Special Olympics Team Returns Home From Seattle Games

WARWICK, RI — The 40 athletes with Team Rhode Island were due back from the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games on Sunday. Their plane was scheduled to land at TF Green Airport just after midnight on Sunday. The athletes spent a week in competition in Seattle. Here is a list of their achievements.

USA GAMES RESULTS – TEAM RHODE ISLAND

ATHLETICS: Nick Caprio – Cranston 200 Meter – 6th Place 400 Meter – 5th Place Running Long Jump – Gold Medal 4 x 400 Relay –Gold Medal Kelsey Kriner - Newport 200 Meter – 5th Place 400 Meter – - 4th Place Running Long Jump – 4th Place 4 x 400 Relay – Gold Medal Antonio Piccirillo - Johnston 200 Meter – 4th Place 400 Meter – 6th Place Running Long Jump – Bronze Medal 4 x 400 Relay – Gold Medal Marina Temple - Bristol 200 Meter – 4th Place 400 Meter – 5th Place Running Long Jump – Bronze Medal 4 x 400 Relay – Gold Medal

BOWLING: Kayla Delehanty – Newport Singles, 6th Place Unified Doubles – Bronze Medal Crista DiSano (unified partner) – Seekonk Unified Doubles – Bronze Medal

GOLF: Chris Lussier - Warwick High Performance Singles – Silver Medal Keith Wilcox - Cranston Golf Skills – Silver Medal Joe Siravo – Pawtucket Unified Golf - Gold Medal Paul Lonczak (unified partner) - Narragansett Unified Golf - Gold Medal

POWERLIFTING: Stephenie Kane - Middletown Bench Press – Silver Medal Deadlift – Bronze Medal Combination Bench Press/Deadlift – Silver Medal Norm Marsh - Jamestown Bench Press – Gold Medal Andy Tabachini - Narragansett Bench Press – Bronze Medal Deadlift – Silver Medal Combination (Bench Press & Deadlift) Silver Medal

SWIMMING: Ryan Fleming - Lincoln 100M Freestyle (high performance) – 5th Place 100M Butterfly – Bronze Medal 100M IM (high performance) – Bronze Medal 4 x 25 Freestyle Relay – Bronze Medal North Infante - Westerly 400M Freestyle – Gold Medal 800M Freestyle – Gold Medal 200M IM – Silver Medal 4 x 25 Freestyle Relay – Bronze Medal Emily Miller - Saunderstown 25M Freestyle – 5th Place 25M Backstroke – Gold Medal 4 x 25 Freestyle Relay – Bronze Medal Rachel Rasnick - Barrington 100M Freestyle - DNF 50M Backstroke – 5th Place 50M Breaststroke – Silver Medal 4 x 25 Freestyle Relay – Bronze Medal

UNIFIED BASKETBALL: Mt. Pleasant High School, Providence – 4th Place Athletes: Raymond, Arcillares, Christopher Cotto, Charles Fontes, Cassiana Fuller, Maurice Johnson and Jaylayah Murray Unified partners: Moises Flores, Cazzimaria Johnson, Luis Nolasco and Matthew Osinaga

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