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Games ready to roll

Age no barrier to thousands of Senior Games athletes

by Tom Gibboney

N early 10,000 highly motivated athletes of a certain age are poised to descend on Palo Alto as the 2009 Senior Games

begin this week on the Stanford campus and at other venues in the Bay Area.

The competitors, all over age 50 and some reaching the triple digits, will go for medals in 18 events, plus another seven demonstration sports. Mainstay competitions in track and field, swimming, tennis and volleyball will share the stage with lawn bowling, shuffle-board and archery when the games officially begin a two-week run on Saturday, Aug. 1, with the arrival of the solar-powered Games torch at Palo Alto City Hall.

After a run beginning at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, through San Francisco and AT&T Park and down the Peninsula by train, the torch will be used to “ignite” a massive, high-tech cauldron, signifying the official beginning of the Games during evening ceremonies that will feature local organizing committee CEO Anne Warner Cribbs receiving a proclamation from Palo Alto Mayor Peter Drekmeier.

Even before the arrival of the torch, many athletes will have already begun preliminary rounds of competition earlier in the day in their specialty, while others will take part in official practice. Those who arrive early and visit the primary Games venue at Stanford, will find a wealth of resources at their dis-posal, including a daily dose of bananas and oranges, and keepsake metal water bottles de-signed to virtually eliminate the use of dispos-

Welcome to the 2009 Senior GamesDear Senior Athletes:On behalf of the 2009 Summer National

Senior Games Local Organizing Committee (2009 LOC), I want to welcome you to the 2009 Summer National Senior Games, Stan-ford University, the City of Palo Alto and the San Francisco Bay Area.

We are honored to welcome nearly 10,000 competitors plus their families and friends from around the United States who have traveled to California to compete in this Championship– to celebrate sports and lifelong fitness.

Sport truly has a way of bringing the world together and we know that the 2009 Senior Games will continue in this great tradition

The facilities at Stanford University and other Bay Area venues are champion-ship quality and we have work tirelessly to provide the finest com-petitive conditions for all of you so that you may achieve your per-sonal goals. Thanks to you all for your com-mitment to sports and for traveling to this important competition. May you enjoy much success.

And, when you are not competing, please enjoy the special events, the California sun-shine and weather and the many exciting places during your stay. All of us stand ready to help you discover California – please ask us and have a wonderful time. And we hope you will leave at least part of your heart in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Anne Warner Cribbs President & CEO2009 Summer National Senior Games Local Organizing Committee1960 Olympian, Swimming

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Let the games begin!Water Polo competition begins Saturday at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center, the first day of the 2009 Senior Games.

Senior daily will cover the GamesWelcome to the first edition of the Senior

Games Daily, the official newspaper of the Games that will be distributed on the Stanford campus and at local hotels from Aug. 1 to 14.

Published by The Palo Alto Weekly, the Daily will include feature stories about many athletes, photo essays of the days events, handy maps of Games venues, and informa-tion about upcoming events.

Senior Games Publisher Tom Gibboney said his staff is excited about getting involved in the Games and invite all athletes and their fami-lies to enjoy the paper. The Daily also will be available at www.PaloAltoOnline.com ★

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Stanford Hospital & Clinics and the new Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center in Redwood City, are proud

to offer medical care and services to the 10,000 athletes of the 2009 Summer National Senior Games,

held August 1 through 15 at Stanford University. Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine specializes in

getting you back into your game with the most advanced care, treating world-class Olympic, collegiate,

professional athletes and you. Stanford Medicine is working to bring out the best athlete in all of us.

For a schedule of Stanford Hospital & Clinics lectures and activities at the Senior Games, visit

http://stanfordhospital.org/seniorgames

For more information about the Senior Games, visit http://2009seniorgames.org

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Flame Arrival CeremonySaturday, Aug. 1 — 8:30 p.m.King Plaza (City Hall)250 Hamilton Ave., downtown Palo AltoOlympic champion swimmer John Naber will emcee festivities beginning at 7 p.m., including music and entertainment. The torch is scheduled to arrive at 8:45. at City Hall, one block south of University Avenue between Ramona and Bryant streets.

