Bill Ruhman,of Edmond OK, won a Gold Medal in the 95-96 category for Bowling at the National Senior Games in Pittsburgh, PA.
Regina Stewart returns home with a medal in 4×100 relay.
Sue Hlavacek, Interim NSGA President, left and CEO with Kathleen Fitzgerald, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Senior Games.
Here’s the Oklahoma Old School team in the Men’s 3on3 Basketball, 60-64 age group. Left to right Jim LaCamp, Patrick Keaney, Tim Larson, and Jerry Moore.

Seniors from Oklahoma participating in the National Senior Games which was held recently in Pittsburgh, PA represented the state well, finishing with a balanced number of medals, 22 Gold, 23 Silver and 24 Bronze for a total medal count of 69, this number does not include the number of ribbons that were won for fourth through seventh place finishers. While the Oklahoma athletes finished in the lower tier of the medal count, they faired well. The state with the highest number of total medals was Florida with 586 with 19 states gathering at least 100 total medals. View the final results at https://nsga.com/results-2023/.
The next National Senior Games will be in Des Moines, Iowa in 2025. Oklahoma seniors can begin preparing for that competition this September through October. While not a qualifying year, preparing this year will get you headed to qualifying in 2024. Check out the list of events and dates the OSG Facebook page or on the website, at https://okseniorgames.com.

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