Fayette County Special Olympics has been very busy since the beginning of the year. Everyone started training for various sports for the State Winter Games competition, last year.
On January 21, they traveled to Marietta for the competition.

Here’s how everything turned out:
Team Basketball Skills, Fayette Free Throwers, consisted of Paulette Bass, Heather Brant, Cory LaMonde, Scotty Smith, Stephanie Fulton, Cynthia Scarborough, Lisa Wilson, and Glenn Terry – 6th place.

Individual Basketball Skills – Scottie Moore – 3rd place; Kori Capers – 2nd place; Brandon Martin – 1st place; Ethan Harris – 1st place
Powerlifting – John Butler & Clayton Knight (unified partner) – Deadlift: 3rd place, Bench Press: 3rd place, Overall: 3rd place, Eddie Griffin & Owen Anderson (unified partner) – Deadlift – 2nd place, Bench Press: 1st place, Overall: 2nd place

Floor Hockey Skills – Johnny Brown – 1st place; Suzanne Fields – 1st place; Phillip Evans – 1st place

Rhythmic Gymnastics – Kimberly Ware – Ribbon: 1st place, Hoop – 2nd place, Floor – 2nd place, Ball – 3rd place, All-Around – 2nd place; Lani DeMello – Ribbon – 1st place, Hoop – 1st place, Floor – 1st place, Ball – 1st place, All-Around – 1st place

Bowling – Amber Tino – 1st; Annetta Meneffee – 2nd; Elena Dukes – 2nd; Allison Romano – 3rd; Nicholas Sanchez – 1st; Bryon Bartley – 1st; Carl Bartley – 2nd; Neal Murdaugh – 1st; Alex Simmons – 1st.

After dry-land training, with help from Peter Glenn of Vermont, five athletes and five coaches ventured up to Boone, North Carolina for the Southeastern Alpine Skiing competition on Feb. 5.

This competition had competitors from Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina. After layering up in clothes, because it was so cold, everyone had a great time and competed extremely hard.

Here’s how everything turned out for them.
Jonathan Brown – 2nd place; Danielle Coholich – 4th place; Ben Isbell – Participation Ribbon; Yosuf Stoman – 3rd place; Amber Tino – 6th place.