Celebration of AthletesSaturday, Aug. 8 — 7-9:30 p.m.Maples Pavilion, Stanford

Closing CeremonySaturday, Aug. 15 — 4-4:30 p.m.Humana Celebration Plaza, Stanford

Peak Performance Lecture SeriesDaily 10:30 to 11:30 and 1 to 2 p.m.at the Avery Rehearsal Hall - Located at the Avery Aquatic Center (125 seats)

Sunday, August 2 10:30 a.m. Olympian Advisory Council Panel – Mind and Vision – Kim Carlisle, Barbra Higgins, Debbie Meyer

1:00 p.m. Dr. Alexis Abramson – The Caregivers Survival Handbook

Monday, August 3 10:30 a.m. Dr. Amy Powell – Regaining Heathy and Active Lifestyle with Knee Osteoarthritis

1:00 a.m. Michael Fredericson, MD – Core Strengthening for Swimmers

Tuesday, August 4 1: 00 p.m. Pete Anderson – Purposeful Intent, Motivating Your Mind from Within

Wednesday, August 5 10: 30 a.m. Thor Besier, MD (SHC) – Biomechanics in Sport: Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention

Official publication of the 2009 Senior Games

Publisher Tom Gibboney

Managing Editor Emily James

Staff Writers Colin Becht Sana Bakshi Kylie Sloan

Design Director Shannon Corey

2009

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Official daily newspaper of the 2009 Senior Games | Palo Alto, California

For complete schedule through Aug. 15, visit www.2009SeniorGames.org.


Wine Tasting & Cheese Sampling Sunday, Aug. 2, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic CenterEnjoy a variety of wines from Clos LaChance Winery a famous local California vineyard. Along with wine sampling, taste the rich fresh cheeses of local California farms. Cheese producers from the “happy cows” of California will provide samples paired with the famous San Francisco Sourdough bread. Reservations are required. $20 per person.

Free EntertainmentSunday, Aug. 2, 6 - 8:30 p.m.Euflexxa Entertainment Stage

Dine Around Palo AltoMonday, Aug. 3Downtown Palo AltoThe award winning restaurants of Palo Alto welcome participants in the 2009 Summer National Senior Games with a special night on the town at selected restaurants. Show your athlete credential to receive special discounts. Bon Appetit! Check the information booth for more details.

USO Club and Microbrewery Beer TastingTuesday, Aug. 4, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic CenterThe microbrewery beer tasting featuring Gordon Biersch is located in the hospitality tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center. Reservations are required and can be made at the information booth. $20 per person.

Dick Bright BandTuesday, Aug. 4, 6 - 8:30 p.m.Euflexxa Entertainment StageDance to the sounds of a 40’s Big Band as we transform the Humana Celebration Plaza into a swinging USO Club. We will honor our men and women in uniform and the veteran athletes participating in this year’s games. This event promises to be fun for all.

Big Easy New Orleans StyleWednesday, Aug. 5, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic CenterIt may be August but it’s going to feel like Mardi Gras at Stanford. En-joy the Cajun cuisine. $25 per person reservations required. FREE on the Euflexxa Entertainment Stage 6pm-8:30 pm Enjoy the sounds of New Orleans Jazz. Everyone will have a chance to get up and dance to the upbeat rhythms of zydeco.

New Orelans Jazz Band, Blues BayouWednesday, Aug. 5, 6 - 8:30 p.m.Euflexxa Entertainment StageEnjoy the tasty delights South of the Border style cuisine by Com-padres. California celebrates its diversity with a rich heritage of His-panic cultures. Reservations required $25 per person

South of the Border FiestaThursday, Aug. 6, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center

Free Entertainment — Pete EscovedoThursday, Aug. 6, 6 - 8:30 p.m.Euflexxa Entertainment Stage Enjoy Mariachi & Folklorico music and salsa sounds with Legendary Pete Escovedo.

Sock Hop & Ice Cream SocialFriday, Aug. 7, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic CenterIt’s time to “rock Around the Biological Clock” with some jitterbug dancing to work off the calories from the delicious complimentary ice cream. Bring your poodle skirt and slick back your hair for this nostalgic celebration. No reservations necessary. Free to creden-tialed participants.

