In the final event of the track competition at the 2025 National Senior Games presented by Humana, athletes traded rivalry for teamwork in the 4×100 relay, forming their own teams after a week of individual races.  In the women’s 55+ division, Diahann Armstrong (60), Donna Lawrence (57), Veronica LeShore (59), and Andrea Collier (59) sprinted

Priya Chinnaswamy is an elite table tennis player, and wants to teach others that the sport is more than first impressions.  “Table Tennis is not just a garage or a bar sport. People don’t realize an hour of table tennis can burn over 200 calories,” Priya Chinnaswamy, an elite table tennis player, explained when asked

“Iowa Nice” is more than a catchy phrase – it’s real!  We are grateful to Des Moines for the hospitality shown to our athletes, staff and volunteers. The 2025 National Senior Games presented by Humana was the second largest Games in history, and the athlete’s compliments are rolling in thanking the organizers and the people

Every Games, we ask our communications interns to share their thoughts about what they experienced and how it influenced their perspective on aging. Read their reflections below. The Games Daily would not be possible without the help of talented intern reporters, and we had an exemplary team of three individuals who weathered through daily deadlines

After facing several major medical complications, Mike Adsit is back on the bike and ecstatic to be at the National Senior Games among his fellow athletes. In 2015, NSGA published a “Personal Best” profile about cyclist Mike Adsit, who is now 75 years old. In that feature, Mike told the story of how he beat

Table Tennis players Jarol and Leah Duerksen, an Iowa City couple celebrating 66 years of marriage, find a home-court advantage as they compete in the National Senior Games in their own state. For Jarol and Leah Duerksen, playing Table Tennis at the 2025 National Senior Games presented by Humana is a kind of homecoming. After

Men’s Softball athletes at the National Senior Games took a moment between games to share their favorite baseball movies. At the Hy-Vee Multiplex on Saturday afternoon, Men’s Softball athletes competing in the 2025 National Senior Games presented by Humana took a moment between games to share their favorite baseball movies. The responses were varied, touching

Athletes brought powerful stories of resilience and motivation to the National Senior Games Triathlon on Friday. Brian Tuffin was hospitalized with a stroke just six months ago, and fought back to regain his fitness and be able to compete in Des Moines.  Derrick Milligan led three Triathlon Relay teams – men’s, women’s and co-ed –

Fay Bond, 101, and Irma Bond, 75, shared with Women’s Health Magazine how they became an iconic mother/daughter pair in the Senior Games. Fay started competing at age 90! Fay Bond, the only centenarian competing in the National Senior Games this year, will take on the Discus and Long Jump on Saturday, Aug. 2, at

Gerald Mitchell hadn’t run competitively since college, but made his way to the National Senior Games after heart attacks and blood clots put him at death’s door. After sustaining two heart attacks and finding 22 blood clots in each of his lungs while serving in the Air Force in 2010, Gerald Mitchell was at the