At 67, she’s competing in 46 events. At 81, he’s trying something new.

Over two decades competing in the Legends Games, Dan Limbaugh and Janet Ossie have lost count of how many medals they’ve won.

“I’d say I have several hundred,” said Limbaugh, 80. “Janet probably has a thousand.”

Ossie also holds four records from past Legends Games, when she reached 6 feet in women’s pole vault for the age 50-54 group, and 5 feet 6 inches in the same event for age 55-59. She also previously hit 22 feet, 10 inches in women’s triple jump for the age 50-54 group and 21 feet, 4 inches for the same event for the age 55-59 group.

Still reaching new heights

At age 67, Ossie had a busy 2026 Legends Games schedule mapped out, competing in 46 separate events. She is also reaching new heights. On May 28 she and Limbaugh—friends and veteran Legends Games competitors—were scaling a 40-foot vertical wall at the rock-climbing event at Upper Limits in Maryland Heights. In 2025 when the event debuted, Ossie and Limbaugh earned a combined six medals…

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