A silver-medal runner

A silver-medal runner

Tacoma resident Madonna Hanna, 68, was part of a silver medal performance in the 2022 National Senior Games in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Hanna, competing with a 4 x 100-meter relay team that included runners from other states, ran the second leg to help her group to its second-place finish.

Hanna also had two top-10 finishes in solo sprints: Seventh in the 100-meter in 16.6 seconds and 10th in the 50-meter in 9.9 seconds.

Hanna took up senior-class track at the age of 57. In addition to national competition, she has won four medals in the Washington State Senior Games. She’s entered in this year’s state Games in July in Tumwater.

At the National Senior Games in Florida, Madonna Hanna shows off the silver medal she won with her teammates in a relay event. Th 68-year-old sprinter’s coach is Marcus Chambers (left).

The state and national events are for adults 50 and older.