The top seven power walkers in the women’s 75-79 age group at the 2019 National Senior Games. Photo by Bonnie Parrish-Kell.
More than 100 women ages 50 through 89 challenged themselves and each other in the 5K power walk contests that took place at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, NM for the 2019 National Senior Games.
The races started mid-morning under blue skies streaked with wispy clouds. As the day progressed with women’s and men’s races taking place, those gentle clouds grew thick and dark grey. The resulting thunderstorm warning delayed the start of the late afternoon races. Still, the competitors’ levels of excitement and anticipation remained energized, and goals were achieved by day’s end.
Listed here are the complete women’s results for the 5K power walk, first by five-year age group, followed by place, name, state, and finish time:
Women 50-54
1 Mandy Owens NM 32:57.0 2 Vera Minix LA 36:31.4 3 Angelica Jepsen NM 38:38.9 4 Sarah Beth Bombardier VT 38:45.1 5 Faye Bent BA 39:59.6 6 Sandi Arnold WY 40:31.4 7 Sabrina Beck IL 41:07.6 8 Melissa Hadley CA 41:08.3 9 Melissa Fisher TX 42:12.7 10 Connie Schwab FL 42:17.7 11 Gina Bufe MO 45:03.9
Women 55-59
1 Martha McCarter KS 34:57.9 2 Janet Lamoureux FL 35:22.0 3 Jayne Milavec NM 35:41.3 4 Beth Rupprecht NC 36:39.4 5 Nannette Jones OK 36:57.3 6 Roberta Anderson MI 37:07.8 7 Jaculin Coyle WI 38:48.8 8 Mary Gardner MD 40:00.7 9 Sandra Payne CA 40:20.2 10 Regina Mazzoli NV 40:23.0 11 Jennifer Peters IL 41:00.1 12 Catherine Page CA 42:09.3 13 Lisa Farmer OH 42:59.9 14 Andrea Denmon TX 46:02.9 15 Debbie Tavarez NM 46:13.5 16 Sandra Vance TN 52:28.2
Women 60-64
1 Tamara Lewis AR 35:46.5 2 Michele Cowing FL 35:47.8 3 Ann Hegstrom IA 36:29.4 4 Deborah Gaughan CA 36:55.7 5 Janet Ratty FL 37:00.3 6 Marlou Russell CA 37:43.9 7 Ruth Doyle NM 38:02.6 8 Janet Jones TX 38:03.7 9 Cynthia Ables MS 38:36.2 10 Janet Quinn CO 39:18.2 11 Cindy Spears OK 39:35.1 12 Beverley Beckles BA 40:09.0 13 Kathleen Craig AL 40:54.9 14 Bodil Lund VA 40:59.9 15 Tia Wilkinson TX 41:05.1 16 Dianne Wright VA 41:25.1 17 Patricia Plagge NM 41:30.4 18 Pamela Newberry MA 41:31.8 19 Mary Moseley BA 41:40.1 20 Gretchen Bedeaux NM 41:49.9 21 Kathryn Amack CO 42:50.1 22 Nancy Falster TX 44:00.3 23 Ingrid Cummings IN 46:05.5 24 Ava Lovell NM 46:32.9 25 Dorie Sandoval NM 48:55.6 26 Patricia Stoltenberg IL 51:45.8
Women 65-69
1 Sandra Stapleton SD 35:19.5 2 Nancy Herring GA 35:59.8 3 Sue Piechota NY 36:14.4 4 Cindy Wildman OH 36:34.9 5 Linda Walker UT 37:57.1 6 Cynthia Beiser NM 38:49.7 7 Vickie McCombs TX 41:10.0 8 Mary Bryant Mason GA 41:11.9 9 Karen Stross OH 42:00.5 10 Patricia Winiecki CA 43:02.3 11 Marjorie Spindler ID 44:17.0 12 Barbara Ainsworth AZ 44:39.3 13 Pamela Finn WA 45:30.7 14 Melissa Milar DE 45:30.7 15 Silvia Flores NM 46:29.7 16 Cynthia Tanzi RI 46:37.4 17 Marguriet McFarling AL 46:55.9 18 Lea Schoenewald WY 50:00.5 19 Roswitha Lewkowski TX 50:00.7 20 Stella Valdez NM 51:43.9 21 Winona Begay CO 52:21.6
Women 70-74
1 Cathy McLeod OH 37:46.2 2 Carol Rolfes TN 39:15.6 3 Janet Dooley NM 39:15.9 4 Judith Witt VA 40:32.6 5 Marguerite Waters TN 40:48.3 6 Sandra Olson TN 43:08.2 7 Patricia Maas OH 43:29.1 8 Margaret Champion OH 44:46.5 9 Valerie Rogosheske MN 44:51.8 10 Judy Narcisse IL 46:31.9 11 Gloria Crookendale BA 46:32.5 12 Susan Thatcher NM 47:49.6
Women 75-79
1 Princetter Lewis MI 40:53.9 2 Catherine Popell CA 40:57.8 3 Janice Gregorius VA 41:14.8 4 Miriam Jackobs OH 41:49.7 5 Kathryn Taylor CT 42:04.0 6 BJ Thornburg KS 42:59.1 7 Patricia Grande RI 45:01.5 8 Lois Huisman SD 45:34.8 9 Beverly Cramer NM 45:44.2 10 Anita Layne BA 45:48.2 11 Ellen Demsky CA 46:00.2 12 Kathleen Wertanen MN 48:16.3 13 Sally McLean NM 48:36.0
Women 80-84
1 Youngja Lee MD 42:40.9 2 Dolores Torchio NM 45:40.9 3 Marjorie Larragoite NM 47:10.9 4 Luise Easton OH 49:33.1
Women 85-89
1 Alice Mohr MO 46:45.3 2 Esther Felipe NM 58:16.5
For results in men’s 5K power walk and other sports visit NSGA.com/2019results .
Del “Moon Walker” Moon, NSGA communications & media director, blogs about his journey in power walking at “Moon Walking.” Photo by Bonnie Parrish-Kell.
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