GMSO Athletes Compete at Special Olympics Games

Twenty-three athletes with the Greater Middletown Special Olympics competed in track and field events at the Special Olympics Connecticut Eastern Regional Games today, hosted by the University of Hartford & Hartford Public High School in Hartford.  

More than 700 athletes competed in aquatics, track and field events. Opening ceremonies were at 9 a.m. at the University of Hartford Sports Center inside the Chase Arena.

For information, including volunteer opportunities, visit www.hartford.edu/soct.  

The Greater Middletown Special Olympics Head Track and Field Coach is Heather Ann Lodini of Cromwell with Terry Shepard of Middletown as assistant coach.

The Special Olympics serves athletes with intellectual disabilities ages 8 and above in a variety of well-coached Olympic-type sports.

I hope everyone will come out to cheer on the Special Olympics Athletes.

I created two photography blogs recently of the Greater Middletown Special Olympics Athletes and the Saint Sebastian's Church Festival "I Nuri Run" in Middletown.  I have been photographing these two events and writing about them for 15-20 years.  To see my two blogs, please click on the links below or copy and paste it in your window browser.

http://franklphotographyblog.blogspot.com/

http://franksphotographyblog2.blogspot.com/