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'I just love it!' Meet 15 senior athletes who will blow your mind

Here are some of the more than 11,000 expected participants in the National Senior Games, also known as the “Senior Olympics,” due to kick off one year from now in July 2015.

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Image: Kay Glynn pole vaults during the 2011 National Senior Games

Kay Glynn

At age 58, Kay Glynn broke the world record in pole vaulting for women ages 55 to 59 at the National Senior Games on June 20, 2011. The now-61-year-old has her sights set on the 2015 National Senior Games.
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D. Paul Miller

D.Paul Scott,95,from IL.,division winner and the oldest man partcipating in the 20k cylcing road race. The race started and finished infront of the Cleveland Convention Center on Sunday July 28,2013 in Cleveland, Ohio, for the National Senior Games. (©TraceyJoyce/BrooksInstitute2013)
Tracey Joyce
52-year-old Karen Newman from Conn. starts her third and final leg of the triathlon event on Sunday morning, July 21, 2013 at the 2013 National Senior Games in Cleveland, Ohio. Newman, who won the  women's gold medal at the event, is a breast cancer survivor and Team USA triathlete. (© Makenzie L. Goodman 2013/ Brooks Institute)

Karen Newman

52-year-old Karen Newman from Conn. starts her third and final leg of the triathlon event on Sunday morning, July 21, 2013 at the 2013 National Senior Games in Cleveland, Ohio. Newman, who won the women's gold medal at the event, is a breast cancer survivor and Team USA triathlete. (© Makenzie L. Goodman 2013/ Brooks Institute)
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Vivian Stancil

Claire Eggers

Ethel Lehmann

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Deette Sauer swims in the 100 yard butterfly race. At Cleveland State University Natatorium at the National Senior Games in Cleveland, Ohio on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. (Photo by Claire Eggers/ Brooks Institute © 2013)

DeEtte Sauer

Deette Sauer swims in the 100 yard butterfly race. At Cleveland State University Natatorium at the National Senior Games in Cleveland, Ohio on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. (Photo by Claire Eggers/ Brooks Institute © 2013)
Claire Eggers
Pat Boone catches the ball during a game at the National Senior Games at the Cleveland State University Recreation Center in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sunday, July 28, 2013. Boone's team, the Virginia Creepers, won the game 38-33. (© Matthew A. Turner 2013/Brooks Institute)

Pat Boone

Pat Boone catches the ball during a game at the National Senior Games at the Cleveland State University Recreation Center in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sunday, July 28, 2013. Boone's team, the Virginia Creepers, won the game 38-33. (© Matthew A. Turner 2013/Brooks Institute)
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Swimming

Russ Witte

The oldest male athlete, Russ Witte, 97 years old competed in three events and broke the National Senior Games record in each race for his age group. Witte swam in the Freestyle, Backstroke and Breaststroke at Cleveland State University.The National Senior Games are being held in Cleveland for the first time in the city's history. Photos by ©Anacleto Rapping 2013.
Anacleto Rapping
Track and Field

Oscar Peyton

Oscar Peyton anchors his Mens 4X100 Relay team to a new National Senior Games record. Craig Davis , left, tries to close the gap between he and Peyton down the final 100 meters. The National Senior Games track and field events were held at Baldwin Wallace University for the 60 - 64 age divisions in Berea, OH on 7/29/13. Photos by ©Anacleto Rapping
Anacleto Rapping
John Sanmartini, a competitor from California prepares to race the 40k competition of the 2011 Senior Games in Katy, Texas on Sunday, June 19, 2011. (Photo by Dylan Lucas Gordon / Brooks Institute © 2011)

John Sanmartini

John Sanmartini, a competitor from California prepares to race the 40k competition of the 2011 Senior Games in Katy, Texas on Sunday, June 19, 2011. (Photo by Dylan Lucas Gordon / Brooks Institute © 2011)
Dylan Lucas Gordon

Jerry LeVasseur

Flo Meiler

Joe Johnston

Vicki Fox

Harold Bach

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