Free Entertainment — Butch Whacks and the Glass PacksFriday, Aug. 7, 6 - 8:30 p.m.Euflexxa Entertainment Stage

Celebration of AthletesSaturday, Aug. 8, Doors open at 6 p.m.Maples PavilionJoin us for the traditional Celebration of Athletes to be held inside Maples Pavilion. This event includes live entertainment by Mickey Thomas of the Starship, with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and special guest stars and appearances by some of the Bay Area’s most celebrated Olympic and professional athletes. It will truly be an inspirational night. The Celebration of Athletes is being produced by E2k Sports, a lo-cal entertainment production company that has produced major ceremonies for the Super Bowl, the World Cup, the Olympics and the Presidential Inauguration. Presented by Astra Zeneca. Complimen-tary event.****This is a ticketed event with limited free seats open to the public. Tickets for athletes will be available at the Athlete Village and information for ticket pick up will be available at Athlete Check in.

Taste of California & California Beach PartySunday, Aug. 9, 5:30 - 7 p.m.Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic Center2009 Summer National Senior Games Local Organizing Commit-tee proudly presents the “Taste of California” for participants and their guests, to highlight California cuisine and wines. The menu will include an assortment of salads, main courses, and desserts as determined by the freshest ingredients available at that time. The host chefs and will be in attendance. Reservations are required. $25 per person.

Free Entertainment — Papa Do Run Run Sunday, Aug. 9, 6 - 8:30 p.mEuflexxa Entertainment Stage

Dine Around Palo AltoMonday, Aug. 10Downtown Palo AltoThe award winning restaurants of Palo Alto welcome participants in the 2009 Summer National Senior Games with a special night on the town at selected restaurants. The list of participating restaurants will be available at the Information booths. Restaurants will include a range of cuisines. Be sure you have your athlete credentials with you. Bon Appetit! Check the information booth for more details.

Real Texas BarbequeTuesday, Aug. 11, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic CenterA real Texas barbecue served picnic style from Armadillo Willy’s. Enjoy this finger-licking dinner featuring Barbecue ribs and chicken with all the sides. Reservations are required and can be made at the Information Center. The cost is $25 per person.

Free Entertainment — Country Band, AppaloosaTuesday, Aug. 11, 6 - 8:30 p.mEuflexxa Entertainment StageKick up your heels to the sounds of country music.

‘60s Be In and Psychadelic Ice Cream SocialWednesday, Aug. 12, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic CenterEveryone knows that when you come to San Francisco you need “wear some flowers in your hair.” Tonight, we will flashback to the 1960s when San Francisco became the center of the Flower Child movement and the world began to rock to the sounds of the Dead, The Jefferson Airplane, and Janis Joplin. Guests will enjoy an assort-ment of complimentary ice cream. No reservations necessary. Free to credentialed participants.

Free Entertainment — ’60s & ’70s Band, Livewire Wednesday, Aug. 12, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pmEuflexxa Entertainment StageMusic from the ’60s and ’70s.

California Wine & Cheese PartyThursday, Aug. 13, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic CenterAs the Senior Games wind down it is time to relax to the sounds of kool jazz and enjoy the California wine under a beautiful summer sky. The cost is $25 per person.

Free Entertainment — Jazz TrioThursday, Aug. 13, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pmEuflexxa Entertainment Stage

Micro Brewery Beer TastingFriday, Aug. 14, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic CenterWith videos, photos, and stories we will relive the great moments of the 2009 Senior Games and celebrate the spirit of hope that the ath-letes have inspired. Reservations required $20 per person

Farewell PartySaturday, Aug. 15, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.Party Tent next to the Avery Aquatic CenterSay goodbye to the 2009 Senior Games, celebrate the achievements of all the competitors and raise a glass to “Long Live the Challenge” as the Senior Games move on to Houston in 2011. Complimentary Event.

Senior Games Entertainment Schedule Senior Games Special Hospitality Food & Beverage Events are located under the “Party Tent” and Free Nighttime Entertainment will be located on the Euflexxa Entertainment Stage

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a power in the poolAt 65, daniela Barnea continues

to break records as a national-class swimmer

by Keith Peters

S he may be 65 years young, but there’s nothing senior about Palo Alto’s Dan-iela Barnea. She swims 365 days a year

and often breaks more records in one meet than others in a lifetime.

