So, Team Virginia made it back! (Luckily our connecting fiight was nowhere near Chicago or we might still be in Omaha!)
Everyone was amazing! From the 1:45 am wake up call to huffing it through to our next gate in Dallas only to find out (once we got there) we were delayed an hour to getting off of the plane in Richmond, all of our athletes and coaches hung in there with no problem. Team Virginia is truly amazing!
In the next few days, stayed tuned for our wrap up highlights, pictures and stories.
Yesterday's Highlight
All of our athletes clapping during take off and landing! Bet you don't hear or see that on a plane very often.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
What a great day for Team VA!
I think that today's blog title says it all. What a great day for Team Va! Team Virginia is rollin' in the bling. Gold, silver, bronze and ribbons is all that is being seen on Floor 3.
Here are today's results!
Aquatics:
Chris- He won 2 gold medals today swimming in the 100 Free and the 50 Back! Way to go Chris.
Patrick- Patrick came home with the silver and bronze in the 50 Back and 50 Free respectively.
Jordann- She swam in the 50 Free today and took home the bronze!
Heather- She placed 5th in the 50 Free!
Tomorrow's Competition for Heather and Jordann:
Heather and Jordann compete in their last race tomorrow morning!
Athletics
Track and Field finished up today with a strong showing from Team Virginia!
Katy- Speedy Gonzalez took home the gold in the 100M by 4/1000 of a second!!! (It really was a nail biter of a race!) Katy earned another gold in the Long Jump!! Way to go Katy!!
Matt- Earned a gold medal in the 800M and a bronze in the 1500M.
Jason- Jumped his way to a bronze medal, a threw the shot put far enough to earn him a silver and received a 4th place finish in the 100 M run!
Bowling-
Team bowling took home a 6th place ribbon today! They all had a personal best with some tough competition! Way to go Tracey, Jennifer, Matt and Tony!
Tennis
Jeff- After a long week of tennis, Jeff volleyed his way to the silver medal!
Taylor- Taylor played some of her best tennis ever and received a gold medal for it! Taylor showed (and is still showing) everyone her medal and saying "Look at this!" Super job Taylor; you earned it.
Powerlifting-
Jed- Jed swept his division earning 4 gold medals. He lifted 105K in the squat, benched 80K, Deadlifted 155K for a combined total of 340K or 748 pounds!! Wow, that's amazing.
Sean- Sean earned a silver in the squat lifting 100 kilos, benched 75 kilos, deadlifted 137.5 kilos for a combined total 312.5 kilos! This is 687.5 pounds!
We are all so pround of Team Va! They have all hung in there through a long, exhausting week!!
Most everyone finished up competition today. This gave everyone plenty of time to head out to cheer on their teammates today and to head over to Olympic Town for games and for Healthy Athletes!
Tomorrow is our last day here! It is hard to believe that is has gone so fast. We are all looking forward to our last day here and being busy! Tomorrow night is Closing Ceremonies. We can't wait to share with you the excitement of Closing.
Today's Highlight
If you have never been to a Special Olympics dance, you are seriously missing out!! Tonight over at Outside Olympic Town, the Landsharks jammed out to some serious tunes and our athletes had an amazing time at the dance!
Here are today's results!
Aquatics:
Chris- He won 2 gold medals today swimming in the 100 Free and the 50 Back! Way to go Chris.
Patrick- Patrick came home with the silver and bronze in the 50 Back and 50 Free respectively.
Jordann- She swam in the 50 Free today and took home the bronze!
Heather- She placed 5th in the 50 Free!
Tomorrow's Competition for Heather and Jordann:
Heather and Jordann compete in their last race tomorrow morning!
Athletics
Track and Field finished up today with a strong showing from Team Virginia!
Katy- Speedy Gonzalez took home the gold in the 100M by 4/1000 of a second!!! (It really was a nail biter of a race!) Katy earned another gold in the Long Jump!! Way to go Katy!!
Matt- Earned a gold medal in the 800M and a bronze in the 1500M.
Jason- Jumped his way to a bronze medal, a threw the shot put far enough to earn him a silver and received a 4th place finish in the 100 M run!
Bowling-
Team bowling took home a 6th place ribbon today! They all had a personal best with some tough competition! Way to go Tracey, Jennifer, Matt and Tony!
Tennis
Jeff- After a long week of tennis, Jeff volleyed his way to the silver medal!
Taylor- Taylor played some of her best tennis ever and received a gold medal for it! Taylor showed (and is still showing) everyone her medal and saying "Look at this!" Super job Taylor; you earned it.
Powerlifting-
Jed- Jed swept his division earning 4 gold medals. He lifted 105K in the squat, benched 80K, Deadlifted 155K for a combined total of 340K or 748 pounds!! Wow, that's amazing.
