Sue Reynolds knows firsthand that transformation is possible at any age. At 335 pounds, she struggled with everyday tasks like walking a block or tying her shoes. After years of unsuccessful diets, she tried again with a secret goal to complete a triathlon. With a purpose, she lost more than 200 pounds and discovered a love for sport. Just three years after completing her first triathlon at the back of the pack, Sue finished sixth in the world and was the top American at the World Triathlon Championship.

Curious about elite performance, Sue quit her job and trained with Olympic-level coaches as if she were on an Olympic pathway. In her 70s while embracing an Olympian’s habits and mindset, she won world championships in 2022 and 2023, but later developed severe overtraining syndrome, forcing her to rethink both her training and priorities.

Beyond sport, Sue was National High School Counselor of the Year and founded Inspire Success, a non-profit that helps community leadership teams engage in the process of high performance. She is the author of The Athlete Inside and Across the Line, with 100% of author proceeds supporting the USA Triathlon Foundation.

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Tiffany Gust, MS, CEP, NBC-HWC, is an Exercise Physiologist with Intermountain Sports Performance, where she developed the High-Performance Aging Program to help adults improve fitness, function, and longevity. She is the owner of TG Triathlon and Fitness Coaching, an adjunct professor at Utah Tech University, and a fitness author and contributor to Southern Utah Health & Wellness Magazine and other health and fitness publications. Tiffany holds a master’s degree in applied Exercise Science and Sports Nutrition and is a Certified Exercise Physiologist, National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach, USA Triathlon Coach, and U.S. Masters Swimming Coach.

A lifelong endurance athlete, Tiffany has completed more than 175 triathlons, including 24 Ironman races, and has qualified for World Championship competition as an age-group athlete. Drawing from both professional expertise and personal experience overcoming strokes and heart surgery, she is passionate about empowering adults to stay active, healthy, and performing at their best throughout life. Tiffany lives in Southern Utah with her husband and three children, and two grandchildren.

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Krista Tate recently moved to St. George from Utah Valley and is excited to begin a new chapter. A wife, mother of three, and grandmother of four, she enjoyed being active when she was young, though organized sports were never part of her life growing up. In her thirties, shortly after the birth of her youngest child, she was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. Years of fatigue, inflammation, and medication made everyday activities challenging, and she wondered if those limitations would define the rest of her life. While these symptoms diminished over time, she still wasn’t very active for over a decade.

Everything changed when a friend invited her to try high-intensity circuit training at her gym at age 48. As her strength and confidence grew, so did her belief that she could accomplish difficult things. Since then, she has completed multiple Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim hikes, hiked Half Dome despite a fear of heights, learned to ski at age 52, and even gone skydiving twice. Krista’s story is a powerful reminder that it’s never too late to rediscover your potential and embrace new adventures.

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Hannah Rothlin lives in St. George, UT with over 30 years of experience guiding individuals and athletic teams on the benefits of mindful meditation to enhance performance, focus, resiliency, and enjoyment of their sport. She has been an athlete most of her life playing tennis and volleyball in college, as a competitive whitewater canoeist, and an international and iron distance triathlete. Hannah’s professional career has included being a personal fitness trainer, corporate wellness consultant, strength and conditioning coach for college athletes, exercise specialist at Intermountain Healthcare, is currently Wellness Director at Ovation Senior Living community in Washington, UT, and she has a private practice called Mindfulness Matters where she works with senior athletes and teams to perform their best. Hannah has graduate degrees in Exercise Science and Consciousness Studies giving her a deep understanding of the mind-body connection and the importance of mental preparation for successful and enjoyable sports performance.

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Leona Shurtliff is a lifelong athlete, devoted mother of twelve, and one of the Huntsman World Senior Games’ most enduring ambassadors. Now 84 years old, she has competed in volleyball, track and field, and softball for nearly three decades, building a legacy that spans generations. Leona and her father, Walter Brooks, made Games history as the first known father-daughter track and field duo to compete together, and some of her favorite memories include sharing the medal podium with her father and brother.

Despite growing up when organized sports opportunities for girls were limited, Leona’s love of competition endured and inspired all twelve of her children to participate in athletics. Inducted into the Huntsman World Senior Games Hall of Fame last year, Leona remains a passionate advocate for active aging. Just a year and a half after a hip replacement which she calls “the best thing I ever did,” she continues to stay active, enjoyed her first cruise earlier this year with family, and is eagerly looking forward to competing at this year’s Huntsman World Senior Games.

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At 83 years old, Kay Grundhaus stays busier than many people half her age. A longtime hair stylist, realtor, world traveler, and community volunteer, she is also the proud mother of four children, grandmother of ten, and great-grandmother of fourteen.

Following a period of reduced activity during the COVID years, Kay joined a local walking group to get active again. A chance invitation to a free pickleball lesson changed everything. One lesson was all it took for her to fall in love with the sport, opening the door to new friendships, competitions, and travel opportunities. Now entering her third year of pickleball, she returns to the Huntsman World Senior Games with a new partner and plans to compete in four events.

Beyond pickleball, Kay enjoys kayaking, hiking, e-bike riding, and 5K races. A 37-year member of Kiwanis, she hopes to inspire other women in their 80s to stay active, adventurous, and engaged.

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Pat McEwen grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania and has carried his work ethic established at an early age throughout his life. In high school he competed in four sports: football, wrestling, men’s gymnastics, and track and field. He earned a wrestling scholarship to Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania and set multiple pole vault records during the early days of the sport’s transition from rigid poles to the bent-pole era.

Pat became a marathon runner with a personal best of 2:36, completed more than 100 Nordic ski races to earn Centurion status, raced bicycles in events including LOTOJA, has 42 years of expert experience in high wind windsurfing explored backcountry skiing, mountaineering, and climbing, and tackled some of the West’s most challenging Class V whitewater runs. Professionally, he spent 45 years as a respiratory therapist, including work in trauma ICU, Life Flight, and hyperbaric medicine. If that is not enough, Pat is also a gifted musician, playing multiple instruments and singing in a band called River House Band; the band has performed in over 60 shows a year for the past 3 years.

To listen to some of his band's music, visit https://www.reverbnation.com/riverhouse

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Seventy-two-year-old Norman Calvo is a former successful New York mortgage executive, a certified high-performance coach, podcast host, marathon runner, cyclist, and cabaret performer. Twenty years ago, Norman weighed 247 pounds and had never considered himself a runner. At age 59, an employee challenged him to join her in training for the Brooklyn Half Marathon. What began as a simple fitness goal became a life-changing journey. Since then, Norman has lost more than 70 pounds, completed 12 half marathons and the New York City Marathon, cycled around the Big Island of Hawaii, and continues to seek out new adventures around the world.

Norman also discovered a passion for singing in his 60s. After taking voice lessons on a whim, he eventually joined the Gotham Rock Choir, became part of a cabaret group, and has performed in sold-out solo cabaret shows in Manhattan. Norman’s mission is to inspire others to stay active, embrace new challenges, and create a vibrant, meaningful third act filled with purpose, health, and joy.

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