Celina ISD currently has 35 Bobcat athletes on the Special Olympics' Team, and this includes athletes from kindergarten through high school. The athletes compete in four areas throughout the year, Bocce, Bowling, Basketball and Track & Field. In January, the athletes competed in basketball. For this sport, the athletes compete in three skills such as dribbling, passing and shooting. The practices are typically during the school day. We have high hopes that Celina will qualify and participate in the area and State competitions in the next couple of years. Each campus does a send off for their Special Olympic athletes like they would for any other champion Bobcat! Each year, more and more staff and families are wearing our fundraising spirit shirts for our competition days. We've hosted our first fundraiser to help provide future support for our athletes' travels, food and competition needs, and we collected almost $300 this Spring. We were truly honored by the Celina Quarterback Club, who were able to support us with team uniforms for our secondary students to travel in true Bobcat form to our competitions this year. In addition, Celina Junior High and Dicks Sporting Goods have helped support us with a huge financial foundation by donating a portion of their contest winnings to our Special Olympics program. This Bobcat family is full of caring, loving and supportive individuals that make it home. Thank you, to each and every Bobcat Heart out there! Our Special Olympic Athletes recently competed in a basketball competition at Austin College at the end of January. If you haven't attended a Special Olympics competition, please make plans to attend in the future. It is an amazing day full of sportsmanship and pure joy for all in attendance!! Congratulations to the following athletes: Celina Elementary Landen Flitcraft - 3rd place Noah Green - 4th place Miles McGaughey - 2nd place Brantly Meekins - 4th place Emmanuel Salgado - 1st place Canden Smith - 3rd place O'Dell Elementary Brence Aranton-Garcia - 2nd place Brody Baze - 3rd place Max Boyd - 2nd placeler Ethan Hammock - 2nd place Callie Miller - 1st place Landan Moore - 1st place Ty Ross - 1st place Brody Williams - 1st place 6th Grade Campus Slade Davis - 3rd place Bella Lee - 1st place Aiden Wright - 3rd place Celina Junior High Ethan Almasan - 3rd place Josh Bensaiah - 1st place Leydi Garcia Rodriguez - 4th place Jenna Hemphill - 3rd place Female student athlete -3rd place Male student athlete - 3rd place Charlie Mesita - 2nd place Derek Orozco - 2nd place Celina High School Barrett Bohall - 1st place Ryann De Young - 4th place Francisco Moreno - 3rd place Dane Parsons - 3rd place Lorenzo Rangel - 2nd place Baily Thacker - 1st place 16
OurCelina.com | February 2020