Sean- Sean earned a silver in the squat lifting 100 kilos, benched 75 kilos, deadlifted 137.5 kilos for a combined total 312.5 kilos! This is 687.5 pounds!
We are all so pround of Team Va! They have all hung in there through a long, exhausting week!!
Most everyone finished up competition today. This gave everyone plenty of time to head out to cheer on their teammates today and to head over to Olympic Town for games and for Healthy Athletes!
Here are some pictures of our day!
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| Photo Finish!!! |
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| Clarence cheering on his teammates at Aquatics! |
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| Taylor being called for gold!! |
Tomorrow is our last day here! It is hard to believe that is has gone so fast. We are all looking forward to our last day here and being busy! Tomorrow night is Closing Ceremonies. We can't wait to share with you the excitement of Closing.
Today's Highlight
If you have never been to a Special Olympics dance, you are seriously missing out!! Tonight over at Outside Olympic Town, the Landsharks jammed out to some serious tunes and our athletes had an amazing time at the dance!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Championship Day-Wednesday Highlights, Schedules and Results
Team Virginia was a whirlwind of activity today. All of the golf group wrapped up their competitions today with some outstanding performances. Laurie Ann Kehoe sank the only hole in one in the long putt competition> Go Laurie Anne!! Jada Goodson posted a great score of 213 points and took home the gold. The Fischers had some tough competition on a wet course today and took home the silver. Congrats to our two 18 hole individual golfers who continue to impress us on the course everyday.
Golf Results:
Golf Results:Jada Goodson: Level One Skills : Gold Medcal, 213 points
Laurie Ann Kehoe: Level One Skills: Silver Medal
Harris and George Fischer: Level 2 Alternate Shot: Silver Medal
Grace Anne Braxton: Level 5, Gold Medal
David Curtin: Level 5, Gold Medal
Laurie Anne with a great drive
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Jada Goodson with a great putt!!!
Aquatics had three in the water today. Their events and results were:
Heather Boncher: 100 Free, Time: 2:29:73, Bronze Medal
50 Back Prelim: 1.20:14, which beat her personnal best time ever!
Jordann Long: 100 Free, Time: 1:53:41, Fifth Place
50 Back Prelim: 1.01:32, dropped an astonishing 17 seconds on this time!
Patrick Warren: 50 Free, Time: 59.13, Participation medal
Tennis results were:
Jeff lost to an Ohio athlee 6-8, 6-2, 6-8. 2 out of 3 tiebreakers.
Tayler had her best skills score and when the volunteers at the shuttle stop asked her how she was doing she simply said "wicked".
Bocce had a fantastic day. Ian and Christine beat Utah for the Gold medal in Doubles. Clarence and Shannon beat North Carolina for the gold. Way to roll!!!
In athletics Jason Smith set a National Games record for mini jav. Katy Sanchez was awarded the silver in the shot put and the bronze in the 400 meter. Matt Jones took the silver medal in the mini jav.
Soccer lost a two games today. One game 3-0 and 3-1. They are working real hard and have one more game to go.
Bowling results will come later.
Schedule for tomorrow:
Powerlifting: Sean and Jed finally compete tomorrow. Jed will start lifting at 9:00 am and Sean will be lifting around 1:00 pm.
Tennis: Jeff has his final match at 10:15 tomorrow morning and Taylor has her final skills competition at 8:30 am.
Soccer: Soccer plays their final game at 10:00.
Bowling: Bowling has their Four Man Team Final at 9:21 am.
Bocce: Bocce will be getting their awards from today starting at 9;00 am tomorrow morning.
Aquatics:
9:00 am : Patrick and Chris: 50 back final
1:30 pm: Patrick and Chris: 100 free final
Heather and Jordann: 50 free final
Chris: 50 fly final
4 x 50 free relay final
Athletics:
10:00 am: Katy: Long Jump
10:15 am: Matt: Long Jump
Jason: Shot Put
11:05: am: Matt: 800 M
11:45 am: Jason: Long Jump
12:51 pm: Katy: 100 M
1:51 pm: Jason: 100M
3:46 pm: Matt: 1500M
Daily Highlight:
I think this picture says it all!!!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Today's Festivities
Again, another early morning for most of Team Virginia.
Team Virginia started off this morning with the Gold Medal round of Bocce Team Competition. After an impressive round of double elimination, Team Virginia took the Silver! Ian was Team Captain today and he did a great job! Here is Ian planning out his strategy with his teammates.
Team Virginia started off this morning with the Gold Medal round of Bocce Team Competition. After an impressive round of double elimination, Team Virginia took the Silver! Ian was Team Captain today and he did a great job! Here is Ian planning out his strategy with his teammates.