“They always say you’re over the hill at 50,” Barnea said. “I’m stronger today than ever. Fifty is not over the hill. I’m still reaching to new heights. I’ve broken all of my records af-ter 60. When you are an athlete, you have that desire to stay in shape.”

Barnea, a mother of three grown children who lives in Palo Alto with her husband Steve, is one of the top Masters swimmers in the nation. At the Pacific Masters Swimming championships earlier this month at Chabot College in Oak-land, she won seven events and set six Pacific Swimming marks — one of which was also a national record in the 200-meter butterfly.

Barnea won the award for most points accu-mulated, matching her performance from the Pacific Masters short-course (yards) champi-onship in April when she won seven events in the 65-69 age division and set three Pacific records on her 65th birthday.

Barnea will be on the blocks again start-ing this weekend for the 2009 National Senior Games, based at Stanford University, for ath-letes age 50 and older. Nearly 10,000 athletes are expected to compete from Aug. 1-15 in the largest multi-sport event in the United States.

Swimming begins Saturday at the Avery Aquatic Center and Barnea will be busy over

the first five days of the short-course yards meet before heading off to Indianapolis for the Masters National Championships that begin August 6.

This will be Barnea’s first Senior Games because of her mindset on the event.

“I just didn’t think I was a senior yet,” she said, “but I’ve come to accept it — now that I’m getting Social Security.”

Barnea certainly doesn’t feel 65 or look her age, despite her long silver hair. She is slim and trim, energetic and athletic and awakes each day looking forward to getting into the pool and working out. Two years ago, she was one of nine women, 50 and older, select-ed from around the nation to participate in a Dove beauty “pro-age” campaign promoting “real” women.

“Aging is not something I enjoy, but I accept it and make the best of it,” she said at the time. Helping her in that goal is swimming.

“The sport is the thing of my day,” Barnea said. “It is an important part of my life. I al-ways wanted to be an Olympic swimmer, but never got the opportunity.”

Barnea grew up in Jerusalem and was al-ways involved in sports. She began swimming at age 15 when her school’s physical education teacher decided to start a swim team at the local YMCA.

When Barnea was married at age 24, she stopped swimming and started a family that included son Jon and daughters Shelley and Mishkie. When the family moved to Palo Alto in 1992, she got the itch to swim again when

her children got into aquatic sports.Daniela joined Pacific Masters Swimming

that year and swam in her first meet for the Stanford Masters in 1996 at age 52. She didn’t start competing in the butterfly strokes un-til age 60 and now is a national recordholder in that stroke. She competes in the Masters World Championships every two years and says “I’m breaking records that I couldn’t touch in my 50s.”

At an age when others are just settling into retirement, there is nothing retiring about Barnea.

“I like to win,” she said. “I like to see myself improving.”

Barnea has made swimming her lifestyle. She doesn’t travel anywhere without a swim suit and rarely goes anywhere without a near-by pool. Her SUV is filled with swimming

equipment. Recently, after spending 26 hours traveling to Israel for a high school reunion, the first thing she did was find a pool.

As for the Senior Games, Barnea hopes she can be inspiring to those watching and perhaps wondering if they can do what she does.

“Living in California, there’s no excuse not to be doing something outdoors,” Barnea said. “I swim every day, 365 days a year.”

And what if she couldn’t swim?“It would kill me,” she said. “I’d probably

stand in the shower for an hour every day.”At 65 and still tutoring foreign students in

the Palo Alto Unified School District, Barnea does not see herself slowing down any time soon.

“I want to swim the rest of my life,” she said. “I want to break the 90-year-old records. I love being an athlete.” ★

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Palo Alto — just a stone’s throw from Stan-ford University’s main athletic venues — was bustling with activity Monday.

A team of tech geeks worked on comput-ers that will serve as the nerve center for the multi-sport event, which officially begins Saturday and is expected to draw upwards of 30,000 people over two weeks. Other volun-teers and staff, crammed into the two-story walk-up, snatched up ringing phones and hov-ered over laptops.

