Members of the Humboldt County Special Olympics team, adults and children, will head to Reno for the Nevada State Summer Games on June 5-6 on the campus of the University of Nevada. Four hundred athletes and their volunteer coaches will come together at the University of Nevada, to experience the thrill of competing against other athletes from all over Nevada. After weeks of training and participating at a qualifying competition, athletes will compete in aquatics or track and field in state-of-the-art collegiate athletic facilities on the UNR campus. Summer Games is the culminating championship for aquatics and track & field and is one of the largest Special Olympics sporting competitions in Nevada. The minimum age of the competitors is eight years of age and there is no age limit cap. Athletes have varying ability levels and are put in divisions to compete against athletes of the approximate same ability level. Over 500 volunteers were on hand to fill a variety of volunteer positions over the course of the weekend.
