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Athlete of the Month
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Charlottesville’s Michael Downs Named SOVA March Athlete of the Month Michael has won many gold, silver and bronze medals, mostly in swimming and power lifting. He will be attending State Games in Virginia Beach in early November to compete in golf.You can read the full story here. |
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Burke’s Jill Arnot Named SOVA December Athlete of the Month Jill Arnot has been named SOVA’s Athlete of the Month for December. The Burke athlete has been involved with Special Olympics Virginia for almost two decades, competing in four different sports.You can read the full story here. |
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Virginia Beach’s Corprew SOVA’s April |
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Sam Corprew was named SOVA’s Athlete of the Month for April 2004. The Virginia Beach athlete has been involved with Special Olympics Virginia for over 20 years, during which he has experimented with almost every sport offered. Although almost everyone in the SOVA community knows that he excels in soccer, basketball, and track and field, he has also trained in swimming, ice skating, bowling, and volleyball.
Sam is the consummate athlete. His fellow athletes take many cues from Sam including attitude, commitment, style and skills While at practice, Sam has taken on the responsibility of leading warm-ups. He does exercises that suit the needs of our highest functioning athletes as well as our lower-functioning ones. When there is a half court basketball coach absent, he comes to practice early to take over those coaching tasks. He has also been part of an athlete panel that was held by SOVA to discuss unified sports in Area 2. |
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Virginia Beach's Melissa Cheatwood Named SOVA May Athlete of the Month Melissa Cheatwood has been named SOVA's Athlete of the Month for May 2004. The Virginia Beach athlete has been involved with Special Olympics Virginia for over 10 years, during which she has excelled in bowling and figure skating.You can read the full story here. |
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Flying
high as an Eagle Scout Thanks to his troop, a teenager with Down syndrome is soaring (The following article appeared in the December 8, 2004 edition of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The article was written by RTD staff writer Lea Setegn) Dec 8, 2003 As a member of Boy Scout Troop 521, Christopher "Kit" Hammar is just one of the guys. The 18-year-old Atlee High School (Mechanicsville) student loves camping, hiking and sports of all kinds. He has been tapped for the Order of the Arrow, a select group within the Boy Scouts, and he has earned the rank of Eagle Scout - the Boy Scouts' highest honor.
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Ashley Buffington |
Virginia Beach’s
Buffington named December’s Athlete of the Month
Ashley Buffington has been named SOVA's December Athlete of the Month. Ashley comes to us with over five years of experience as a Special Olympics athlete, while competing in numerous sports including volleyball, basketball and track &field. Read more about Ashley here.
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