Team Ohio honored as First to arrive on Dove 1

Lincoln, Neb. – The first 2010 Special Olympic USA National Games athletes arrived in Lincoln, NE. today from Columbus, Ohio as part of the Cessna Airlift. The airlift is bringing 800 Special Olympics athletes and coaches to Lincoln on private aircraft to compete in the USA National Games, but athletes from Team Ohio were honored as the first to arrive to hundreds of cheering fans.

At some point this afternoon actor Harrison Ford will land his Cessna Citation jet in Lincoln, Neb. He’ll be carrying Special Olympics athletes who are coming here from New Mexico to compete in the 2010 USA National Games. Ford is honorary chairman of the Cessna Airlift for the 2010 Special Olympics 2010 USA National Games.

GSO Athlete to Compete in National Games

Gahanna, OH – Jessica Komjati of Gahanna, was chosen to represent Team Ohio at the 2010 USA Special Olympics National Games in Lincoln, NE from July 18-23, 2010.

For more information on this see:  2010 National Games

Good Luck Jess!

Watch this space for News and Results

Sunday, December 21, 2008 3:49 AM
By Simone Sebastian
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
ERIC ALBRECHT DISPATCH

Jessica Komjati, 17, holds up her first-place designation after swimming the 50-meter freestyle at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion at Ohio State University. Komjati swims with the Franklin Gahanna swim team.

Lifeguards lined the pool, one for each competing swimmer, during the state's first Special Olympics aquatics meet nearly four decades ago.

Questions about the athletes' capabilities have been washed away since then, and the annual competition for swimmers with intellectual disabilities has made a habit of proving that any perceived disadvantage, including age, can be overcome.