Track had some great action going on as well. Matt ran the 1500 M prelim and ran a 6:44! His best time ever!
After all of our competitions today, there was time for a nap!
Well at least Coach Hall managed to get a little shut eye.
Tonight we had a great opportunity for 7 of our Team Virginia athletes. They got to be part of a Flag Football Clinic which was ran by Matt Blair, Tony Covington, John Turner and Joey Browner. The athletes ran through drills that professional football players do and then we watched the Celebrity Flag Football Game which featured the players and one of the Special Olympics Flag Football Teams. The best part of the evening was the guys all getting to hang out with the players afterwords and talk with them and get their autographs.
As always, Team Virginia was the best looking group there.
Today's Highlight
Bocce winning a silver medal was definitely one of the highlights today. The other highlight would be getting to see our new football players running around getting autographs from all of the pros!
Results and Schedule
Our athletes are amazing and are doing fantastic out here in Lincoln!
Bocce
Results
Bocce was the first team to bring home the Silver Medal in Team Competition. Way to go to Christine, Ian, Clarence and Shannon.
Schedule for July 21
Bocce doubles start tomorrow at 8:00 am. Team Clarence and Shannon and Team Ian and Christine are all looking forward to their competitions tomorrow.
Bowling
Results
Today was our Womens Singles competition. Bowling an impressive combined score of 357 and bringing home the gold in here division was Jennifer! Tracey's last game of 101 pushed her into 6th place into her division. Way to go girls!
Athletics
Results
All 3 of our athletics athletes finished up their preliminaries today and will start their finals tomorrow.
Schedule
Katy- Shotput 9:15
400 M 11:30
Matt- Mini Jav 9:15
Jason- Mini Jav 10:00
Aquatics
All 4 of our aquatics athletes put in impressive preliminary times. In the 100 Free, Chris took an incredible 40 seconds off of his time. In the 4 x 50 relay, the team dropped their time by 41seconds. We can't wait to see what Team Virginia does in their finals starting tomorrow.
Athletics
Our athletics team also finished up their preliminaries today! They also are looking forward to competing in their finals which start tomorrow.
Golf
All of our golfers are posting impressive scores.
Level 1- Highlands Golf Course 10:30
Laurie Ann- 43
Jada - 75
Level 2- Mahoney Golf Course 8:30
Team Fischer- 49
Level 5- Highlands Golf Course 10:30
Grace Ann - 80
David - 104
Tennis
Both Taylor and Jeffrey have their final rounds tomorrow. We wish them good luck!!
Powerlifting
Jed and Sean still have tomorrow off. They most definitely are looking forward to competing on Friday.
Bocce
Results
Bocce was the first team to bring home the Silver Medal in Team Competition. Way to go to Christine, Ian, Clarence and Shannon.
Schedule for July 21
Bocce doubles start tomorrow at 8:00 am. Team Clarence and Shannon and Team Ian and Christine are all looking forward to their competitions tomorrow.
Bowling
Results
Today was our Womens Singles competition. Bowling an impressive combined score of 357 and bringing home the gold in here division was Jennifer! Tracey's last game of 101 pushed her into 6th place into her division. Way to go girls!
Athletics
Results
All 3 of our athletics athletes finished up their preliminaries today and will start their finals tomorrow.
Schedule
Katy- Shotput 9:15
400 M 11:30
Matt- Mini Jav 9:15
Jason- Mini Jav 10:00
Aquatics
All 4 of our aquatics athletes put in impressive preliminary times. In the 100 Free, Chris took an incredible 40 seconds off of his time. In the 4 x 50 relay, the team dropped their time by 41seconds. We can't wait to see what Team Virginia does in their finals starting tomorrow.
Athletics
Our athletics team also finished up their preliminaries today! They also are looking forward to competing in their finals which start tomorrow.
Golf
All of our golfers are posting impressive scores.
Level 1- Highlands Golf Course 10:30
Laurie Ann- 43
Jada - 75
Level 2- Mahoney Golf Course 8:30
Team Fischer- 49
Level 5- Highlands Golf Course 10:30
Grace Ann - 80
David - 104
Tennis
Both Taylor and Jeffrey have their final rounds tomorrow. We wish them good luck!!
Powerlifting
Jed and Sean still have tomorrow off. They most definitely are looking forward to competing on Friday.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Day 2 Craziness
Just kidding! Not too crazy. Well, a little crazy but definitely still a lot of fun.
Tonight's blog will again be written by HOD, Dave.
Wow what a jam packed day for Team Virginia. Soccer practiced in the morning and played in a preliminary game this afternoon. Pool play will start tomorrow at the Abbott Sports Complex.
