On Friday,
April 29, 2016, athletes from Special Olympics Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Florida, Texas and North Carolina participated in the Penn Relays, one of the
oldest, largest and most renowned track and field competitions in the United
States. The Penn Relays are held annually at The University of
Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field in Philadelphia, PA.
Pennsylvania
sent a total of 19 athletes to participate.
Athletes competed with three traditional 4x100 relay teams, on a unified
team (those with and without intellectual disabilities) consisting of athletes
from Souderton High School, and two individual female athletes qualified for
the 100M run. Cheyenne Burton of Lehigh
took first place in the 100M Dash, and our Souderton Unified Team took third
place in the 4x100. Click here to see
more Penn Relay results.
Special
Olympics Pennsylvania has helped the movement to maintain Special Olympics
participation at the Relays for many years.
Congratulations
to our Penn Relay Head of Delegation and Coach, Scott Otterbein, and to our
athlete participants: Gabe Leone, Isaiah Creed Devine, Jake Lynch, John Closs,
Cheyenne Burton, Michelle Eisenhower, Delina Rodriguez, Tarre Apreala, Sean
Dewees, Chris Griffith, AJ Mucklow, Erik
Griffith, Brandon Batres, Houston McDaniel, Harrison Bell, Matthew Schoell,
Colin Cox, Alex Brauman and Karl Dickersbach.
Click here
to view Penn Relay photos.
