Special Olympics Athletes to Compete in the Northern Time Trials

The 2019 Special Olympics Connecticut Northern Time Trials, presented by Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Hoffman Audi, will take place on Sunday, May 5th at The Loomis Chaffee School, 4 Batchelder Road in Windsor, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free and all are invited to come out and cheer on the athletes. For more information, visit soct.org, email specialolympicsct@soct.org or call (230) 203-1201. And, follow Special Olympics Connecticut on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

This annual event gives athletes of all abilities from the region opportunities to compete in Track & Field and Swimming, after months of training and preparation. Over 900 athletes and Unified Sports® teammates are expected to participate. An additional 250 coaches and 400 volunteers will support the event. Because of the weather that's predicted, field events for this Sunday's event have been canceled. However, track and swimming events are expected to go on as scheduled.

The Northern Time Trials is a qualifying event for the Special Olympics Connecticut Summer Games state competition, coming up the weekend of June 7th through 9th at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, the Yale Dewitt Cuyler Athletic Complex and Hamden Hall Country Day School Skiff Street Athletic Complex, both of Hamden, and Yale University West Campus in Orange.

In addition to Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Hoffman Audi, sponsors of the Northern Time Trials include Griffin Industrial Realty and the Wolf Pack Community Foundation - Bronze Sponsors, and TD Bank - a Supporting Sponsor.

About Special Olympics Connecticut

Special Olympics Connecticut provides year-round sports training and competitions for over 12,000 athletes of all ages with intellectual disabilities and Unified Sports® partners - their teammates without disabilities. Through the joy of sport, the Special Olympics movement transforms lives and communities throughout the state and in 172 countries around the world by promoting good health and fitness and inspiring inclusion and respect for all people, on and off the playing field. (www.soct.org)

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