NEWS!

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Track & Field No National Records Set, But Lots of Fun, Revelry The 2008 track & field event was one of our biggest and best as more than 200 athletes participated on a sun-splashed day in Landover. No national senior records were established, but we may have set a record for fun and camaraderie. Be sure to check out the awesome images on the track & field photo gallery. • Track & Field Photo Gallery		Swimming 5 Golds for Leonard, McComas; Happy Birthday for Schwartz On Beatrice Schwartz's 91st birthday, she won three medals to highlight the swimming event on Oct. 11. Roger Leonard (Potomac) and Lou McComas (Towson) each took home 5 gold medals. Other big winners: Janet Hogenauer (Gaithersburg), Thomas Matysek (Joppa) and Yu-Jin Lee (Arnold) with 4 gold medals each. • Swimming Photo Gallery
Golf 17 Reach National Minimum Standards to Qualify in Golf Highly competitive tournament has two tiebreakers and five age groups decided by less than three strokes, but 17 Maryland golfers reached the minimum standard score to qualify for the 2009 National Senior Games.

								Tennis Upsets Across the Board Donald Irons and Al Wigmore repeat in singles but six defending champs are upended. • Bronze Medal Matches Needing to Be Played Table Tennis The Reign Continues Lots of new faces, champions but the big news is Henry Kostkowski's streak continues. Volleyball Value of Gold Huge turnout of teams makes for one of our most competitive and enthusiastic tournaments.
Shuffleboard Gold Rush For Habig, Conger Veteran players once again dominate event. • Shuffleboard Results				Lawn Bowling Quigley’s Title Good as Gold Venerable champ gets 8th singles win. • Lawn Bowling Results
Billiards Harbaugh, Callan and Matzel Are Winners Exciting tourney results in come-from-behind gold medal victories; Harbaugh wins 4th title. Bowling Packo Keeps on Winning At 92, Mary Packo of Capital Heights wins her 3rd singles gold and 5th medal. Horseshoes Gold Is Old Shoe for Women Players Darlene Brockey, Claudette Braswell, Joyce Durbin and Flora Wilson wear gold very well.

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Basketball, Shooting Skills P.G., Baltimore Teams Shine at 3-on-3 Tourney And the Bowie Bullets make a triumphant return while several new champions emerge from the shooting skills event. • Basketball Results • Basketball Shooting Skills Results Badminton Kahn, Anchant, Choong Again! Veteran champions add to their MSO legacies with more gold. • Badminton Results

Archery 7 New Records Set It was a bad year for old state records, including three notables in women's compound release. Softball Spicers Once Again! Low turnout, bad weather hamper tourney but not the Spicers and other medalists advancing to Nationals. Racquetball New, Old Rivalries Advancement among age groups creates new competitions and revives some former champions.
5k Run Familiar Faces, Champs In 5k Winner’s Circle Three new state records are set while several repeat qualifers emerge from the MSO National Games qualifier held with the Kentlands/Lakelands 5k race Aug. 30. State record times by Nianxiang Xie (men 80-84) and Debbie Flynn (women 50-54) could win gold at Nationals. • Complete MSO 5k Qualifier Results

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Cycling Qualifies 15 for National Games
Five new MSO time records are set as eight cyclists from 2006 MSO qualify again for the 2009 National Games, along with seven new qualifiers, during the event time trials held Aug. 9 at Church Creek.