National Games

Special Olympics USA 2010 National Games

71 Special Olympics athletes and 19 coaches from Illinois (see complete list of delegation below) competed in the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games in Lincoln, Neb. The Illinois athletes are among 3,000 others from 48 states participating in the National Games from July 18-23. Illinois had numerous volunteers and officials taking part in the National Games.

National Games Updates  

Read Illinois National Games newsletters daily under Downloads at the bottom of this page and view photos from National Games.

Download results from National Games here.

Illinois Delegation Members

(Area numbers reflect new Area Structure as of July 1, 2010) 

Aquatics         

Marcy  Bobell of Springfield Park District, Area 17
Ashley Bosley of Kankakee School Districts, Area 8
Bob Kuhlmann of Dream Catchers, Area 10
Frank Patterson of WSSRA, Area 5
Marla Scoggins of Alton School District, Area 12
Jennifer Slater of Macomb Park District, Area 4
Eric Swartz of Springfield Park District, Area 17
Kurtis VanKuiken of Lansing Knights of Columbus, Area 7
Coaches Vicki Mann & Erin Newport

Athletics         

Jim Albers of Clinton County Cats, Area 12
Jacqueline Beasley of Leyden High School, Area 5
Aaron Drescher of NWSRA, Area 18
Megan Graf of Tri-Valley Special Olympics, Area 6
Abigail Grys of Pekin IRVSRA, Area 6
Melanie Harwood of Energizer Bunnies, Area 13
Mudiwa Jabulani of Gage Park, Area 3
Justin Kieffer of Kieffer Independent, Area 14
Latoya Monroe of Human Service Center, Area 15
Dwight Nosbisch of Rockford Special Olympics, Area 1
Jeremiah Seitz of ARC Community, Area 4
Bernie Troutwine of Warren County Special Olympics, Area 4
Coaches Craig Ameel, Sherri Izban & Darci Peadro

Bocce 

Carissa Lee of Rockford Special Olympics, Area 1
Brian Mosley of Illinois Valley Industries, Area 16
Katy Palmer of Warren County Special Olympics, Area 4
Charles Sneed of Progress Port Inc., Area 15
Coach Stacey Metheney

Bowling

Nathan Behnke of Olney Rebels, Area 9
Kathy Maloney of MNASR, Area 18
John Terrelli of NWSRA, Area 18
Meloni Whitten of Kieffer Independent, Area 14
Coach Matt Corso

Female Basketball      

Maika Boswell of Elim Christian School, Area 7
Hannah Brown of NISRA, Area 13
Leslie Gasser of Elim Christian School, Area 7
Brandi Kirk of Princeton High School, Area 16
Sara LaPorte of Miner School, Area 18
Michelle Meegan of Hinsdale South High School, Area 5
Crystal Morse (Smith) of Gateway Services, Area 16
Ela Stoklosa of Hersey High School, Area 18
Casey Stonerock of Elim Christian School, Area 7
Maria Torres of Hersey High School, Area 18
Coaches Lisa Wisniewski & Katie Clothier

Golf    

Sean Hurley of Marquette Park, Area 3
Katelyn Sicinski of LWSRA, Area 7
Unified - Christopher Rinaldi of NEDSRA, Area 5
Unified - Roy Rinaldi (Partner) of NEDSRA, Area 5
Coach Todd Mallo

Male Basketball         

Pedro Banda of Beardstown Special Olympics, Area 11
Adam Cheatham of Lincoln Park District, Area 10
Samuel Flagg of Eastside Terrace, Area 10
Joel Gomez of Hersey High School, Area 18
David Hooker of Gateway Services, Area 16
David Svitak of SEASPAR, Area 5
Darnell Thompson of Ada S McKinley Industries, Area 3
Robert Verduin of Hinsdale South High School, Area 5
Coaches Scott McMahon & Gail White

Powerlifting   

Nicole Brickwood of NWSRA/Palatine High School, Area 18
Collette Kensinger of SOAR, Area 6
Dain Miller of Fox Valley SRA, Area 2
Larry LJ Wierema of Gateway SRA, Area 5
Coach Mike Younie

Softball          

Matthew Albers of Clinton County Cats, Area 12
Chad Bollinger of Pathway Services, Area 11
Matthew Davis of Clinton County Cats, Area 12
Alex Fortunato of NISRA, Area 13
Robert Grey Jr. of Opportunity House, Area 1
John Henderson of Eastside Terrace, Area 10
Ronald Kamper of WDSRA, Area 2
Kyle Lindblom of Tri-Country SRA, Area 7
Dallas Miller of Eastside Terrace, Area 10
Mike Mohr of Opportunity House, Area 1
Mark Perkins of Pathway Services, Area 11
Nick Wedeking of Pathway Services, Area 11
Scott Wells of Tri-Country SRA, Area 7
Coaches David Dauphin, Alicia Fleege & Michael O'Brien

Tennis 

Lisa Hebel of Ottawa Eagles, Area 16
Robert Novicki of FCBT, Area 2
Unified - Brent Eriks of South Cook-Will /Area 7
Unified - Don Brozek (Partner) of South Cook-Will/Area 7
Coach Heidi Hayward

Alternates

Rex Gill Jr. of Lincoln Park District, Area 10 
Coaches Cindy Rubin

Staff

Head of Delegation - Brianna Beers
Assistant Head of Delegation - Verlinda Sapp
Additional Staff - Julie Smith
Additional Staff - Susan Badon

Sponsors of Illinois Delegation to National Games

• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
• Citation Special Olympics Airlift
• GE 
• Illinois Movers’ and Warehousemen’s Association
• Image Air 
• Chevy Missions (Illinois Chevy: Your Mission. Our Drive)

Thanks to all the companies that have donated use of their Cessna Citation private jets to help transport the Special Olympics Illinois delegation to Nebraska.

Illinois Based:
565 VV, Ltd.
Cook Sales Inc.
HI Tail It LLC
Luhr Bros., Inc.
MacNeil Automotive Products, Ltd.
WR Meadows, Inc.

Wisconsin Based:
Briggs & Stratton Corporation
Dynamic International

Nebraska Based:
Greater Omaha Packing/Silverstone Group

New Jersey Based:
Donald Gulbrandsen

Missouri Based:
Hanger 10
Great Southern Bank

Florida Based:
Mustang 215 LLC

Indiana Based:
Tom Wood

Ohio Based:
Cin-Air Ltd. 

In July 2006, the first Special Olympics USA National Games were held at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.