More than 100 athletes will take part in a Special Olympics track, field and tennis competition on Sunday, April 27, at Cartan Field on the Menlo School campus in Atherton.
Opening ceremonies with the lighting of the Olympic torch start at 10 a.m. on the field. The public is encouraged to attend and cheer on the athletes from San Mateo and San Francisco counties. Admission is free. Cartan Field borders Alejandro Avenue, off El Camino Real.
Special Olympics provide year-round training and competition opportunities for people with disabilities. The track and field competition also includes adaptive sports activities such as the softball throw. This is the 17th year that Menlo School has hosted the event.
Contestants train for a minimum of eight weeks in order to compete, but all Special Olympics athletes are encouraged to participate, regardless of skill level.
All athletes will receive T-shirts and water bottles, designed by Menlo students. Volunteers include Menlo students and parents, as well as volunteers from the Atherton and South San Francisco police departments and the San Mateo County Department of Public Works.
Menlo high school students will team up with the athletes as buddies. Middle school students and their parents are organizing the Olympic Village, where athletes and their buddies can relax and play games between events.
Local merchants helping sponsor the event are: Draeger’s markets, See’s Candy, JiBE Promotional Marketing, Posh Bagels, Peet’s Coffee and Tea, Sigona’s Farmers Market, and Sodexho Services.
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