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Heading for the National Championship<br />
By: Liz Palmer / NSG<br />
There’s a lot of excitement starting to build<br />
at the world headquarters (OK, the tiny<br />
little offices) of the Nevada Senior Games. That’s<br />
because we are getting ready to celebrate our Nevada athletes who are<br />
headed to Fort Lauderdale to compete in the National Senior Games<br />
Association national championship competitions May 10-23, 2022!<br />
We have close to 100 athletes who are headed to Florida and they’re<br />
ready to represent the Silver State with athletic skill and sportsmanship.<br />
There are 25 different individual and team sports to be contested at the<br />
national level, and the best senior athletes from our state are ready to<br />
mix it up with representatives from other states.<br />
The Celebration of Athletes ceremony is May 16 th , and a much-loved<br />
tradition is the Parade of States with athletes from each state marching<br />
in groups lead by two leaders – one holding their state flag and one<br />
carrying the sign with the name of their state.<br />
We’ve chosen our two athletes to lead the rest of our group: Nedra<br />
Paschal from Henderson was our Games Director for many years and<br />
is now a member of the Nevada Senior Games Board of Directors. She<br />
is competing in tennis doubles and mixed doubles, and badminton<br />
doubles, mixed doubles, and singles.<br />
This will be her 13 th national competition and she has decided that<br />
this will also be her final trip to the national championships. What<br />
better way to thank her for<br />
her years of service and<br />
participation in the<br />
Senior Games<br />
movement<br />
than to have<br />
her help lead<br />
our Nevada<br />
athletes.<br />
The second<br />
athlete who will lead our<br />
team is Robert Qualls from Reno. Robert is a Professor Emeritus in the<br />
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science at the<br />
University of Nevada Reno.<br />
He’s also an outstanding athlete who has qualified in the 5K and 10K<br />
road races and the 800 meter and 1500 meter track events. He’s been a<br />
multi-year participant in the Nevada Senior Games and at the National<br />
Senior Games.<br />
We wish all of our athletes the very best of luck in their endeavors<br />
and we hope that our Silver State representatives bring home medals in<br />
not just silver, but also gold and bronze!<br />
Liz Palmer is the Executive Director of the Nevada Senior Games.<br />
For more information on how you can participate, contact Liz at:<br />
702/242-1590 or by email: Nevadaseniorgames@outlook.com.<br />
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