Alfred Robinson makes a great save in todays soccer preliminary.
Bocce had divisioning this morning and then team play this afternoon. The Bocce players are getting better and better on the turf surface and have placed themselves into the gold medal round for tomorrow morning.. Way to go Bocce!!
The Bocce Team had a moment to pose for a team shot.
Aquatics had a great prelim day cutting seconds off of their personal bests. We all expect they will just get better and better as the week goes on. The crowd is great at the pool. If you are going get their early for a seat.
Jason Smith threw 11 meters today at the shot put. Great job Jason.
Jada sank three short putts in a row on the road to a great Golf Skills Score today.
More tomorrow. Stay tuned for more great highlights from Team Virginia!!!
Tonight's blog will again be written by HOD, Dave.
Wow what a jam packed day for Team Virginia. Soccer practiced in the morning and played in a preliminary game this afternoon. Pool play will start tomorrow at the Abbott Sports Complex.
Bocce had divisioning this morning and then team play this afternoon. The Bocce players are getting better and better on the turf surface and have placed themselves into the gold medal round for tomorrow morning.. Way to go Bocce!!
Aquatics had a great prelim day cutting seconds off of their personal bests. We all expect they will just get better and better as the week goes on. The crowd is great at the pool. If you are going get their early for a seat.
Jason Smith threw 11 meters today at the shot put. Great job Jason.
Jada sank three short putts in a row on the road to a great Golf Skills Score today.
More tomorrow. Stay tuned for more great highlights from Team Virginia!!!
Results and schedule!
First day of preliminaries is complete!
Here are some highlights from prelims:
Super swimmer Jordann took 30 seconds off of her 100M Free. Heather Boncher also shaved time off of her swim!
Jada was sinking putt after putt in his Level 1 competition.
Soccer player Alfred could've been playing in a World Cup match today the way he was blocking goals and making saves.
Since today was only preliminaries, there are no official results to report of at this time.
As of Monday at 5:00 p.m. (central time) these are the competition schedules that we have for tomorrow.
Track and Field (all prelims)
Katy- Long Jump - 9:30 am
100M - 1:42 pm
Matt- 1500M - 9:32 am
Long Jump - 11:15 am
800M - 12:20 pm
Jason- Long Jump - 12:00
100M - 2:20
Aquatics Morning Session 9:00 am (All events are prelims)
Chris - 100M Free & 50 Fly
Heather and Jordann - 50M Free
Aquatics Afternoon Session 1:30
All swimmers- 4 x 50 Free Relay
Bowling (All prelims)
Jennifer and Tracey - Womens Singles
Golf- (Includes todays results)
Level 1- Highlands Golf Course - 10:30 am
Jada - 68
Laurie Ann - 47
Level 2- Mahoney Golf Course - 8:30 am
George and Harris Fischer - 49
Level 5- Highlands Golf Course- 8:30 am
Grace Ann- 82
David - 94
Tennis
Jeff (singles) - 8:45 am
Taylor (skills) - 8:45 am
Soccer and Bocce are currently unavailable at this time! We will post their schedules later as well as todays post!
Go Team Virginia!!
Here are some highlights from prelims:
Super swimmer Jordann took 30 seconds off of her 100M Free. Heather Boncher also shaved time off of her swim!
Jada was sinking putt after putt in his Level 1 competition.
Soccer player Alfred could've been playing in a World Cup match today the way he was blocking goals and making saves.
Since today was only preliminaries, there are no official results to report of at this time.
As of Monday at 5:00 p.m. (central time) these are the competition schedules that we have for tomorrow.
Track and Field (all prelims)
Katy- Long Jump - 9:30 am
100M - 1:42 pm
Matt- 1500M - 9:32 am
Long Jump - 11:15 am
800M - 12:20 pm
Jason- Long Jump - 12:00
100M - 2:20
Aquatics Morning Session 9:00 am (All events are prelims)
Chris - 100M Free & 50 Fly
Heather and Jordann - 50M Free
Aquatics Afternoon Session 1:30
All swimmers- 4 x 50 Free Relay
Bowling (All prelims)
Jennifer and Tracey - Womens Singles
Golf- (Includes todays results)
Level 1- Highlands Golf Course - 10:30 am
Jada - 68
Laurie Ann - 47
Level 2- Mahoney Golf Course - 8:30 am
George and Harris Fischer - 49
Level 5- Highlands Golf Course- 8:30 am
Grace Ann- 82
David - 94
Tennis
Jeff (singles) - 8:45 am
Taylor (skills) - 8:45 am
Soccer and Bocce are currently unavailable at this time! We will post their schedules later as well as todays post!
Go Team Virginia!!
Bocce Coach Massie and Tennis Coach Toombs!
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