Awards accompany the 2

nd
day of competition!
Today every one of our teams competed and so many of our athletes received awards. It was supposedly one of the
hottest days of the year (according to locals), but everyone competed hard and look forward to what the rest of the
week has in store.

Athletics
Everybody on the athletics team competed today with two of the athletes having finals: Eric Wright won gold in the 50
meter run and Danny won silver in the 400 meter run. Eric was so excited and it was great that his family was there to
see it. Officially he was the first medal of the 2014 USA Games for Team Missouri. He didnt even know it was his final.
We just told him to run as if youre going for the gold and he did. He was so excited and kept asking, I did good, didnt
I?
Paige Hall, Maria Arnett and Jane Highland all competed in their preliminary 100 meter run. Maria ran a fantastic race.
Allen Tobin and Jason Coffman had their preliminaries in shotput. Shelley Antle had her preliminary in the standing
long jump and is within inches of the person who finished first in preliminaries.
Wednesdays schedule has a lot of Team Missouri athletes competing in finals, so stay tuned as the results come in!
Aquatics
It was a good day today for the aquatics team as the athletes had
their first round of finals and these were the results:
Nathan Baldwin: 4
th
place in the 25 yard backstroke
Logan Hulett: Bronze in the 200 yard freestyle
Cody Anderson: Silver in the 200 yard freestyle and bronze in the 100
yard medley
Libby Waddell: Bronze in the 100 yard individual medley and bronze
in the 200 yard freestyle
Tomorrow holds more preliminaries and finals for our swimmers and theyre really looking forward to getting back in
the pool.

Mens basketball
The mens basketball team played a really good New Jersey team that was much quicker and stronger than our
athletes. New Jersey played a great 3-guard fast break offense that accounted for more than 60 percent of their
points. It was just really hard for our guys to stop them. Coach Stan Smith said the team also didnt handle the kind of
press New Jersey threw at them. But he also said that he was proud of the team for not complaining about it and
keeping their cool trying to find the best way to break through. The team is still not sure when its playing on
Wednesday, but will find out as early as possible. Stay tuned to the mobile app for details as they become available.

Womens basketball
The womens basketball team lost to Ohio today 24-12. They women on the Ohio team were just taller and bigger than
our Team Missouri athletes and it was too much to handle. Ohio jumped on us pretty quickly with their tall girls in the
game, but eventually our girls battled hard to close the gap. The womens team is also unsure of when its playing
Wednesday and will find out early in the morning, so check the app early and often.

Bocce
Today was hot and frustrating one for the bocce team after a couple of technical difficulties and scheduling quirks left
the team sitting for most of the day without the chance to compete. They were able to get over to see the powerlifting
competition and cheer on Team Missouris two athletes competing there, but most of the morning was a wash.
When they all returned in the early evening,
Unified Partner Jeanie Byland and Melissa Buss
finished 1-1 beating Louisiana 10-6 and dropping
their second match. Matthew Cepeda and UP
William Reese squared off against fellow Team
Missouri members UP Scott Copeland and Pierce
Rash with Matthew and William coming out on top.
Both teams played an eventual second match
against other states, but both dropped those matches. UP Mike Lowry and Lonnie Thornton lost a really, really close
first match 9-10 and Rebecca Tincknell and UP Courtney Patton are still waiting to play their second game, which will
finish up on Wednesday morning. Linda Tyler and Morgan Coombe werent able to play because one of the athletes on
the team they were supposed to play spent the day in the hospital. They are set to resume play Wednesday morning at
8 a.m. Coach Kathy Lowry said its been nice to see the parents in attendance really help the team out, not just their
own athletes, but the whole team.

Bowling
Today was the finals day of singles competition in which the guys did really well. Michael Lunceford bowled a 160 and
his average is a 91, so that was a huge improvement; he finished with the gold medal in his division! Chris Miller was in a
really tough group and bowled a 208 in one of his games. Another athlete who bowled way over his average was Ryan
Fant who typically bowls around a 100, but in his third game had a 163. Awards followed at Rider University and the
athletes didnt know how they placed until they were on the podium. Ryan had no idea he got a silver and the look on
his face after finding out he got silver place was priceless. Even the usually stoic and quiet Chris had a smile on his face
when he found out he won the gold medal in his division.
As far as the lady bowlers, Tanya Johnson got 8
th
place and really was just happy to be there. Tiffany finished 4
th
and
Lindsey Hawkins took home the bronze.
Wednesdays schedule includes Unified Doubles and regulation doubles with the team competition set for Thursday.
Flag Football
The flag football team is still trying to get on track after losing both games today. Coach Steve Wilmesherr said the
second game was a lot closer and they played better and really should have won, but they still made too many mistakes
to come out on top. The team will square off against Colorado at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday

Golf
Coach Ken Neff said the golf team collectively took a step back during competition Tuesday, but athletes still had their
heads held high with smiles on their faces as they walked off the course and thats what is key. As a whole everything is
running really smoothly at the golf venue and all of the athletes will need to step up their game on their final day of
competition on Wednesday. Ken also said that Tina Jones and Teree Trussells scores in individual skills (higher scores
are better) on Monday werent as low as reported in the Monday night newsletter, but in the low 50s instead of the
40s. The team attended the baseball game tonight and Teree was one of the athletes who got to throw out the first
pitch. They all had a blast at the game.

