A legally blind 97-year-old World War II veteran and Purple Heart recipient set a 5K world record Thursday, completing the Highlands Ranch Turkey Day 5K in the 95+ age group in the time of 48:33.
, ran a faster Turkey Day 5K last year — 48:19 — but that race was not certified. — was set in 1995 in Stillwater, Okla., by Marion McAnelly.
McAdam, who moved to Wind Crest retirement community in Highlands Ranch two years ago from Fort Worth, Texas, said he was thrilled with Thursday’s record-setting run, but told onlookers that he had been hoping to better his time from last year.
— he earned a Ph.D. in physical education and athletics, was a professor and basketball coach at Northern Illinois University and led the health and physical education department at Illinois State University.
He was a seniors’ national racquetball champion – both national and internationally – and he is enshrined in the Racquetball Hall of Fame, his family said in a news release.