Colorful banners announcing the Games have been hoisted up all over Palo Alto and on the Stanford campus — on buildings and posts all around the main cluster of athletic venues.

City officials, police, firefighters, medical teams from Stanford University Medical Cen-ter and hundreds of others have been coordi-nating every aspect of the Games, from staff-ing medical tents to presenting live music.

At the helm of this vast undertaking is Anne Warner Cribbs, the 2009 National Senior Games Local Organizing Committee presi-dent and a former Olympic swimmer.

Cribbs and her team have been putting in 12-hour days, seven days a week for months to make sure the event goes off without a hitch.

Cribbs has been involved in the planning for

five years, with the last 2 1/2 years at Stan-ford, she said.

“In the last six months, it’s been taking on a life of its own,” she said recently at headquar-ters, as shipments of computers from Hewlett-Packard Co. were trundled up the stairs.

Nearby, nearly a dozen organizers at a conference table discussed conflicts in event scheduling and how to get enough time to properly set up for sports sharing the same venue — just one of thousands of details or-ganizers have contended with.

But it will all be worth it, they say. The Senior Games is the biggest event of its kind in the world, drawing more participants than even the Olympics. Some 10,000 athletes age 50 and older are expected to compete in 18 medaled and seven demonstration sports.

The Games are often called the Senior Olympics, and like the namesake, the two-week event launches with a torchbearers run and the lighting of a cauldron. Saturday eve-ning, a solar torch will arrive on Caltrain, be carried throughout the Stanford campus and then arrive at Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Plaza at Palo Alto City Hall for the cauldron-lighting ceremony.

Louis Trujillo, for one, is looking forward to the Games.

“This is the most exciting thing. I’ve never been out to Northern California. It’s a beau-tiful place,” said Trujillo, who is well under 50 and the event manager for Zia Graphics, an Albuquerque, N.M., company supplying

Senior Games sportswear, T-shirts, mugs, patches and other memorabilia.

He was on the Stanford campus Tuesday, setting up the Games gift shop.

The carpet in the gift shop tent still smelled new and the walls were lined with metal grids and racks all driven in from New Mexico in the three large trucks, two vans and a trailer that were solid with merchandise and equip-ment, he said.

“It’s been spectacular. This is the biggest event we’ve ever taken on,” he said.

So far, things have gone smoothly, but Tru-jillo worried just a bit that perhaps some box of T-shirts important to the whole plan was forgotten back home.

Across the way, Ian Mayne was supervis-ing the site build-out for e2k, a Mountain View event company that is co-producing the Games.

Scores of workers toiled to get more than 45 vendors’ tents and medical stations in place. Colorful banners in red, blue, yellow and green snapped in the wind from flag poles in PAC-10 Plaza, proclaiming “Long Live the Challenge” — the Games’ motto — and “Welcome Athletes.”

A large musical stage featured a phalanx of lights suspended overhead from a grid of metal trusses, and dozens of stacked speakers were piled on the stage.

Various sponsors’ posters and banners were assembled: Humana, Catholic Healthcare West, the drug company Euflexxa and Stan-ford Hospital & Clinics, among others.

Noticeably age-appropriate booths also

stood at the ready: AstraZeneca, sponsor of the Athlete Village; Avenidas, a Palo Alto nonprofit for seniors and their families; Ad-ministration on Aging; Home Instead Senior Care; and Palo Alto Commons.

Mayne said he and his crew have been chal-lenged by the amount of activity at Stanford this week “at every hour of the day and night,” he said.

Try constructing a music stage with heavy equipment quietly while the Bank of the West Women’s Tennis Tournament is going on next door, he said.

But he’s been working with the other groups, trying to not step on anyone’s toes.

“It’s a struggle to do that; we’ve each got our own agendas,” he said.

As the village took form, though, the col-orful trimming that adorned the white tents brought a satisfied look to Mayne’s face. It’s coming together, he said.

t he department of Stanford Athletics, which is hosting 17 sports, has faced its own quandaries. One of the main tac-

tical areas was how to transition from one sport to another, said Christina Cribbs, senior events and operations manager and daughter of Anne Cribbs.

