20th Anniversary Water Warriors Endurance Ride Kicks Off Today-July 26! Click here for details and itinerary.

National Games Results

For Results from the 2010 USA National Games click here.

Bowling Athlete Kolan McConiughey From Ann Arbor Met Timothy Shriver!
Members of Team Michigan Flew With the 2010 Citation Special Olympics Airlift

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Team Michigan Headed Team Michigan

National Games Athlete Got Three Gold Medals! His Trainer Will Shave His Head!

Athlete Michael Currie got the gold. He traveled with 60 other Special Olympics Michigan athletes as part of Team Michigan, to the 2010 USA National Games in Nebraska. Michael lives in Bear Lake and is part of Area 2 (Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and Leelanau counties). He competed in aquatics. Michael had an added incentive to get the gold. Michael’s personal trainer, Keith Bandli at FAST Fitness FAST Physical Therapy in Traverse City, made Michael a promise. Keith plans to shave his head if Michael wins a gold medal! Keith said, “I don’t have a round head, it’s oblong, so I’m a little scared.”

Keith and FAST have provided Michael with more than six months of free personal training. During that time, Michael strengthened his core, improved his coordination and even become more confidant, social and outgoing. Something special happened too. A unique bond formed between Michael and Keith, during their time training together, “When I first started working him he had a hard time doing any core stuff and now he goes from one exercise to the next and the next. I feel gratified.”

The head shaving event will take place on Tuesday, July 27 at 12:15 p.m. at Fast Fitness Fast Physical Therpay in Copper Ridge Complex in Traverse City. The community and media are invited to attend to see this special moment! 

USA National Games Final Leg Nebraska

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2010 State Summer Games Results  

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Saturday, September 25, 2010: Learn more about the First Global Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day

Special Olympics Chairman and CEO, Tim Shriver, and Best Buddies Founder and Chairman, Anthony Shriver, announced an official annual day in honor of their mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, every fourth Saturday in September. The first Eunice Kennedy Shriver day will be September 25, 2010.   More 

Great Michigan Race for Special Olympics Michigan

If you’ve ever wished you could be on CBS’s The Amazing Race, then the Great Michigan Race is for you.

Benefiting Special Olympics Michigan athletes, the Great Michigan Race is a one day event consisting of 200 four-person teams competing to be the first to make it successfully to the final destination. Read More.

15 Years of “Musk-see” Fishing for Special Olympics Michigan 

By Laura Drabczyk

More than 100 fishermen shot out of the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club on the morning of June 22nd for the 15th annual Michigan-Ontario Muskie Club (M.O.M.C.) fishing derby charity fundraiser to benefit Special Olympics Michigan. Four lucky athletes from the Grosse Pointe/Harper Woods area got to spend the day on the water with the fishermen, riding the waves and landing some great fish. Read More.