PHOTO GALLERY: Football throwers compete in the Missouri State Senior Games

Dave McCoy, 80, of Carthage, gets ready to throw the football for the distance contest at the Missouri State Senior Games on Friday at the Audrey J. Walton Track-Soccer Field Stadium.   |  Tatiana Fernandez

Carole Kennedy, 72, left, and Janet Ossie, 53, compare their hand sizes with that of Dave McCoy, 80, after participating in the football distance throwing contest at the Missouri State Senior Games on Friday at the Audrey J. Walton Track-Soccer Field Stadium. "He said he could throw better because his hands were bigger," Ossie said.   |  Tatiana Fernandez

Lois Vollmer, 63, from St. Louis, participates in the football distance throwing contest at the Missouri State Senior Games on Friday at the Audrey J. Walton Track-Soccer Field Stadium.   |  Tatiana Fernandez

Rodger Young, 75, of Marionville, participates in the football distance throwing contest at the Missouri State Senior Games on Friday at the Audrey J. Walton Track-Soccer Field Stadium. "I haven't missed one (Senior Games) for 18 years," he said.   |  Tatiana Fernandez

Competitors and their family members watch the football distance throwing contest at the Missouri State Senior Games on Friday at the Audrey J. Walton Track-Soccer Field Stadium.   |  Tatiana Fernandez