“Veteran” is the right word for athletes and coaches who spend many decades at sport. They’ve been through the wars.
One of my first coaches was honoured at a competition last weekend — the Ed Vincent Classic.
Physical Ed – 69 years young (still training 3 times / week)
More photos of the meet posted by Altadore – Flickr
We took photos with other “veterans” of Altadore Gymnastics, including Jim McLuskey who founded Altadore 40-years-ago (… joking as to why the Jim McLuskey Classic competition had not yet been scheduled.)
Jim had the last laugh. He now owns his own club — Mountain Shadows — and took away the women’s team trophy, besting the host club.
UPDATE – Altadore posted RESULTS from the meet
Gymnastics Coaching.com 