Our Philadelphia athletes had a great start to the 2017 Fall Season while attending the Area M Invitational on Sunday, September 17th. This invitational is held every fall at Hershey High School and invites 20 local Special Olympics PA programs to come out and compete in five sports. This year, 750 athletes came together to compete at one of their first tournaments of the season. Athletes have the chance to compete in bocce, long distance running/walking, powerlifting, soccer, and volleyball. Philadelphia athletes who attended competed in bocce, soccer skills, 5v5 soccer, and 7v7 soccer.
Team 1 | Teddy Angerman & Raymond Anderson | 1st |
Team 2 | John Kulpa & Sharon Quarles | 3rd |
Team 3 | Tracy McGravey & Kirstyn Cantres | 1st |
Team 4 | Bryan Ziegler & Kevin Karcher | 1st |
Huge thank you to Coach Carole Canady for preparing our athletes!
Patrick Kulick | 3rd |
Eddie Glover | 1st |
Huge thank you to Coach Jaclyn Bixby for preparing our athletes!
Stars & Stripes (5v5) | Ian Capacio, Allison Davidson, Danny Amrik, Jackie Lutts, Emmet Abdo, Lisa Barbour, Kristie Walls, Michael Weinberg, David Brent Williams | 1st |
Strykers (7v7) | Matt Grabowski, Joseph Rynkiewicz, Ryan Bogan, Charles Zistte, Angel Rodriguez, Brian Stulz, Ronald Atkins Jr., Samuel Fioravanti Jr, Jason Bixby, Daniel Charlton, Jesse Rose, Matt Beckman, Carl Irvis | 1st |
Huge thank you to Coaches Charles Abdo (Stars & Stripes) and Ryan Milanaik (Strykers) for preparing our athletes!