Plane Amazing
These Special Olympics athletes are just some of the athlete coaches that will be at the Southwest Virginia Plane Pull supporting each of the Plane Pull teams! Get to know about your athlete coaches below and make sure to say hi before your pull!
Plane Amazing - Franklin Lawson
Franklin Lawson has been a Special Olympics Virginia athlete since 2010, and somewhere along the way he decided to try everything: swimming, bowling, bocce, basketball, track and field, volleyball, skiing, pickleball and flag football, for anyone still counting.
Plane Amazing - Dylan Jacquez
Dylan Jacquez joined Special Olympics Virginia in 2021 and has been going full speed ever since track and field, soccer, basketball and golf, all squeezed in around school.
Plane Amazing - Erica Bookout
Erica Bookout is small in stature and small in voice, but give her a box and a microphone and she will bring a crowd to its feet.
Plane Amazing - Nathon Horton
Nathon Horton has been a Special Olympics Virginia athlete since 1992 that is more than three decades of golf, volleyball, bowling and basketball, and he is not slowing down.
Plane Amazing - Joseph Koehler
Joseph Jung-Kyun Koehler has been track and field, bowling, bocce and basketball, plus more Summer and Fall State Championships than most people attend in a lifetime.
Plane Amazing - Joshua Crump
Joshua Crump has spent his time with Special Olympics Virginia playing baseball, basketball and soccer three sports, one very busy calendar.
Plane Amazing - Roger Johnson
Roger Johnson has been a Special Olympics athlete for 31 years, and he has used them well in basketball, swimming, track and field, softball, tennis and golf.
Get to know a Plane Pull coach before the event!
Our coaches love to share about their experiences with Special Olympics. If interested in having them come out to meet and pump up your Plane Pull team, click the link below.