Local Athletes Compete at Special Olympics Ohio Regionals

On Saturday, May 17, Miami County Special Olympics volleyball and powerlifting athletes competed at separate regional tournaments.

The volleyball team played Clark County and won gold at the Southwest Regional Volleyball Tournament hosted at the Miami County Board of Developmental Disabilities. The team will advance to the Special Olympics Ohio State Summer Games at The Ohio State University in June. Members of the volleyball team include Mindy Baker, Jamie Cook, Johnnie Dennis, Jaiden Grove, Laura Healy, Laura Knoop, Andrea Koether and Larenzo Savage.

The Powerlifting team also performed well at the Southwest Regional Powerlifting Tournament held at Long Road CrossFit in Urbana, OH. Below are the results from the competition.

• Joseph Epley - 2nd place bench, 3rd place deadlift and 2nd overall

• Wyatt Freels- 1st place bench, 1st place deadlift and 1st place overall

• Tristan Yingst- 1st place bench, 1st place deadlift and 1st overall

• Braden Schneider- 3rd place bench, 2nd place deadlift and 2nd overall

• Austin Gosline- 2nd place bench, 2nd place deadlift and 2nd overall

• Tyler Harvey- 3rd place bench, 5th place deadlift and 3rd overall

• Samuel Lawson- 3rd place bench, 1st place deadlift and 3rd place overall

• EmmaLee Jones- 3rd place bench, 2nd place deadlift and 3rd place overall

• Nick Weaver- 4th place bench, 4th place deadlift and 5th place overall

• Elliot Woodward-Roeth- 4th place bench, 3rd place deadlift and 4th place overall

• Ethan Hews- 5th place bench, 3rd place deadlift and 5th overall

• Justine Hoffmann- 2nd place bench, 3rd place deadlift and 2nd overall

• Caleb Karnehm- 2nd place bench, 2nd place deadlift and 2nd overall

Several members of the powerlifting team have advanced and will also compete at the Special Olympics Ohio State Summer Games at The Ohio State University in June.