18 SOLERA DIAMOND VALLEY | NOVEMBER 2021
By Dick Roppé and Clare Mendez, Residents
After a one-year layoff due to COVID, the Oldlympics
were back. This annual competition for Riverside seniors 50
years and older is sponsored by the Valley-Wide Recreation
and Park District. Once again, SDV residents showed up in
force to garner a share of gold, silver and bronze medals.
Below is a list of our winning neighbors. Credit goes to
all our participating Solerans. Medaling or not, they're all
champions!
Bill Coles: 7 Gold medals in swimming; Gold medal in
Bench Press
Terry Vise: 5 Gold medals in swimming
Dave Clark: 3 Gold medals in swimming
Diana Carofano: 2 Gold medals in swimming; Gold
medal in the Women's Fun-Tathlon; Gold medal and Best
Lift of the Day in Women's Bench Press
Chuck Orrico: Gold medal winner in Blackjack
Tournament; Silver medal in Men's Pickle ball; Silver medal
in Men's Fun-Tathlon; and a Bronze medal in Track and
Field
Scott Harrigtion: Bronze medal in Men's 18 Holes Golf;
Bronze medal in Men's Pickle ball
Michael Hurlock: Bronze medal in Men's Pickle ball
Robert Porter: Silver medal in Men's Pickle ball
Joe Ruger: Silver medal in Men's Doubles Tennis
Clare Mendez: Silver medal in Women's Billiards
Susan Stevens: Bronze medal in Women's Billiards
Gary Kramer: Gold medal in Men's Billiards
Frank Ross: Gold medal in Men's Bench Press; 4 Gold and
one Bronze medal in Track and Field
And a special thanks to Edith Reed and Millie Varia for
volunteering to chair and co-chair the women's billiards
competition.
Many apologies and congratulations if you are a Solera
resident and also participated in the Oldlympics but are not
mentioned here. If you drop me a line at clare.mendez@
ymail.com, I will make sure you get recognition in the next
issue of The View.
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
