The World Games!
02/08/15 02:57
The World Games!
The World Games has started in LA! ESPN is the official media partner for the games. Below is a link to their broadcasting schedule this week of coverage of the games.
http://www.la2015.org/the-games/television-broadcast
We have two athletes from the Potomac Region competing at the games. Karen Dickerson, Special Olympics Virginia- Area 26 athlete has a video that was shown leading up to the games and also shown during Opening Ceremonies on Saturday. Here is a link to this amazing video in full to share. Karen received a silver medal on Sunday in the ½ marathon with a finishing time of 00:44:53.42.
Luke Ferris, Special Olympics Virginia-Area 26 athlete will be competing in the 1500 open water swim, 800M Free, and 4 x 50 Free relay. Luke’s preliminary swim for his open water swim event was yesterday. The Patch ran a great article about Luke last week as well. http://patch.com/virginia/mclean/how-local-swimmer-luke-ferris-overcame-autism-become-elite-athlete-0
To keep up with athletes from SOVA, a list of athletes events and results are posted here: http://specialolympicsva.org/who-we-are/news/2015-world-games-live-results.
Feel free to contact me with any questions. Thank you for always inspiring and empowering our athletes!
Veronica C. Jennings
Potomac Region Director
Special Olympics Virginia
Revealing the champion in all of us
The World Games has started in LA! ESPN is the official media partner for the games. Below is a link to their broadcasting schedule this week of coverage of the games.
http://www.la2015.org/the-games/television-broadcast
We have two athletes from the Potomac Region competing at the games. Karen Dickerson, Special Olympics Virginia- Area 26 athlete has a video that was shown leading up to the games and also shown during Opening Ceremonies on Saturday. Here is a link to this amazing video in full to share. Karen received a silver medal on Sunday in the ½ marathon with a finishing time of 00:44:53.42.
Luke Ferris, Special Olympics Virginia-Area 26 athlete will be competing in the 1500 open water swim, 800M Free, and 4 x 50 Free relay. Luke’s preliminary swim for his open water swim event was yesterday. The Patch ran a great article about Luke last week as well. http://patch.com/virginia/mclean/how-local-swimmer-luke-ferris-overcame-autism-become-elite-athlete-0
To keep up with athletes from SOVA, a list of athletes events and results are posted here: http://specialolympicsva.org/who-we-are/news/2015-world-games-live-results.
Feel free to contact me with any questions. Thank you for always inspiring and empowering our athletes!
Veronica C. Jennings
Potomac Region Director
Special Olympics Virginia
Revealing the champion in all of us