Find Special Olympics Near Me
Find your local region and help make our community a better, healthier, and more joyful place—one athlete, one volunteer, one family member at a time.
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Peninsula Region
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Rappahannock Region
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Meet The Team

Athletics

Melissa Black

Coach, Athletics
Hometown: Goochland
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Ashleigh Tootle

Athlete, Athletics
Hometown: Alexandria

Shon Gore

Athlete, Athletics
Hometown: Fairfax

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Daisha Brown

Athlete, Athletics
Hometown: Quinton
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Eddy Sandoval

Athlete, Athletics
Hometown: Chantilly
Unified Athletics

Wesley Farkas

Coach, Unified Athletics
Hometown: Crozier
Ava Freeman

Ava Freeman

Unified Partner, Track and Field
Hometown: Goochland
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Conner Emmert

Unified Athlete, Track and Field
Hometown: Goochland
Destiny Brent

Destiny Brent

Athlete, Track and Field
Hometown: Goochland
Dymontrie Hopkins

Dymontrie Hopkins

Athlete, Track and Field
Hometown: Goochland
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Owen Powers

Athlete, Track and Field
Hometown: Sandy Hook
Sam Farkas

Sam Farkas

Athlete, Track and Field
Hometown: Crozier

Jack Stern

Athlete/Unified Partner
Hometown: Manakin Sabot
Bocce
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Joanne Catron

Coach, Bocce
Hometown: Keysville
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Raegan Robertson

Athlete, Bocce
Hometown: Remington, VA
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Soraya Jordan

Athlete, Bocce
Hometown: Woodbridge, VA
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Paul Murray

Athlete, Bocce
Hometown: Norfolk, VA
Bowling
Barbara Haven

Barbara Haven

Coach, Flag Football
Hometown: Halifax

Gena Callahan

Coach, Bowling
Hometown: Rustburg

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Matt Adamo

Coach, Bowling
Hometown: Christiansburg
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Anna Young

Athlete, Bowling
Hometown: Charlottesville
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Travis Hunter

Athlete, Bowling
Hometown: Chesterfield, Virginia
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Brandon Chun

Unified Partner, Bowling
Hometown: Blacksburg
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Quenton Holder

Athlete, Bowling
Hometown: Chesapeake, Virginia

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Brianna Adamo

Unified Partner, Bowling
Hometown: Christiansburg

Melinda Andrews

Athlete, Bowling
Hometown: Christianburg

Sara Nicholson

Athlete, Bowling
Hometown: Greenbush

Benjamin Norris

Athlete, Bowling
Hometown: Blacksburg
Flag Football
Barbara Parker-Rawls

Barbra Parker-Rawls

Coach, Flag Football
Hometown: Hampton

Henry Rawls

Head Coach, Flag Football
Hometown: Hampton
William Harshaw

William Harshaw

Coach, Flag Football
Hometown: Virginia Beach
Brian Boyd

Brian Boyd

Athlete, Flag Football
Hometown: Virginia Beach

George Douglas

Athlete, Flag Football
Hometown: Norfolk



Samantha Errico

Athlete, Flag Football
Hometown: Norfolk

Nathaniel Green

Athlete, Flag Football
Hometown: Virginia Beach




Roman Harshaw

Athlete, Flag Football
Hometown: Virginia Beach

Zion Samuels

Athlete, Flag Football
Hometown: Chesapeake

Kevin Miller

Athlete, Flag Football
Hometown: Virginia Beach



Dominic Marinello

Athlete, Flag Football
Hometown: Virginia Beach



Golf
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Joseph Long

Unified Partner, Golf
Hometown: McLean
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Ashley Bruno

Athlete, Golf
Hometown: Virginia Beach
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Christopher Clark

Athlete, Golf
Hometown: Chesapeake
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Michael Long

Athlete, Golf
Hometown: McLean, Virginia
Wilson Chua

Wilson Chua

Coach, Golf
Hometown: Ashburn

Harold Viado

Unified Partner, Golf
Hometown: Suffolk
Pickleball
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CJ Gallagher

Ahtlete, Pickleball
Hometown: Midlothian

Robert Luk

Unified Partner, Pickleball
Hometown: North Chesterfield




Dominick Powell

Athlete, Pickelball
Hometown: Henrico

Keith Walker

Unified Partner, Pickleball
Hometown: Ashland
Powerlifting

Jerry Stanphill

Coach, Powerlifting
Hometown: Monroe

William Blakey

Athlete, Power Lifting
Hometown: Amherst
Swimming
Marjorie Gray

Marjorie Gray

Coach, Swimming
Hometown: Springfield
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Joy Cavagnaro

Coach, Swimming
Hometown: Boyce

Frank Millikan

Coach, Swimming
Hometown: Woodbridge
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Tyler Bernreuther

Athlete, Swimming
Hometown: Ashburn
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Akhilesh Savand


Athlete, Swimming
Hometown: Ashburn
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Megan Shepard

Athlete, Swimming
Hometown: Virginia Beach

Tennis
Madeleine Barrera

Madeleine Barrera

Head Coach, Tennis
Hometown: Virginia Beach
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Tomoya Wylie

Athlete, Tennis
Hometown: Woodbridge


Kristen Locatelli

Athlete, Tennis
Hometown: Glen Allen, Virginia
Volleyball

Heather Dail

Head Coach, Flag Football
Hometown: Fredericksburg

Alyssa Burdick

Athlete, Volleyball
Hometown: Spotsylvania

Christopher Dail

Athlete, Volleyball
Hometown: Fredericksburg


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Troy Garbutt

Athlete, Volleyball
Hometown: Fredericksburg


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Derrick Graves

Athlete, Volleyball
Hometown: Fredericksburg
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Dennis Habel

Athlete, Volleyball
Hometown: Fredericksburg
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Kevin Haynes

Athlete, Volleyball
Hometown: Fredericksburg

Charles Marciniak

Athlete, Volleyball
Hometown: Fredericksburg
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Daniel Pittman

Athlete, Volleyball
Hometown: Fredericksburg

Brian Richard

Athlete, Volleyball
Hometown: Partlow
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James Wenley

Athlete, Volleyball
Hometown: Tappahannock
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Justin Wolfe

Athlete, Volleyball
Hometown: Locust Grove
Delegation Support

Veronica Jennings

Head of Delegation
Hometown: Fairfax 

Ellen Head

Assistant Head of Delegation
Hometown: Fairfax

Kelli Bonner

Delegation Support
Hometown: Richmond


Izabel Nelson

Delegation Support
Hometown: Virginia Beach



Mariela Monterrosa Rodriguez

Delegation Support
Hometown: Woodbridge

Sean Wallach

Delegation Support
Hometown: Leesburg

John Martinez

Delegation Media Support
Hometown: Lorton
Rose Ann Gamma

Rose Ann Gamma

Delegation Support/Staff Member
Hometown: Ruckersville

Sara Salvato

Delegation Medical Support
Hometown: Ashland