LOCALS TO COMPETE IN REGIONAL GAMES.Byline: Staff and Wire Services LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. - Santa Clarita's special athletes are among the 350 Special Olympians who will compete today in the inaugural Los Angeles Regional Games at Brentwood School Brentwood School is the name of some notable schools:
International sports program for people with intellectual disability. It provides year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type summer and winter sports for participants. . The local contingent will join teams from Long Beach, the South Bay, Greater Los Angeles, the Westside and Tri-Valley area programs. They have been training regularly in their events and will compete in track and field, golf and tennis. ``These athletes are dedicated to their training and are quite serious about doing their best in these games,'' said Andy Schwich, director of the organization's Los Angeles region. ``It's great to watch the athletes as they compete not only against each other but also against themselves, constantly striving to set personal records.'' The games are a part of the yearlong competition offered by Special Olympics. Athletes compete throughout Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, in 23 sports on a local level, as well as regionally, across the chapter in the summer and winter games
The students of Brentwood School, many of whom have been working for months to coordinate all aspects of the event, including fund raising, logistics, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and games management, will host the Los Angeles Regional Games. Special Olympics Southern California serves more than 11,000 children and adults with mental disabilities in an 11-county region of Southern California. The program offers sports training and competition in 23 individual and team sports on a year-round basis. Athletes range in age from 8 to 80. |
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