From WOOD COUNTY BOARD OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Wood County Special Olympics athletes, coaches, and volunteers are headed to Columbus on Friday (June 28) to compete in the 2024 State Summer Games at Ohio State University. Wood County Special Olympics, better known as Wood County Wildcats, will have 21 total athletes attending the state games competing in track and field, bocce, and power lifting.
Wood County Special Olympics will have a sendoff celebration Friday starting at 8 a.m. with music, confetti and more at Wood County Board of Developmental Disabilities Campus, located at 1921 E. Gypsy Lane Road.
Wood County Law Enforcement, Wood County Fire Department and State Highway Patrol are coming to the WCBDD campus to help celebrate and send our crew off safely to Columbus. We invite our community to join us in celebration.
There will be 15 Wildcats competing in track and field, five in bocce and one in power lifting. The athletes who will represent Wood County in the summer state games are:
21 Wood County Wildcats will be competinFifteen Wood County Special Olympians will compete in track and field at the summer state games. The athletes are:
Track and field
1. Tyler Hitt
2. Abigail Simmons
3. Stephen Scholl
4. Christopher Schuckers
5. Kim Fechter
6. Harrison Bohland
7. Stephanie Kline
8. Laura Reimer
9. Sawyer Rader
10. Trevor Sachs
11. Gavin Coonrod
12. Melissa Frizado
13. Sean Brown
14. Lucas Reffert
15. Anne Schooley
Bocce athletes
1. Barb Markin
2. Brooke Coan
3. Chris Doerner
4. Dennis Miller
5. JoLynn Snyder
Power Lifting
1. AJ Bach
LeAnn Frankfather, Wood County Special Olympics coach stated, “The athletes have invested in themselves with countless hours of training. It’s exciting to see it all come together at the State Event. I couldn’t be prouder of what they have accomplished and will continue to accomplish.”
Wood County Board of Developmental Disabilities has operated the Special Olympics program since its creation in 1970 for youth and adults served in Wood County. Today, there are more than 450 active participants in Special Olympics sports throughout Wood County.
Wood County Special Olympics offers nine different sport opportunities ranging from basketball, volleyball, softball, swimming, and more. Individuals who are eight years and older are eligible to participate. To learn more about Special Olympics, please visit our website at https://www.woodcountydd.org/special-olympics.
