On Saturday, May 11, FHS Unified Track placed first in the Potomac Region Track and Field Championship for Unified Sports. The event was hosted by Special Olympics and included nine unified teams from the region. As Unified Sports teams have become more mainstream in the area, events like the Potomac Championship have become possible.
There were 22 events in all; athletes and partner athletes competed together throughout all of the events, from sprints to relays to long jumps.
As FHS’ team walked off the track in victory, they began to sing “We Are the Champions” to celebrate the end of the season and placing first in the meet.
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- Dylan Portalence (12) holds the first place trophy in celebration.
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- Freedom coaches cheer their team on.
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- Broad Run athletes receive participation ribbons at the end of the meet.
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- Masha Akbari (9) runs in the 100 meter dash.
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- Farouk Al Alousi (11) participates in the long jump.
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- Luis “Luigi” Aguirre (9), Sam Ramadan (12) and Will Holt (11) run the 400 meter.
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- Loudoun Valley athletes cheer as the meet begins.
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- Athletes ran a variety of events, but one of the biggest highlights was the relay.
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- A Broad Run student jumps several feet in the air for the long jump.
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- Quinn Tang (12) high fives Ms. Alexander.
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- Masha Akbari (9) prepares to grab the baton in the relay race.
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- A Loudoun Valley athlete runs in the 400 meter dash.
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- A Stone Ridge athlete participates in the Race Walk.
