2020 Special Olympics

The 2020 Special Olympics Calhoun/Cleburne Athletics (Track and Field) Events will be held Thursday, April 23, at the City of Oxford’s Choccolocco Park Sports Complex, 954 Leon Smith Parkway, Oxford.

The event is expected to attract over 160 athletes from prevocational (self-contained) classrooms from school systems across Calhoun and Cleburne Counties between the ages of 8 and 21. High school students from the Oxford, Jacksonville, Anniston, Piedmont, Calhoun County, and Cleburne County School systems will be on hand to assist and cheer on the athletes as they make their way between running, throwing, and jumping events.

Staff from the City of Oxford’s Parks and Recreation Department, the City of Jacksonville’s Parks and Recreation Department, Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, and The Arc of Calhoun and Cleburne Counties will run the various events, assisted by volunteers from local school systems and the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Calhoun county program. The Arc will coordinate lunch for the athletes and volunteers with food and beverages donated by area restaurants, local vendors, donors, and the Coca-Cola Bottling Company.

The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a parade of athletes. The athletes will then compete in up to three of the following events; 50 Meter or 100 Meter dashes, the softball, javelin or shot-put throws, standing long jump or long jump competitions and wheelchair and motor activities. The 4 X 4 relay will conclude the day’s events that afternoon.

In case of rain, the events will be held on April 28, 2020, at Choccolocco Park.

Special Olympics activities for youth are coordinated locally by The Arc of Calhoun and Cleburne Counties.

For more information, please contact Pati Tiller at 256-236-2857.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS AT CHOCCOLOCCO PARK | THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2020

Photo credit: Steve Gross