The Canadian Masters Track & Field Championship is only open to people over the age of 35 and attracts many seniors to the track.
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More than 150 participants from around the world and across Canada are in Regina at the Canada Games Athletic Complex for the four-day event, which ends Sunday.
It’s for older people to still be involved in track and field – it’s fun, its healthy and its something you can keep doing.
Man Kaur, a 98-year-old athlete from India, added through her son and translator is one of the participant in this event.
The event has all the normal track and field events – races, sprints, relay, hurdles, shot-put, discus and javelin – and is held in a different city each year.
LaFayette-Boyd, who started doing the event at 50, says the oldest participant this year is a 98-year-old woman from India who is taking part in four races – the 100 up to 400-meter dash.
Man Kaur, 98 Golden Girl of India who is participating for the last 6 years in master athletics and holds two world records in 100 and 200M races held in Sacramento in 2011. She also participated in Asian Masters Athletic Championship in 2012 and won a gold and her son Gurdev Singh (75) won a silver.
She and her son participated in Canadian Nationals Championship 2013 held in Regina where Man Kaur won 5 golds and Gurdev Singh won 1 gold and 2 bronze.  Now they are in St. George where on the first day she improved his Javelin Throw by throwing 5.80M and also broke two Huntsman records in Javelin and shotput. Gurdev Singh won a gold in Long Jump with a 3.53 Mark. Man Kaur won golds in 100,200 and 400M races.