Local Gold Medalists

By Leslie Bauer
Posted: October 16, 2008

Baltimore might have Michael Phelps, but Glenwood has their own gold medal winners! On the morning of Sept. 13, the nine members of the Glenwood Vipers Men’s Basketball team rose early and prepared for a day of heavy competition at the Maryland’s Senior Olympic Basketball tournament.

The event took place at the Marilyn Praisner Recreation Center in Burtonsville. The Vipers, who have been practicing together for almost a year, took very seriously their responsibility of being the first team to represent the Glenwood Senior Center (and possibly all of Howard County). As the day started out, they questioned such things as Did they practice hard enough to insure endurance? Were they ready and good enough to face the competition? Several of the nine players walked into the Praisner Center wearing ace bandages and knee supports.

The Glenwood Vipers started off the tournament by playing their first game at 9 a.m. Good fortune prevailed and four hours later the same nine men walked out of the tournament, each carrying a Gold Medal for their Division – Age 55-59. The Team members are as followed: Coach Johnny Weisenborn, Colin McGraw, Herbert Parover, Robert Sharp, Marty Mundy, John Bagileo, Sonny Melcher, Frank Kitzmiller, Robert Connolly.

The Senior Olympics activities continue through October. Stay tuned to learn how other Glenwood seniors fared in other events.

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