Over 1,000 athletes including over 100 from Michigan will compete in this week's USA Masters Track Championships in Allendale at Grand Valley State University.

Among those competing are a former NFL player, a Hollywood actor and former Olympians.

Four Olympians:

Paul Osland is 52 and from Toronto. Osland represented Canada in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and continues to be a standout in the middle distances. He will run the 800 and 1500 in Grand Rapids.

Howard Lindsay is 52 and from New York, NY. He was a three-time Olympian for Antigua and Barbuta. He ran the 4 x 400 in the 1984 Olympics (Los Angeles); the 200, 4 x 100, and 4 x 400 in the 1988 Olympics (Seoul); and the 4 x 400 in the 1996 Olympics (Atlanta). A standout collegiately, He was inducted into the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Hall of Fame in 2004. In Grand Rapids he will compete in the 100 hurdles and the long jump.

Ena Guevara Weinstein is 57 and from Baldwin, Georgia. She has competed in two Olympics, both times for Peruand on each occasion in the marathon. In 1984 she finished 35^th in the Los Angeles Olympics, and in 1992 she finished 34^th (Barcelona). At Grand Rapids, she will show a different side, as she will compete in the 100, 200, 400, and 1500.

Karl Smith is 56 and from Silver Spring, Maryland. He was a collegiate star at the University of Texas. Smith ran the 400 hurdles and the 4 x 400 relay for Jamaica in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Smith has been an outstanding masters hurdler, with world records in the M45 (men 45-49) group: 8.18 seconds in the 60 hurdles indoors and 14.41 seconds in the 110 hurdles outdoors. The records have held up for 10 years. In Grand Rapids, Smith will compete in the 100 hurdles and the 200 dash.

NFL star:

Henry Ellard is 54 and from San Antonio, Texas. Ellard played 16 years in the National Football League, suiting up for the Los Angeles Rams, the Washington Redskins and the New England Patriots. He caught a total of 814 passes during the regular season. Last year, he competed at the Jacksonville nationals as a 54-year-old (the top of the M50 age group) and won his specialty, the triple jump, with 12.81 meters (42- 0 ½). He also finished fifth in the high jump (1.60, 5-3) and third in the long jump (5.84, 19-2), This year he will again compete as a 54-year-old (he will turn 55 4 days after the meet ends). Look for him in the triple jump and long jump.

Hollywood Actor:

Damien Leake is 63 and from Van Nuys, California. He has appeared in such movies as Apocalypse Now and Serpico. In the last three years he has been the American indoor champion in the M60 group, running times of 7.60 in 2014, 7.71 in 2015, and 7.88 this year. He was the only one in the M60 race to break 8 seconds in Albuquerque. In Grand Rapids, he will compete in the 100 and 200 meters as well as the long jump.

The USA Masters Track Championships will take place July 14 - 17 at GVSU in Allendale. View the full schedule of events.