verna owen rapped when turning 100 sunday. part of her secret is staying active. there she goes two. years ago verna won a silver medal for bowling. that is a national senior games. she happened to be the oldest in the competition and proved it california sea lion is long marine lab is breaking some new ground. check it out. >> that is ronan bopping to the sounds of "boogie wonderland". scientists say ronan is the first nonhuman malmammal shown to be able to keep a beat. he can dance better than most of us. under cutting theories that beat keeping requires complex learning. >> i'd like to see him doing something other than just, kind of that. >> hey that is what the rest of us do. >> i know. spencer can dance, i think. >> i'm not going to -- i can't match a 100-year-old rapping lady from virginia. take a look. low clouds at the coast. some pockets of fog develop tonight but look at partly cloudy skies thunderstorms from texas to louisiana to florida. here in california tomorrow looks like calm conditions, looking for highs into upper 70s in chico and sacramento. 85

and verna owens celebrated her 100th birthday this way. ♪ it's a cruel cruel world if you stop to thinkwim or sink mustn't drop we must shoulder the burden ♪ like a brave, brave soldier ♪ >> reporter: she celebrated her 100th for days. this was at her bowling league. yes she competes. >> i bowled 175, this season was my highest game. i don't bowl that all the time. that was just one time. >> reporter: she stays active. in 2011, verna was the oldest female to compete in the national senior games in houston, texas. she picked up two silver medals in the discus and bowling of course. wow. >> that's what everybody said "wow." >> reporter: 60 members from nine states are in town to celebrate. her son reflected on her teachings. >> try it. don't say you can't do it. don't say you don't have a taste for it. you don't know. you haven't tried it. so try it. and see what life brings to you. don't miss out. >> i just stand in amazement of my mother and hope that i have a little bit of those genes. >> reporter: and what genes they are. ♪ so on with the show good nice and neat today is a day we must