At last week’s 2018 Special Olympics USA Games, Special Olympics Wyoming joined other athletes and coaches from across the country with an impassioned message of “inclusion through sports.” When the team arrived, officials say that thousands of fans welcomed them to Seattle with open arms.
According to a statement to media, from Special Olympics Wyoming, The Emerald City provided a welcoming and inclusive host for all the athletes to compete in 14 team and individual sports.
Those results have been provided by Special Olympics Wyoming and are published as received…
Team Wyoming Results
Athletics
- Tyler George & Douglas Masters
- SILVER – 100 M Dash
- BRONZE – Long Jump
- 7TH – 200 M Dash
Bowling
- Tahia Grosch – Sheridan
- GOLD – Doubles
- 4TH – Singles
- Byrlie Thomas – Evanston
- GOLD – Singles
- GOLD – Doubles
Powerlifting
- Bill Norman – Casper
- BRONZE – Dead Lift
- 4TH – Combination
- 4TH – Squat
- 5TH – Bench Press
- Kelby Woolf – Laramie
- BRONZE – Combination
- BRONZE – Squat
- BRONZE – Bench Press
- BRONZE – Dead Lift
Law Enforcement Torch Run Final Leg
- Ret. Officer Julie Wickett – Glenrock
- Officer Matt Koritnik – Powell
- Chief Ron Casalenda – Douglas
Swimming
- Kyle Biggs – Crook County
- SILVER – 25 M Backstroke
- SILVER – 50 M Backstroke
- 4TH – 100 M Freestyle
- Kayla Strohecker – Riverton
- GOLD – 25 M Backstroke
- BRONZE – 50 M Backstroke
- BRONZE – 50 M Freestyle
Unified Sports® Golf – BRONZE
- Kris Lovett – Casper
- Connor Diller – Casper
Unified Sports® Basketball – 5th Place
- Justin England – Star Valley
- Brendan Burke – Jackson
- William Dennis – Jackson
- Kaden Fry – Evanston
- Breanne Gardner – Star Valley
- Chandler Jones – Sublette County
- Meille Merritt – Star Valley
- Ripley Shultz – Jackson
- Kamber Luster – Sublette County
- Tanner Spatig – Evanston
The 2018 Special Olympics USA Games were held in Seattle, Washington July 1-6, 2018. More than 4,000 participants from across the nation, along with the support of tens of thousands of volunteers and spectators, competed in 14 Olympic-type team and individual sports.
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