Fred Winter is all about the summer games. On June 1, he turned 100. And this week he ran the 100 in 42.38. Results show NWI (for no wind indicated). But the M95 guy he races had a wind reading of 0.0, so go figure. (Thank goodness it didn’t beat the listed M100 American record of 39.97 by Waldo McBurney at 2003 Puerto Rico worlds.) In any case, his mark wouldn’t be allowed. Only two in his race, not the three required (he’s shown in video below). Not sure how many women raced W95 Mary Kay, but at age 97 her 35.13 might be an American record, since none is listed at the moment. Here’s a great video, featuring Fred in the 100 and M75 Don Isett in the vault, setting an M75 world record of 3.01 meters or 9-10 1/2) (by beating Bud Held’s 3.00 from 2006.

In M85 vault, Dave Rider beat Jerry Donley in a jumpoff after both made 1.66 (5-5 1/4).

Some great stories on Fred. From Sports Illustrated:

Father time still hasn’t caught up with Frederick Winter. On Thursday, the 100-year-old Michigan native became the oldest man in the history of the National Senior Games to complete the 100-meter dash, finishing the race at the Minneapolis competition in 42.38 seconds.

Winter, who also competed in the 100-meter dash at the Michigan Senior Olympics in 2014, turned 100 on June 1.

“I try to do aerobics every morning at 6 a.m.,” Winter told the Holland (Mich.) Sentinel last month. “If I don’t get it done at 6 a.m., it doesn’t get done. I do about 30 minutes worth. And I watch what I eat. No fast foods. Salmon!”

While few even come close to competing in Winter’s age division (labeled “100+”), he may have a formidable challenger in a few years.

North Dakotan Harold Bach, 95, ran the 100-meter dash in 24.44 seconds on Thursday. Bach’s mark set a record for the 90–95 age division at the Senior Games, besting the previous record of 25.79 seconds set in 2013, according to event organizers.

Winter served two tours of duty in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, during World War II, according to the Sentinel.

From Runner’s World:

Frederick Winter, a World War II veteran from Holland, Michigan, became the first 100-year-old to race the 100-meter dash at the National Senior Games in Minneapolis on Thursday, finishing in 42.38 seconds.

Winter, who turned 100 on June 1, is in the midst of a winning streak. At the Michigan Senior Games in June, he won the 90+ age group 50-meter dash in 24.02 seconds while also taking the 90+ shot put in 16-feet 10-inches and the 80+ hammer throw in 11-feet 2-inches.

The 100-year-old track star keeps fit by waking up at 6 a.m. every day for aerobics. “If I don’t get it done at 6 a.m.,” he told the Holland Sentinel, “it doesn’t get done. I do about 30 minutes worth.” He’s doing pushups, too—as many as 110 a day, according to the West Michigan Sports Commission (WMSC).

He also watches what he eats. “No fast foods,” he told the Sentinel. “Salmon!”

Winter served 25 years in the Navy, including in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II, according to WMSC. He worked his way up to Chief Petty Officer after starting as a deck scrubber.

He started competing in senior races when he turned 70, racing on the track for the first time since high school.

“I wanted to compare myself physically, mentally, morally, with people my own age,” Winter told WMSC, “and the one way to do that is to go into track and field.”

From the local paper:

The oldest javelin throwers in the country gathered on a field at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul this week and sized each other up as they prepared to hurl their spears at the National Senior Games.

“How old are you?” Frederick Winter asked another competitor, Howard Hall.

“95,” said Hall, of Kentucky.

“Oh, you’re a kid,” said Winter.

At least compared with Winter, who is 100. Winter, in turn, is junior to another competitor, John Zilverberg, who will be 102 next month.

Age is relative at the National Senior Games, frequently described as the Senior Olympics, the largest multisport qualified competition event in the world for men and women 50 and older.

The event, continuing through Thursday, has brought nearly 10,000 senior athletes from around the country to compete in 26 sports ranging from judo to pole vaulting in venues throughout the Twin Cities.

The oldest athlete of them all is Zilverberg, a retired rancher from South Dakota, who was scheduled to participate in the hammer throw, javelin, discus, shot put and bowling.

The veteran jocks compete against each other in five-year age groups.

At the track and field events being held at the University of St. Thomas, Zilverberg wore a T-shirt labeled “Oh to be 100 again.” He would have been competing in a class of his own in the javelin except for Winter, a retired teacher and World War II Navy veteran from Holland, Mich.

Winter, who describes himself as 100.1 years old, said he was planning to compete in the shot put, discus, javelin, and the 50- and 100-meter dashes.

“I was going to run the 200-meter, but I didn’t know if I could finish it in under a day,” Winter said.

He said he trains with aerobics and 100 push ups a day. But he sat in a wheelchair as he waited for the javelin event to start. He said his grandkids wanted him to use it to save his legs for the competition. Zilverberg brought a cane with him.

But they left those behind when they threw the javelin.

Zilverberg simply walked up to the line and heaved it. Winter launched his spear with a short trot and a grunt of effort.

After four throws, Winter prevailed in the over-100 division of the competition with a best effort of just over 8 meters, or more than 26 feet. Zilverberg took the silver at just under 5 meters.

“I want to compare my capabilities with guys my age,” said Winter of his motivation for competing.

“You want to be competitive with your peers. That’s what it’s all about,” said David Rider, 85, who was competing in the high jump, pole vault, long jump and triple jump.

But there are medals — and glory — on the line.

Don Isett, a 76-year-old pole vaulter from Anna, Texas, set a world record for his age group this week at the track and field meet at St. Thomas. He cleared 3.01 meters, or nearly 10 feet.

“There’s nobody in the world any older that’s jumped any higher,” said another pole vaulter in a different age group, Joe Johnston, 71, of Apopka, Fla. “When you think about it, that’s pretty neat.”

“Other pole vaulters understand completely,” Isett said. “Everybody else thinks I’m nuts.”

Isett pole vaulted in high school in the days of stiff steel poles and sawdust landing pits. When he took up the sport again about 10 years ago, he had to get used to a new generation of fiberglass poles.

According to a recently released study of the athletes who qualified for this year’s National Senior Games, exercise seems to be keeping them young. The survey of more than 4,200 of the athletes showed that their “fitness age” averaged at 43 years, even though they had an average chronological age of 68.

Rider said people tell him, “You don’t look 85. I think they mean it sometimes.”

Winter, the 100-year-old athlete, said he avoids fried foods, beef and soda.

“I subscribe to six different medical journals,” he said.

“I live like a Spartan,” said track and field athlete Cecil Henry, 85, of Michigan. “I eat simple foods, a lot of raw vegetables.”

He said it’s part of his strategy to beat his competition by outliving them.

Ken Kessinger, a former Augustana College baseball coach from Sioux Falls, S.D., is at the games to compete in javelin, discus, shot put and hammer throw.

He’s 90, but he said, “Really, I feel like I’m 65 years old. I don’t feel old at all.”