Following is information about the Special Olympics Kentucky Area 7 Track and Field Meet which will be held in Erlanger this Saturday. Athletes from your area will be competing.
Please call or e-mail if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Mark
For Immediate Release
April 21, 2026
Contact: Mark Buerger, Special Olympics Kentucky
859-338-6075
mbuerger@soky.org
Special Olympics Area 7 Track and Field Meet Returns to Lloyd High School Saturday
Erlanger, Ky. – More than 60 athletes from Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen and Pendleton Counties will compete in the Special Olympics Kentucky Area 7 Track and Field Meet on Saturday, April 25, at Lloyd High School in Erlanger. The event gets underway with Opening Ceremonies, including the parade of athletes, at 9:45 a.m. The competition begins at 10.
This is the second of three weekends of the Special Olympics Area Track and Field season, which concludes May 9 in Louisville.
The Area 7 Track and Field Meet is one of eight regional meets held statewide this year. In all, nearly 1,100 athletes with intellectual disabilities throughout the state are expected to participate in area track and field competitions this year.
Participants in the Area 7 Track and Field Meet are competing to qualify for the Special Olympics Kentucky State Summer Games to be held June 5-7 at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond.
The Special Olympics Kentucky track and field season is made possible by the support of our Year-Round Partners Jersey Mike’s, Texas Roadhouse and Toyota.
For more information about the Area 7 Track and Field Meet or about the Special Olympics track and field program, contact Special Olympics Sports Program Manager Kathy Marshall at 502-695-8222 or kmarshall@soky.org.
Special Olympics is the world’s largest program of sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Participation in competitive events is open to all individuals eight years of age or older. Training and competition in local, area, state, and national programs is offered year-round in Kentucky in 15 sports. In addition to its traditional sports competitions, Special Olympics also offers early childhood programming through the Young Athletes Program and medical screenings though the Healthy Athletes Initiative. Special Olympics Kentucky began as a one-day event in Louisville in 1970 and has expanded to serve more than 11,300 athletes statewide annually. Special Olympics celebrated the 55th Anniversary of the global movement in 2023.
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Mark Buerger
VP of Communications and External Relations
Special Olympics Kentucky
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