The following men have been nominated for the 2006 Michelob ULTRA GeezerJock of the Year Award in the Men 80+ category:

Daniel Bulkley
Badminton, Track/Phoenix, Ore.

Bulkley

Bulkley, 88, may be his age group’s best all-around athlete. He finished second in the men’s 80-plus badminton singles at the World Masters Games, held in summer 2005 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He won the gold medal in the pentathlon, the 300-meter hurdles, and the 2-kilometer steeplechase, also at the World Masters Games. Additionally, he is a champion cross country skier.

Charlie Butt
Squash/Harpswell, Maine

Butt

Butt won the Unites States Squash Racquets Association National Championship in March for the men’s 80-plus age bracket. He defeated Myron Solin of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., in the final. Butt has won “17 or 18” national age-group titles, so many that he’s lost count. Butt is a former swimming and soccer coach at Bowdoin College.

Al Widing Sr.
Canoeing/Mio, Mich.

Widing

Widing, 81, is training for his 37th Weyerhaeuser AuSable Canoe Marathon, which starts in Grayling, Mich., and takes place July 29-30. With his partner, Robert Bradford, 62, Widing placed in the top 25 of the grueling 120-mile event in 2005. A retired home builder, Widing stays in shape over the winter by canoeing in the Colorado River near Yuma, Ariz.