Special Olympics Track @ York High School on April 12th
Field Events: Mini Javelin Osmar Segura took 1st place in Mini Javelin. Jayden Prodzenski took 2nd place in the Mini Javelin
Softball Throw Omar Nassar took 1st place in Softball Throw Jason Zepda took 2nd place in Softball throw
Track Events: 100 Meter Run Ricky Luo took 2nd place. Meghan McCarty took 3rd place.
200 Meter Run Nicholas Marzullo took 1st place. Bartu Ural took 2nd place Affan Haque took 2rd place.
Relay Team: Osmar Segura, Jayden Prodzenski, Nicholas Marzullo, Affan Haque took 2nd place.
Special Olympics Bowling Special Olympics Bowling competed in their Regional competition on July 27th. Only three of the 5 athletes were able to attend the Regional tournament on that day. Those three athletes' results were:
Bryce Giron Division M09 - 5th Place with a score of 125 --- Bryce will be competing in October in Unified Doubles bowling at the Sectional competition with his father as a partner.
Taylor Robbins Division M04 - 3nd Place with a score of 181
Cece Terrell Division F06 - 2nd Place with a score of 215
Congrats to all 5 of our bowlers who have met every Wednesday evening starting May 22nd and will finish this week August 7th.
Colin Baar Bryce Giron Colin Nolan Taylor Robbins Cece Terrell Coach - Kathy Craig
Final results - Summer Games (June 7-9th at ISU in Bloomington-Normal).
Soccer Results: Hinsdale South took 1st Place beating WLTG Superstars 4-3 and NEDSRA 1-0 Soccer Students who attended: Chancey Evers, Eddie Holt, Abbey McCurry, Colin Nolan, Osmar Segura, Celzo Esquivel, Loues Padilla. Coached by Adan Contreras, with Assistance from Vincent Woodman and interpreter Danika Duvall.
Track Results: Jayden Prodzenski - 5th Place in the 400 M Run and 3rd Place in the Shotput Mika Saloman - 2nd Place in the Softball Throw Matthew Schultze - 2nd Place in the Softball Throw Coached by Nicole Carpenter and Stephanie Gibson with Assistance from interpreter/aide Kathy Craig
Swimming Results: Charlie Nilles - 1st Place in the 200 M IM and 1st Place in the 400 M Freestyle Rokas Morkevicius - 1st Place in the 25 M Backstroke and 2nd Place in the 50 M Freestyle Bartu Ural - 8th Place in the 50 M Backstroke and 3rd in the 50 M Freestyle Coached by Beth Walker and Assisted by Alex Tomanovich
Special Olympics Spring Highlights Special Olympics Summer Games is quickly approaching. The state tournament will be held the weekend of June 7-9th at Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal. This year Hinsdale South had athletes qualify to attend the Summer Games in three sports: swimming, track & field, and soccer. Schedules have not been released yet for specific dates/times.
In March the Hinsdale South Special Olympics swimmers attended the Regional competition at Metea Valley high school. They had 6 swimmers qualify to attend the State games by winning 1st place in one or more of their events. Three athletes have chosen to attend the state meet. Charlie Nilles qualified in both of his events, Bartu Ural and Rokas Morekevicius qualified in one event but will be swimming in two events that weekend. They will be coached by Beth Walker and assisted by Alex Tomanovich.
In April the Special Olympics track & field athletes competed in a two day Regional competition at Marmion Academy. They had 6 athletes qualify to attend the State games in June. Three of these athletes will be going to participate in the Track & field events. Jayden Prodzenski qualified in one event but will be competing in two events, Mika Saloman and Matthew Schultze both qualified in one event and will be competing in that one event only. They will be coached by Nicole Carpenter and Stephanie Gibson, with Kathy Craig as their assistant/interpreter.
The Hinsdale South Special Olympics soccer team hosted the Region C Regional competition here at Hinsdale South. The 11 person soccer team took first place by winning both of their games beating PAEC Proviso 8-0 and Thornton High School 3-0. They are hoping to continue their state winning streak competing at the Summer Games in June. There are 7 athletes that have chosen to attend: Chancey Evers, Eddie Holt, Abbey McCurry, Osmar Segura, Celzo Esquivel, Colin Nolan, and Loues Padilla. Adan Contreras will be coaching the team along with Danika Duvall as the interpreter.