Track and Field The sport of Track and Field does not have the same kind of dividing line as other Professional sports  It was only in the s that elite athletes started to get paid for their performances  Olympic medalists Bob Richards and Bruce Jenner cashed in after their competitive days by product endorsements  Some senior athletes have managed to attain sponsorships simply for wearing a brand while competing  Masters athletics is the division of the sport where athletes compete into as mentioned their hundreds  I edited the separate section for Field Events out of this list though if you wish to limit the Track and Field section to runners there are documented cases of runners at age  or   Everett Hossack who was on Jay Lenos show at age  is the first name that comes to mind though he might have been surpassed