Summer Games Results Press Release

Contact: Jackie Gostomski, Public Relations Coordinator, lebcoso@comcast.net 

For Immediate Release

LEBANON COUNTY ATHLETES COMPETE IN Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s 2013 Summer games

(Lebanon, PA, June 28, 2013) – 53 athletes from Lebanon County participated from June 6 – June 8, 2013 in Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s 44th Annual Summer Games at Penn State University, University Park, PA. They joined more than 2,000 athletes, coaches, volunteers, and supporters representing Pennsylvania counties who competed in sports such as aquatics, softball, soccer, golf, basketball, tennis, and athletics.

With the assistance of 14 head and assistant coaches, the 53 athletes representing Lebanon County were the largest delegation ever for the county at the annual Summer Games. Lebanon County athletes had a very successful Summer Games taking home multiple medals. The breakdown of medals included:

·         Gymnastics 51 gold, 13 silver, and 6 bronze individual medals

·         Tennis 3 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze individual medals

·         Aquatics 4 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze individual medal

·         Golf 1 gold and 3 silver individual medals

·         Athletics 2 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze individual medals

·         Softball unified team a silver medal

·         Bowling unified team a gold medal

·         Basketball team scored a bronze medal

Summer Games 2013 served as a qualifier for Special Olympics National Games in 2014, being held in New Jersey from June 14-21, 2014. Athlete Alyssa Dreibelbis was drawn as a first alternate for aquatics and the softball unified team was drawn as a first alternate for unified softball. Summer Games marks the end of the spring & summer sports seasons for the county. Special Olympics operates year round. Fall sports season starts in early August. Anyone interested in learning more about how to become an athlete, unified partner, volunteer, coach, or supporter of Lebanon County Special Olympics can visit our website at www.lebcoso.org or contact via phone at (717) 272-1332.

About Special Olympics PA – Lebanon County

Special Olympics Pennsylvania – Lebanon County provides year-round training and competition in 14 Olympic-type sports to more than 250 children and adults with intellectual disabilities or closely related developmental disabilities. For more information, visit our Web site at http://www.lebcoso.org/.

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