”We have to set up each facility as each sport goes on. At Maples Pavilion, we need to go from basketball to volleyball to badminton. ... Basketball ends on Aug. 5 at 10 p.m. We have until 6 p.m. to transform Maples to vol-leyball courts,” she said.

The process is more complicated than put-

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“(In) laying out a competition court, set up takes a crew of 25 people. It will take all night,” she said.

Some setups will have to be achieved in just six hours.

“We’ll have lots of coffee — and a very young crew,” she said, laughing.

Medical care is also a big part of the Games strategy, what with so many senior athletes, fit as they might be, and potentially high summer temperatures, said Palo Alto Fire Chief Nick Marinaro, a co-chair of the medical committee with Dr. Phil Harter of Stanford Hospital & Clinics.

A team of Stanford physicians, orthope-dists, emergency medical technicians, am-bulance drivers and fire personnel have been assembled, according to Kimberly Carlisle, director of sponsorship for Stanford Hospital and Clinics for the Games and liaison to the medical team.

Stanford, a Games sponsor, will have five stations for medical assessment and care at the different venues, including in Sunnyvale, San Jose and San Francisco, she said.

Set up as triage centers, each venue will have an orthopedist from Stanford’s sports-medicine division on hand to assess and treat athletes’ injuries. If necessary, patients will be transported to the emergency room.

Between 15,000 and 20,000 family and friends of athletes are expected, and Menlo Medical Clinic will provide urgent care, she said.

Marinaro said 911 calls related to the

Games will be split off from regular emergen-cies. Medical response teams have been as-sembled with off-duty paramedics and reserve ambulances to eliminate impacts on regular ambulance response, he said. Fire personnel will also be on hand during the opening cer-emonies for the fireworks display.

Police are not anticipating any major prob-lems during the Games, according to Agent Max Nielepko, a Palo Alto Police Depart-ment spokesman. But the city’s SWAT team is available, he said.

Traffic is not expected to heavily impact Palo Alto, he said. The flow of athletes and guests will be spread out over the 15-day pe-riod.

But Hamilton Avenue will be closed near City Hall on Saturday, Aug. 1, for the open-ing ceremony at 8:30 p.m. for three hours and police will escort the torch runners along their route.

Parking should not be a problem. Six park-ing areas will be available on the Stanford campus, he said.

In downtown Palo Alto, new, blue direc-tional signs have been installed by the city on lampposts, pointing visitors to various locales, such as City Hall.

The city has donated more than 50,000 stainless-steel water bottles that will keep plastic out of the landfill and 47 bicycles that will be available as part of a 125-bike fleet at Stanford for visitors to ride around town and campus, said Richard James, coordina-tor of the event for the City of Palo Alto and the city’s former director of community ser-vices.

l ogistics and intense preparations aside, the point of the Games is athletics, and on that score, Anne Cribbs said she an-

ticipates several records could be made dur-ing the Games.

Not only that, but spectators can watch un-usual competitors, such as 100-year-old Roger Gentilhomme on the tennis court or former Harlem Globetrotter Anthony Davis shooting hoops in the basketball competition.

Back at the Encina Way headquarters, words of encouragement are stenciled on the wall in the form of the Senior Games’ motto, “Long Live the Challenge.”

Cribbs pointed out a large inflatable ba-nana in a corner of her office that makes the rounds in the office when someone does a good deed. The 3-foot-long bananas will hang from Games way stations, where 47,000 of the crescent-shaped fruits donat-ed by Del Monte Foods will be distributed to athletes as a replenishing source of po-tassium.

The company sent 1,000 inflatable bananas, another — but perhaps less critical — dilem-ma of the many Cribbs has had to face.

“What do we do with them all?” she asked. ★

Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be e-mailed at [email protected].

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But early on, Games organizers decided that every effort would be made to limit the impact of thousands of athletes descending on the Bay Area.

“We on the committee (Senior Games Or-ganizing Committee) made a commitment to the environment” at the very beginning, said Cribbs, the major force behind the Games. Along with the stainless steel bottles, pro-vided by the City of Palo Alto, Cribbs worked with Stanford to install 11 hydration stations around the main competition venues where athletes can refill their bottles in seconds.

