50 up, will compete in 17 different locations in Pinellas County from Dec. 1-9. The 2018 games – which serve as a qualifier for the 2019 National Senior Games – have been held in Pinellas County since 2015.
In total, athletes come from eight countries, 47 states and 262 Florida cities will compete over the nine days of events.
More than 9,700 athletes have competed in the game during the past four years.
Among the 156 athletes competing are:
Janet Brown, of Lakeland, who earned the 2015 FSG Female Athlete of the Year and has won a gold medal in 15 of the last 16 years. She won a silver medal in the 2014. Brown, a golfer, shot the overall lowest women’s score of the Florida Senior Games, a 72 in 2004. She won a National Senior Games gold medal in 2005.
Henry and Linda Armstrong, of Lakeland, are the most prolific Florida Senior Games shuffleboard players in the history of the games. In 2017, they each won their ninth singles gold medal, dating back to 2005 for Henry and 2007 for Linda. The 2017 gold medals came in the 65-69 age group for both. They have also teamed to win six doubles gold medals between 2006 and 2017.
Polk County area athletes competing in the 2018 Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana
Leonel Gutierrez, 5K Road Race, Track & Field, Davenport
Viatcheslav Oulianov, Archery, Lakeland
John Boyer, Archery, Lakeland
Dale Keene, Archery, Lakeland
Johnny Perdue, Archery, Alturas
Henry Pierce, Archery, Auburndale
Densel Landrum, Archery, Davenport
David Henry, Bag Toss, Lakeland
R. Askew, Bag Toss, Lakeland
Wayne Iles, Bag Toss, Lakeland
Dan Shepherd, Bag Toss, Lakeland
Bobby Bearden, Bag Toss, Auburndale
Ralph Domras, Bag Toss, Winter Haven
Claudette Braswell, Bag Toss, Basketball Shooting, Horseshoes, Lake Wales
Calvin Lawrence, Bag Toss, Horseshoes, Table Tennis, Track & Field, Lake Alfred
William Gene Reagan, Basketball Shooting, Lakeland
Rick Leipply, Basketball Shooting, Lake Wales
Garland Reynolds, Basketball Shooting, Golf, Frostproof
Charles Laycook, Billiards, Lakeland
Chuck Hall, Billiards, Avon Park
Tom Kerins, Billiards, Davenport
Larry Waalewyn, Billiards, Haines City
Art Miller, Billiards, Lake Wales
Robert Hallfin, Billiards, Lake Wales
Joyce Ilczhyn, Billiards, Lake Wales
Raymond Rupertus, Billiards, Winter Haven
Michael Campbell, Bowling, Lakeland
Paul Charbonneau, Bowling, Lakeland
Wesley Burrow, Bowling, Lakeland
Randall Gregory, Bowling, Lakeland
Michael McGraw, Bowling, Lakeland
Barbara Gnegy, Bowling, Lakeland
Gloriann Dickinson, Bowling, Auburndale
James Harrison Jr., Bowling, Bartow
Richard Coleman, Bowling, Lake Alfred
Edward McNulty, Bowling, Lake Alfred
Judy Demerski, Bowling, Lake Wales
Tommy Cruz, Bowling, Winter Haven
John David Ramsey, Bowling, Winter Haven
Terri Stein, Bowling, Winter Haven
Jean Baldwin, Bowling, Winter Haven
Tom Smith, Bowling, Davenport
George Bullo, Bowling, Lake Wales
Donald Lowry, Bowling, Bowling Team, Lakeland
Michael Prunier, Bowling, Bowling Team, Lakeland
Clay Gillem, Bowling, Bowling Team, Lakeland
Lisa Polonczyk, Bowling, Bowling Team, Lakeland
Lisa McGraw, Bowling, Bowling Team, Lakeland
Theresa Rainwater, Bowling, Golf, Haines City
Thomas Rainwater, Bowling, Golf, Haines City
Anthony Demerski, Bowling, Golf, Lake Wales
Leslie Shelton, Cycling, Lakeland
Chris Little, Golf, Lakeland
Janet Brown, Golf, Lakeland
Kenneth Kemp, Golf, Lakeland
Richard Pepin, Golf, Lakeland
Lionel Pepin, Golf, Lakeland
Bennie Boutwell, Golf, Lakeland
Ronnie Hall, Golf, Lakeland
Steve Criss, Golf, Lakeland
Larry Frosch, Golf, Babson Park
Joseph Albright, Golf, Bradley
Linda J. Del Valle, Golf, Dundee
Susan Wells, Golf, Haines City
Dick Cheney, Golf, Winter Haven
Manley Nipe, Horseshoes, Haines City
Carl Nordquist, Horseshoes, Haines City
Robert Yost, Horseshoes, Winter Haven
Tina Ryan, Pickleball, Lakeland
Ken Black, Pickleball, Lakeland
Cheryl Offidani, Pickleball, Lakeland
Alan Black, Pickleball, Lakeland
Patrice Lui, Pickleball, Davenport
Laurel Woodbury, Pickleball, Winter Haven
Donald Woodbury, Pickleball, Winter Haven
Mark Codd, Powerlifting, Lakeland
John Alderman, Powerlifting, Auburndale
Greg Harrelson, Powerlifting, Bartow
Joan Mann, Powerlifting, Polk City
Jacky Grayson, Racquetball, Lakeland
Dan Shupsky, Racquetball, Lakeland
Ken Drew, Racquetball, Winter Haven
Barbara Allen-Coil, Shuffleboard, Lakeland
Donald Woodington, Shuffleboard, Lakeland
Henry Armstrong, Shuffleboard, Lakeland
Roy Packard, Shuffleboard, Lakeland
James Tredway, Shuffleboard, Lakeland
Nancy Foley, Shuffleboard, Bartow
George Leisure, Shuffleboard, Davenport,
Terry Madden, Shuffleboard, Davenport
Yvonne Ponton, Shuffleboard, Davenport
Sheila Quirk, Shuffleboard, Table Tennis, Lakeland
Julius Aulisio, Swimming, Lakeland
Leander Aulisio, Swimming, Lakeland
Robin Wickman, Swimming, Lakeland
Kathleen Keen, Swimming, Bartow
Alan Phillips, Swimming, Table Tennis, Davenport
Mike Hodges, Table Tennis, Lakeland
Gary Bartlett, Tennis, Lakeland
Denise Maqueira, Tennis, Lakeland
Anand Rao, Tennis, Lakeland
Earl Harry, Tennis, Auburndale
Barry Recht, Tennis, Davenport
Bettye Sykes, Tennis, Fort Meade
Scott Campbell, Tennis, Haines City
Joanne Collier, Tennis, Mulberry
Janet Platania, Tennis, Winter Haven
Vic Platania, Tennis, Winter Haven
Judi Whitaker, Tennis, Lake Wales
James Whitaker, Tennis, Lake Wales
Will Morrell, Track & Field, Lakeland
Jeffery Durden, Track & Field, Lakeland
William Benford, Track & Field, Lakeland
Janet Lamoureux, Track & Field, Lakeland
Web Phillips, Track & Field, Auburndale
Bob Pfeiffer, Track & Field, Bartow
Rob West, Track & Field, Mulberry
Rob Rehn, Track & Field, Mulberry
David Shields, Track & Field, Winter Haven
Loyall Wilson, Track & Field, Davenport