Want to see a 98-year-old sprint?

July 26, 2013: This track and field event is no child’s play.

The Canadian Masters Track & Field Championship is only open to people over the age of 35 and attracts many seniors to the track.

Mother-Son (Maan Put) Champions in Canadian Masters Track and Field Championship held in Regina(Canada) My mom Man Kaur 97 wins 5 golds in 100M,200M,400M, Shot put and Javelin Throw. In 400M it was a new World Record. I, Gurdev Singh 74 wom a gold in 4x100 relay with a finish time of 61seconds and two bronze medals in 100M and long jump. My mother won two gold medals in 100 and 200M races in World Masters Athletic Championship held in Sacramento in 2011 and both were World Records. She also won a gold medal in Asia Masters Athletics Championship in Taiwan in 2012. Gurdev Singh ~ [email protected]

“It’s for older people to still be involved in track and field – it’s fun, its healthy and its something you can keep doing,” said 71-year-old Carol LaFayette-Boyd, one of the local organizers, who is also competing.

"I feel very happy with how it went," Man Kaur, a 98-year-old athlete from India, added through her son and translator....source

“I’m going to be running relay with three 80-year-olds.”

The event has all the normal track and field events – races, sprints, relay, hurdles, shot-put, discus and javelin – and is held in a different city each year.

LaFayette-Boyd, who started doing the event at 50, says the oldest participant this year is a 98-year-old woman from India who is taking part in four races – the 100 up to 400-meter dash.

“I mean I am surprised because I am 71 and I am not running a 400-meter,” said LaFayette-Boyd.

There is also a 94-year-old woman who will be throwing the discus and javelin, sprints and even do the high-jump.

“It is (crazy),” said LaFayette-Boyd, “but they say she has a body of a 60-year-old.”