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!

Here are some pictures of our day!

Photo Finish!!!

Clarence cheering on his teammates at Aquatics!

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!