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Mitch's Moment
Passion for sports carries throughout the life of one Indiana teenager
A program that pairs athletes with intellectual disabilities, or athletes, with athletes without intellectual disabilities, or partners. The pair competes on the same team in the same sport in training and competition. Partners and athletes are paired together based on similar skill levels. Training regularly, the teams compete in local competition, as well as national and international competitions.
Special Olympics
Unified Sports
Four members of the Noblesville Unified Track and Field team explain why they got involved in Unified Sports.
Noblesville Unified Track and Field
Unified Sports was created to enable athletes to develop their skills and offer at outlet to build social skills. Athletes have the opportunity to build relationships with those in their school through inclusion and community involvement. State associations may decide for high schools to compete for state titles, allowing athletes to receive a varsity letter, as well as win a state association state trophy and ring. Unified Sports is active in more than 25 countries across the globe.
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A partnership between the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) and Special Olympics Indiana that was initiated by the IHSAA Student Advisory Committee in December 2012. The partnership promotes and provides an opportunity for student athletes to be leader, changing their lives, as well as the peers that have intellectual disabilities. Champions Together encourages student athletes to volunteer while giving the opportunity of inclusion throughout schools and communities.
Fundraising allows the student athletes to help promote the vision and programs of Special Olympics Indiana and Champions Together. Champions Together is supported by Special Olympics International as a model program to activate schools through "Project Unify," a project that is endorsed by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
Champions Together
Lee Lonzo, Director
Champions Together
Class: Junior
School: Noblesville High School
Sport: Track and Field
Favorite Events: 400 meter, 100 meter
Medal Count: 2 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
Activity Involvement: Special Olympics of Hamilton County, Champions Together, Unified Sports, ALPS University
On running with friends: "It makes me motivated. It
makes me want to catch up to them and run farther
and farther."
Player Profile
Mitch Bonar
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VIdeos by Anna Wilson
Statistics and information obtained
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