And in place of greasy fast food, athletes will find Palo Alto farmers market vendors have

moved from City Hall to the Stanford campus, as well as Palo Alto favorites Hobees and Lu-lu’s. And Palo Alto is helping to provide free use of 125 bicycles to help athletes get around the campus and to downtown shopping.

But the most elaborate energy-saving ef-fort of the Games is the solar powered torch and cauldron designed and built by IDEO, the Palo Alto design firm known for its skill in innovation. With the goal of creating a flame-less torch that used no hydrocarbons, IDEO engineers came up with a solar batterypack hidden inside an elegant torch crafted from old-growth redwood.

The orange LED-lights inside the torch are bright and pulse with the stride of runners, who will carry it on Aug. 1 from the base of the Golden Gate Bridge to a pregame show before the Giants play at AT&T Park. From there the torch will travel by train to Palo Alto and circle through Stanford before arriving to light a high-tech cauldron at a ceremony declaring the Games open on Saturday night at Palo Alto City Hall.

For Cribbs, a gold medal-winning swimmer in the 1960 Olympics, the opening ceremony will be the culmination of work that began af-ter a “silver medal effort” to win the Olympic Games for the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003. With an organization in place, Cribbs and her supporters, including former Stanford Athletic Director Ted Leland, turned their sights to the biennial Senior Games, and set to work.

After passing the written test and showing off the Bay Area to Senior Games officials, the local group learned in 2004 that the prize was theirs and immediately began organizing the 12th Senior Games, which were last held in Louisville, Ky.

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W herever Julian Dawes has lived, he has found a way to play soccer, the game he loves.

Growing up in England, Dawes began play-ing at the age of four. He continued playing soccer throughout his childhood, but took a hiatus during high school because his school specialized in rugby.

In college, Dawes returned to soccer, play-ing at Lester University and Turnpark College in England.

Dawes’ soccer career continued when he came to the U.S. in 1978. Liv-ing in Massachusetts, Dawes helped start an amateur soccer league, playing and serving as the league’s secretary

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Dawes also helped to start an over-50 league in Marin, and continues to play with a team in that league as well.

“Where ever I go, I tend to help start teams and leagues, just because I want to keep play-ing,” Dawes said.

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“In Massachusetts, it was all midfield,” Dawes said. “But when I came to California, what they needed was a defender, rather than a midfielder.”

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Dawes’ team faces a tough challenge at the Games because their over-60 age group has been combined with the over-55 age group. Though Dawes’ team is comprised of players

all over 60, some of their competition will be five years younger.

“I’m not sure whether we have a strong enough team to win or not,” said Dawes. “My expectation is that we will just enjoy the tour-nament, whatever happens.”

Having played soccer for nearly 60 years, Dawes credits his undying love for the game with keeping him involved in it.

“I was brought up with the game in Eng-land, and I just love it” Dawes said. “I think it’s a great game.” ★

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dixie James is the perfect model for a Nike commercial. More than anything else, she embodies the slogan, “Just Do It.”

James, 66, loves to dance and at 63, she be-gan entering bodybuilding, sports modeling and fitness contests with the philosophy that “it is never too late to begin.”

Though her other hobbies may not suggest it, James is a swimmer. The San Rafael resi-dent will compete in the 100-yard individual medley and the 50-yard butterfly at the Senior Games. However, more than those events re-flect why James belongs in the “Just Do It” crowd.

In a sign-up sheet for a swim meet, James noticed the lack of women participating in the butterfly competition. After training for the 25-yard fly, James discovered at her local qualifing event that, though she could compete at that distance, the National Senior Games only offered a 50 fly. Without any training in the longer distance, James medaled, gaining a slot for the National Games.

James also tried the Individual Medley, just to see if she could do it, she said. She did, and will be competing in the 200 IM at the Games Aug. 1.

“You have nothing to lose,” James said. “If you get out there and just try, there’s no failure. We shouldn’t take so much time away from our lives trying to perfect it before you try it … You’ve got to just get it, or I would never have tried weightlifting or I would never have tried these other swims.”

James’ “go for it” attitude is what moti-vated her to compete in the Senior Games. Her thought process began small but quickly grew when she saw what she was capable of completing.

