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Special Olympics Maryland holds summer games in Towson

Updated: 11:04 AM EDT Jun 21, 2022

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COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS RETURN BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. JENNIFER: THANKS, TAYLOR. SPECIAL OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM ACROSS MARYLAND ARE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY THIS WEEKEND TAKING PART IN THE SUMMER GAMES. JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING FROM TOWSON UNIVERSITY IS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND, JIM SCHMUTZ. GREAT TO SEE YOU. YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE PHENOMENAL WEATHER. >> ITS REALLY COOL TO LISTEN TO THAT WEATHER. ITS UNBELIEVABLE THE DIFFERENCE FROM YESTERDAY TO TODAY. WE HAD OUR OPENING CEREMONY LAST NIGHT, SO MUCH ENERGY AND ITS COMING BACK HERE ON THE TRACK THIS MORNING. WEVE GOT HOWARD COUNTY ATHLETES GETTING READY FOR THE 3000 METER TO KICK US OFF. WE ARE PUMPED TO BE BACK IN TOWSON. JENNIFER: YOU HAVE TWO DAYS FILLED WITH EVENTS. YOU DID THE CHILLING COMPETITION -- CHEERLEADING COMPETITION LAST NIGHT AS WELL. HOW CAN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED? >> THEY CAN COME OUT TODAY AND JUST WATCH. . IF THEY VOLUNTEER, THEY CAN MARKUP. IF THEY WANT TO COME OUT AND VOLUNTEER TOMORROW, THEY CAN WALK UP. ITS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. COME OUT TO THE TRACK. WEVE GOT BOCCE, SWIMMING INSIDE, SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT AT ELLICOTT CITY AT AEROTECH PARK. THEYVE GOT VOLUNTEERS DOWN THERE. ITS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. COME CHECK OUT OUR ATHLETES. THE BOCCE COMPETITION IS REALLY COOL. JENNIFER: IT MEANS SO MUCH FOR THE ATHLETES TO HAVE PEOPLE COME OUT AND CHEER THEM ON. IT REALLY PUMPS THEM UP. >> THE ENERGY, THE ATHLETES BRING SO MUCH ENERGY. WE TALK ABOUT IT, AS MUCH AS THE MISSION IS FOR THE ATHLETES, WHEN PEOPLE INTERACT WITH OUR ATHLETES, THEIR LIVES ARE TRANSFORMED. JUST TO, AND WATCH THESE ATHLETES, AND LOOK, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE FULLY BACK, THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019. I AM TELLING YOU, THE ATHLETES AND COACHES AND FAMILY MEMBERS ARE SO EXCITED TO BE OUT HERE, AND SO I MIGHT. FIRST GUN IS UP AT 9:00 THIS MORNING. THE OTHER THING WEVE GOT IS HEALTHY ATHLETES STARTING THIS MORNING AT 10:00. WEVE GOT DISCIPLINES LIKE SPECIAL SMILES, VISION SCREENINGS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE TOWSON UNION CENTER. AND AGAIN, A HEALTHY ATHLETE IS A BETTER ATHLETE. JENNIFER: BOY, YOURE NOT KIDDING. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO BUSY. YOU HAVE THIS MAJOR TRIP. SOME. TELL US WHERE THE ATHLETES WENT TO. >> WE HAD A DELEGATION OF ABOUT 100 ATHLETES, COACHES AND VOLUNTEERS DOWN IN ORLANDO FROM JUNE 5 TO THE 11TH COMPETING IN THE USA GAMES. THEY HAD AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE. IN ADDITION TO WINNING A LOT OF MEDEALS, THEY JUST HAD THE MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE. REPRESENTING SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. JENNIFER: LETS JUST REMIND PEOPLE THIS IS WHY YOU PLUNGE, THIS IS WHY YOU DONATE IN JANUARY, IN THIS CASE, IN MARCH, SO YOU CAN HOST GAMES JUST LIKE THIS. >> 100%. ATHLETES TRAIN YEAR-ROUND IN 27 DIFFERENT SPORTS FREE OF CHARGE. WHEN WE GO IN THAT COLD WATER IN JANUARY, IT SETS US UP FOR THE SPRING. AS SOON AS WE COME OUT OF THESE SUMMER GAMES, WEVE GOT ATHLETES GOING TO COMPETE IN KAYAKING, GOLF AND INTO OUR FALL SEASON, SOCCER, FLAG FOOTBALL, CYCLING, POWERLIFTING ANTENNAS. ATHLETES LOVE THE SPORTS AND THEY ARE EXCITED TO BE BACK IN ACTION. JENNIFER: TELL ALL MY FRIENDS ARE SET HI, WILL YOU? >>

Special Olympics Maryland holds summer games in Towson

Updated: 11:04 AM EDT Jun 21, 2022

Special Olympic athletes from across Maryland are in Baltimore County this weekend taking part in the summer games. Joining us from Towson University is president and CEO of Special Olympics Maryland, Jim Schmutz.

Special Olympic athletes from across Maryland are in Baltimore County this weekend taking part in the summer games. Joining us from Towson University is president and CEO of Special Olympics Maryland, Jim Schmutz.

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