Thomas Cleek hits a shot during the golf competition at the Special Olympics, 2014 USA Games. Cleek won a gold medal at the event (photo/Special Olympics Missouri)
Many of the teams from Special Olympics Missouri finished up competition play on Thursday and just have their awards to receive on Friday at the 2014 USA Games in New Jersey. Overall it was a great day for Team Missouri in medals as Mo Magic took home 15 golds and 29 medals overall with more to come.
Athletics – Results:
• Danny Topete: Gold in the running long jump, gold in mini javelin
• Allen Tobin: 4th in the running long jump, 5th in 100m run, 4th in 200m run
• Maria Arnett, Danny Topete, Paige Hall and Jason Coffman: 4th in 4×100 Relay
• Shelley Antle: Gold in 50m walk, Gold in standing long jump
• Maria Arnett: 5th in 200m run, Silver in 100m run, Bronze in running long jump
• Eric Wright: Gold in 50m walk
• Jason Coffman: Bronze in running long jump, Gold in 200m run
• Paige Hall: 4th in 100m run, Gold in running long jump, Silver in shot put
• Jane Highland: Gold in 100m run, 7th in running long jump, Bronze in mini javelin, Gold in shot put
Aquatics – Results:
• Nathan Baldwin: Silver in the 50 freestyle
• Jennifer Neihouse: 8th in the 50 freestyle
• Logan Hulett: Bronze in the 200 backstroke
• Kirstin Carlson: Silver in the 1,000 free
• 4 x 50 relay team of Cody Anderson, Logan, Jennifer and Libby Waddell got Gold
Basketball (men’s) –
The men played a very tough match against New York. They were ahead most of the game but lost by 1 point. They play Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. against Indiana for the bronze at the College of New Jersey.
Basketball (women’s) –
The women started off the morning playing against Texas. They won 21-12 and play Friday morning for the gold medal at 9:15 a.m. at The Hun School.
Bocce – Results:
• Lonnie Thornton – Gold in singles
• Matt Cepeda – Silver in singles
• Pierce Rash – 4th in singles
• Rebecca Tinknell – 4th in singles
• Morgan Coombe – Gold in singles
• Melissa Buss – Silver in singles
Golf – Results:
• Thomas Cleek – Gold
• Tere’e Trussell – Silver
• Tina Jones – 4th place
• Jocelyn Diehl and Stephanie Littrell – participation ribbons
• Chris Ringot – Silver
• Nick and Jerry McMullen – Silver
Tennis – Results:
• Brittany Selken – Bronze in singles
• Bobby Williams – Bronze in singles
Volleyball – Results:
The team started out the morning with a loss against New Jersey. They played Pennsylvania for the bronze medal. It was a rematch from the other day. After losing the first set, they came back strong and won on the second set. They got the win on the third set and took bronze. They have awards Friday.