“Why don’t we just try and see if we can get into the state games and maybe the nation-als?” James said of her initial thoughts. “Let’s try a couple of area meets.”

After qualifing at area and state meets, James will be competing in Palo Alto. Though James found quick success in the pool, she was not always comfortable in water.

“I was really afraid of the water,” James said, recalling her childhood. “I almost drowned twice. I was afraid to even take a bath.”

In college, James had to enroll in a swim-ming class. It was the first time she submerged her head in water since childhood. After that first step she tried to swim a lap. One lap turned to two, then three and then 72 laps, or one mile.

“I hated to have this fear keeping me from enjoying life,” James said. “I really did not want fear to be a master of me.”

At the upcoming Senior Games, James’ goals are simple.

“I hope to be a little faster, just set my own personal record,” James said. “If I just finish a few seconds faster, I will be happy.”

James will not be alone at the Senior Games. Her sister, Connie Clark, will also be swim-ming in the Games. The two train together ev-ery week, swimming in San Francisco Bay.

“(Swimming) is one sport that can keep us together and healthy together and to keep training for our different goals,” James said.

James and Clark are constant companions in open water swims, swimming in Lake Berryessa, and to Alcatraz and back. James and Clark will also spend their last training sessions before the Senior Games together, swimming in Clark’s pool in Livermore.

James will swim the 200 IM Aug. 1 and will compete in the 50 fly on Aug. 4 at the Avery Aquatic Center. ★

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W inning a gold medal at the Senior Games is an honor all its own. Win-ning gold with a childhood friend

on the podium as well is something else en-tirely.

Donald Curry of Spring, Texas is returning for his second Senior Games with close com-panion Douglas Sparks. Curry and Sparks placed one and two at the 2007 Senior Games in Louisville, Ky. The duo hopes to pole vault their way to victory once again.

Curry, 52, met Sparks, 54, when he was 12 years old. Sparks was dating Curry’s sister at

the time, but the boys became good friends on their own. Sparks in-troduced Curry to pole vaulting as no more than a carefree activity. They started out jumping in each other’s backyards and competing with neighborhood kids. They did not know they would

end up pole vaulting together for the next 41 years.

Curry and Sparks’ passion for vaulting kept them together throughout high school and col-lege. Curry said he was nervous about school, but knowing Sparks was there already helped him, especially in competition.

“We are good training partners,” Curry said. “We work close together.”

They continued to work closely at the games in Louisville. The training partners were two of four people left in the competition, staring at the bar raised to 12 feet, and feeling a 20 miles per hour cross wind press against their skin.

“I was very fortunate to make the clear-ance,” Curry said. “It was intense.”

Curry, the last man standing, jumped at 12-6. He won the gold and Sparks stood by his side with the silver.

“It was my first national championship and that one is most special I guess,” Curry said. “You go home, pick up the phone and call ev-eryone you know.”

Curry said the 2007 Senior Games competi-tion was extremely tough, but he feels eager to be back again, especially with lifelong friend Sparks.

“Only half of the experience is the competi-tion,” Curry said. “The other half is the cama-raderie, seeing all the guys you know and have been jumping with for years.”

Participants in pole vaulting will have to watch out for the weather. The wind con-ditions have a prominent effect on how the athletes perform, and can add to the competi-

tion’s drama, as Curry said.But that should not be a problem for Sparks.

He is “the consummate athlete” in Curry’s eyes.

“Ever since I first met him he’s been train-ing as hard as he can,” Curry said. “He’s not extremely competitive, he’s extremely dedi-cated.”

Both men hope dedication will be enough to ward off any unexpected injuries in the early rounds of this week’s pole vaulting competi-tion. Injury is the most challenging aspect of the sport in a Master’s competition. All the athletes can do is try to go in as healthy as possible and try to reach their personal best, Curry said.

Curry hopes to beat his last jumped height and defend his title by vaulting four meters and 20 centimeters, which is just less than 14 feet. But whether Curry achieves this goal or Sparks does, makes no difference to Curry.

“If either one of us is close to that height, we should win and go home feeling good,” Curry said. ★

Pole Vaulters Donald Curry, left, and friend Douglas Sparks finished first and second in the 2007 Senior Games in Louisville, Ky.


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