ABOUT
Wyoming Senior Olympics is a group of seniors that want to stay active. We are an open state, which means any state can come participate with us to qualify for the Nationals.
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We are dedicated to making our Games the best around. We offer many different programs in the attempt to fit everyone who wants to participate.
MISSION STATEMENT
Wyoming Senior Olympics provides venues for sporting events for seniors in accordance with the National Requirements as set forth by the National Senior Games Association. Each year, games shall be hosted which shall provide a broad range of sporting activities in a safe and enjoyable environment.
OUR TEAM
Our Board Members are all gracious enough to give their time to help run our events.
Joe Dedic
President
Joe Dedic is the sitting President of the Wyoming Senior Olympics Board of Commissioners.
He began competing in 2016 with the Wyoming Summer Olympics. Dedic was instrumental in bringing the hammer throw to the Wyoming Summer Olympics in Laramie in 2017.
Dedic graduated from Indiana University in 1988, where he played football. He was team captain for the 1985 JUCO Football National Champions and Hall of Fame inductee for Snow Jr. College. Joe attended Kelly Walsh High School in Casper. He participated in football, wrestling and Track.
Dedic’s vision for the WSO is to expand competitions for Wyoming’s Senior Athletes statewide. Giving our Wyoming Seniors the opportunity to Be and Stay Active!
Doug Brendle
Vice-President
coming soon
Gay Woodhouse
Treasurer
Gay is a Wyoming native and avid cyclist. Her first competition was in 2012 and she’s been addicted to the senior competitions since that time. She’s an attorney in Cheyenne with Woodhouse Roden Ames & Brennan law firm. She’s involved in a number of non-profit organizations. She’s been on the Wyoming Senior Olypics Board since 2014? and is the current treasurer. She was the first female Attorney General and was elected to serve as Laramie County Commissioner. She’s a wife, mother, grand-mother, avid reader, painter and enjoys volunteering.
Rich McVeigh
Secretary
coming soon
At-Large Director: Steve Arnold
At-Large Director: Juli Renquin
At-Large Director: Buck McVeigh
At-Large Director: Bruce Pedersen
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De Shann Schinkel
Executive Director
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