Buies Creek, N.C.—Campbell University’s Irwin Belk Track will be the site of Harnett County’s Spring Olympic Games to be held Friday, April 15, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
It has been eight years since Harnett County has held the Special Olympic Games in which athletes with intellectual disabilities compete in events such as standing long jump, running long jump, track and field events, softball throw and relay events. Volunteers are needed to help facilitate the day’s activities. Those individuals interested in helping should contact Thomas Brennan, Executive Director of the Harnett County Special Olympics for 2011, at [email protected]/* */ or call him at 919.935.1961.
Carmen Conners, co-host of WRDU’s Morning Rush, is honorary co-chair and emcee for the event.
Campbell’s 400-meter Irwin Belk Track includes eight, 42-inch lanes on a polyurethane surface and features a water jump for the steeple chase, high-jump “D” area, pole vault runway, two shot put rings and a discus/hammer ring. There is one long jump runway adjacent to the home stretch with a sand pit on each end to allow for wind direction changes.