Powerlifting
Powerlifters Dary McIntyre and Brianne Chavez had an absolutely
phenomenal day of competition according to coach Ed Blaylock.
Brianne just totally dominated everyone in the female division and
probably could have outlifted most of the men. She set a personal
record by squatting 330 lbs. and probably could have done 350 easily
if given the chance she was that on it today. She then benched 165
lbs. and deadlifted 358, which gave her a total of 854 lbs. on the day.
All of those lifts won her a gold medal and was obviously good
enough for the overall gold medal in the combination as well (four gold medals in total).
Dary McIntyre was in a really tough division against some really good competition, but still started off the day by taking
gold in the squat. He then took fourth place in the bench press and bronze in the deadlift with 330 lbs. Overall, these
three places earned him a silver medal in the combination portion. So, Dary won each of the medals and ribbons
available (gold, silver, bronze and 4
th
place).
While on the awards stand, the athletes not only received their medals, but also get a nice bouquet of flowers. Well, for
some reason the flowers werent available for the female powerlifters, but following Darys awards ceremony, he gave
his flowers to Brianne who, isnt one to really show much emotion, started crying. All in all it was a good day of
competition for the Team Missouri powerlifters. They are now finished for the week.

Tennis -
Both Bobby Williams and Brittany Selken competed in singles today before their finals begin on Thursday.
Unfortunately, both of them lost their matches. Bobby lost a really close match against an athlete from New Jersey.
Coach Peggy Llewellyn-Neff said it was a really close and intense match and probably was the gold medal match with
the way it was played.
Both sets of Unified Doubles (with UPs Jeremie Ballinger and Ashley Wurst) will compete Wednesday morning, both
for the gold medal.

Volleyball
The volleyball team had preliminary matches again Colorado and Pennsylvania on Tuesday. In the morning session,
Team Missouri won both games (in three sets against Pennsylvania and two against Colorado). In the afternoon, they
beat Pennsylvania again (this time in two sets), but lost to Colorado in three really, really close sets. They are adding
another team to their division tomorrow in New Jersey. They are set to play at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on
Wednesday.

Blog posts -
This morning, Alex Kunz had gotten a hat from Olympic Village yesterday and he was wearing it. The athletes could
get whatever they wanted on it. Alex accidentally said Mom Magic so they put Mom Magic on his hat. See more of
Rachel Antals (PR Assistant while at the 2014 USA Games) blog here.

If you're a sports fan there's a game or performance you always remember, like Michael Jordan's Flu Game or Tiger
Woods winning a major with an injured leg. Special Olympics is like that as well. There's always an athlete or a moment
that stands out and reminds you why it's so inspiring. Today was that day for me. See more of Jeremie Ballingers
(Unified Partner in tennis) blog here.

Have I mentioned this bowling alley has 82 lanes? That is pretty challenging when you have six athletes spread out
from lane 12 to lane 64. Coach Bea and I took turns running around to check on everyone and give them a little
encouragement when they needed it. Luckily MO Magic fans are the best, so there were only a few times when our
athletes were truly on their own. See more of Mandi Steward Ballingers (sports manager for bowling) blog here.

Day 4 (Monday) Competition Begins or the Best Day of My Life See more of Linda Wiederholts (sports manager for
powerlifting and tennis) blog here.


Mobile App -
Dont forget to download the Team Missouri mobile app on your Apple or Android devices. This will be the most
immersive MO Magic experience and the best way to follow the team all week while our athletes are busy making you
all proud back home. Whether youre joining us in New Jersey or watching from afar, the app really does have
something for everybody (schedules, photo galleries, alerts on when athletes receive awards, videos and more!). If you
dont have a mobile device capable of utilizing the app, you can still access the app via the web at http://m.core-
apps.com/somo_2014 or just stay tuned at www.somo.org/momagic.

Videos -
Get a first-hand account of what its like for the athletes as they go through Healthy Athletes Park with these two
videos (here & here)
Photo Galleries -
Photos from the sports and fun activities are available both on our Flickr account and on our Facebook page. They will
be updated throughout the week so be sure to check in on a daily basis!