2010 Coach of the Year

Congratulations to our 2010 Area Coach of the Year…..Sandy Bliss!!! Sandy commits a great deal of professional and personal time in providing training and leadership to develop positive attitudes, good sportsmanship, and respect for others in their athletes. Sandy organizes and manages training, athletic practice, fundraising, rallies, and attendance at Special Olympic events in Grand Area and Stillwater. She is a dedicated coach and teacher that strongly advocates the benefits of the Special Olympic program and has been Head Coach for 14 years. Let’s give a big hand to our 2010 Coach of the Year from Bartlesville Public Schools!

2010 Athlete of the Year

Congratulations to Christopher Woodvine from Pawhuska, the 2010 Grand Area Athlete of the Year Award winner. This young man has placed sports competition high in his priorities. Christopher participates in the electric wheelchair races. He also spends his time helping friends and neighbors understand and use home computers. He has a gold medal in every event he has entered since he was 7 years old. He says that Special Olympics gives him great feelings and a place to belong. Congratulations Christopher!

Event Photos - A sneak peek

We're still busy organizing all of the photos that were taken at the event, but until then.....here are a couple of our favorites! Enjoy!

Congrats Athletes!

We had approximately 270 athletes entered in our competition this year representing 22 teams. Among them:

• Team Tyson - Wyandotte
  
• Home of Hope – Vinita
• Miami School Dream Team
• Fountain House Group Home – Vinita
• Dewey School
• Blue Storm – Vinita
• Locust Grove Pirates
• Help Support Team - Pawhuska
• ARC Group Home – Bartlesville
• Grove Ridgerunners
• Bartlesville Schools
• Fairland Owls
• Pawhuska School
• Jay Middle School
• Nowata Ironmen
• Jay High School
• Chelsea School
• Sequoyah Enterprises
• Hominy Bucks
• Team DCFH,Delaware Cnty
• Friendship Home – Jay
• Wyandotte Bears
• Stevens Enterprises

Everyone did such a fantastic job! Watch this blog for pictures from the various events!

Track & Field Events

We are looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at the Spring Athletics competition!!! It is always such a fun event. We will post pictures after the event!

Swimming Event on Saturday

As a reminder, Grand Area Special Olympics is holding its annual swimming competition on Saturday, February 20th in Claremore. Hope to see you all there!

Thanks John!

Many thanks to John Seals, who conducted an athletics training for our area coaches on February 10th! We appreciate it!