WATCH: 100-Year-Old Woman Sets 100m Dash Record in Philly

Ida Keeling, who turns 101 on Thursday, set a record for centenarians with a 1:17.33 100-meter dash on Saturday at the Penn Relays.
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Ida Keeling (age 100) runs in the mixed masters age 80 and over 100m during the 122nd Penn Relays at Franklin Field on April 30, 2016.

Ida Keeling (age 100) runs in the mixed masters age 80 and over 100m during the 122nd Penn Relays at Franklin Field on April 30, 2016.

There are many great events at the Penn Relays, but one of the most fun is the mixed masters 100-meter dash. On Saturday, the 80-and-up division featured three runners who broke 20 seconds.

But it was the runner in last place who got the most applause over the weekend. Ida Keeling, 100 years old, set a new world record for women over 100 years old by finishing her 100 meters in 1:17.33.

She began racing in her late 60s, and still holds the 60-meter dash record for women 95-to-99 years old: 29.86 seconds. “You see so many older people just sitting around — well, that’s not me,” she recently told The New York Times. “Time marches on, but I keep going.”

She turns 101 on Thursday.

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