Hillsborough County’s Special Olympics athletes, who train in Plant City for virtually all Special Olympics sports, represented the area well at last weekend’s State Summer Games in Orlando.
Area athletes competed in soccer, volleyball and track and field events at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex from May 17 through 18. They worked hard throughout the summer season with many productive Sundays spent training at Plant City High School and the Plant City Family YMCA, so many of the athletes were totally confident heading into the games.
“I’m not nervous at all,” Masters volleyball player Kyle Hall said before the games. “We’ve got this.”
The athletes had good reason to trust each other on the playing fields: they ended up winning a total of 12 medals for all their hard work.
TRACK AND FIELD
25m assisted walk: gold
Running long jump (male): gold
Running long jump (female): gold
Softball throw: gold
Tennis ball throw: gold
100m walk: silver
100m run (male): bronze
100m run (female): bronze
4x100m relay: bronze
VOLLEYBALL
Masters Division 3 (black): gold
Senior Division 3 (teal): gold
Senior Division 4 (orange): bronze