Busy final days for State Games of America

The final day of the State Games of America was a busy one — especially on the track.

Sixteen-year-old twins Evant and Ellon Orange of Compton, Calif., had a field day. Evant won the boys 15-16 100-meter dash in 10.91 seconds. Ellon took second in 11.12 and first in the 400 in 51.16.

Colorado Springs resident Willie Gatza, 82, competed in the women’s 80-and-older shot put and javelin, putting the shot 11 feet, 5 inches and throwing the javelin 31-1.

Henry Jordan, 41, of Colorado Springs, won the men’s 40-44 triple jump with a mark of 35-3.75 while Colorado Springs’ Richard Henrich, 42, took second in the men’s 40-44 high jump by clearing 5-1.

Colorado Springs resident Kristi Erdal, 41, won the women’s 40-45 50-meter dash in 7.85 seconds.

Taking a dive

The Holcombe family of Colorado Springs won seven medals in diving. SMU sophomore Preston Holcombe, 19, won gold medals in two events. His brothers — Devon, 13, and Braeden, 6 — each won two golds as well. Their mother, Kathleen, was second in the women’s 45-54 1-meter event.

Big numbers

More than 7,000 medals were awarded during the event, which had more than 2,000 volunteers. The games will return to Colorado Springs in 2009.

Golden efforts

Sharaya Musser, 16, won the gold medal in the open division all-around gymnastics competition. The Colorado Springs resident recorded the top scores in the vault (9.875) and floor exercise (9.275) as well as a second place finish in the balance beam (9.375) and third in the uneven bars (8.975). Musser was sixth in this year’s USA Gymnastics Junior National Championships.

Adversaries, teammates

David and Kathleen Kousman of Superior won the father/daughter doubles tennis gold medal over Harold and Kira Woods of Colorado Springs. David Kousman then teamed with Harold Woods to win gold in the men’s 4.5 doubles competition.