Steve Terry of Lexington, who is both an outstanding Runner and Powerlifter, and a good all around athlete, took first place in 6 events, second in one and third in another, in the Missouri State Senior Games that were held on June 13 at Battle High School in Columbia.

The Missouri State Senior Games features competition in 19 different Sports for both Male and Female athletes, who are 50 years of age and older. Athletes are grouped into various categories, according to age, and Steve competed in the age 70 to 74 division.

Steve won four of his Gold Medals in the area of Track and Field. He placed first in the 50 Meter Dash, with a time of 7.93 seconds, and he won two jumping events, including the Standing Long Jump, with a leap of 7 feet 3 inches, and the Triple Jump with a distance of 25 feet 2 inches.

The fourth Track and Field event that Steve won was the 800 Meter Prediction Walk. In this event, before the race begins, each athlete predicts how long that it will take them to walk 800 Meters. The winner is the competitor whose predicted time is the closest to their actual time in walking that distance. Steve won this event hands down, as his actual and predicted times were dead even to the exact second.

Steve also won two different skills contests, as he took first place in the Football Distance Throw, with a heave of 111 feet, and he also placed first in the Softball Distance Throw, with a toss of 146 feet.

He had one second place finish in the 800 Meter Run, with a time of 3 minutes 26 seconds, and he placed third in the 1500 Meter Run, with a time of 6 minutes 54 seconds.

In assessing his performance in the Senior Games, Steve commented: “I train all year for my running, powerlifting, and other competitions, and my goal is to win as many events as possible. The Weather conditions at the Senior Games were not the best, as I had to run several events in the rain. Also, with heavier rain predicted, officials moved the meet along quickly, and there was not as much time to rest and recover between events. Consequently, many of my times and distances were not as good as I would have hoped for, but I felt that I competed well overall, and I was happy with most of my results.”

Steve competed recently in the Drug Tested Southern Powerlifting Federation National Championship in Little Rock. In this meet, he lifted 287 lbs in the Squat, 201 lbs in the Bench Press and 356 lbs in the Dead Lift, for a total of 844 lbs, where he took first place, and set a new National Record in each of the lifts.

He also plans to compete in the Missouri State Show Me Games later this month, and in the Southern Powerlifting Association Masters National Meet in Russellville, Arkansas in October.