Special Olympics Oregon-Polk County

06/17/2026

Safe travels and good luck as our very own Coach Shana Hilyard Lavier leads Team Oregon Athletics to the USA Games 2026🏃🚶🏼‍♀️👩🏼‍🦽 Wishing the team all the best.... enjoy every moment 💚🍀

06/17/2026

Shout out to Athlete Jamie Primm representing USA Games Team Oregon in bowling!!! We are so proud of you!!!🎳 Your moment is here 💚🎳

06/14/2026

We are so proud of all of our amazing athletes competing at Track & Field regionals today!

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Thankful for our awesome coaches and supporters!!! 🧡💚💙

06/13/2026

AMAZING JOB ROLLING THUNDERS AT REGIONALS!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Our bocce athletes had a great day!!! We are so proud of our athletes & thankful for our coaches and supporters!!!

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Bubba and Colton received the sportsmanship award!!!🧡

06/13/2026

A beautiful summer day in the sun with some softball! We are proud of our amazing athletes & thankful for our awesome coaches!☀️

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🎉Go Polk County!!!🎉

06/13/2026

Great news! Our Polk County Leg is now live on the LETR website.

To register, start here: https://support.soor.org/26torchrun

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SOOR athletes can sign up by following these steps:

1. Select Register
2. Click Join a Team
3. Choose Independence PD
4. Select SOOR Athlete
5. Complete your registration information
6. For Run Location, select Polk County – July 2 Leg

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That should be all you need to get registered. If you run into any issues, please let us know and we’d be happy to help.

Reminder: Register by June 18 to guarantee your event t-shirt!

We’re excited to have everyone join us for another great Torch Run. See you on July 2!

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06/11/2026

Our very own Coach Shana will be heading up the Oregon track & field athletes at USA Games this year!!!

We are so proud of all of the athletes and coaches competing this year and especially those representing the great state of Oregon!🌲

“Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in my attempt”

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Here is a post from our track and field Coach Shana…

“Team Oregon is ready to compete in Minnesota. Can’t wait to be apart of such an amazing experience. For my family and friends, here is the link to follow Athletics and team Oregon🌲”

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https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2026/06/espns-coverage-of-2026-special-olympics-usa-games-begins-june-20-live-from-university-of-minnesota-in-minneapolis/?fbclid=IwdGRjcASW4bRjbGNrBJbhrWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHs29MCcbYWwRAYgJJoGA-3RsapgSyhngHn4pChMyQrN6Y-1_VTdFn423rSU4_aem_hKBY-hv8TmTOVCPSqZ97Hw

06/10/2026

Exciting weekend coming up!!!

Good luck to our Bocce and Track & Field teams as they compete at Regionals this weekend!

You have trained hard and earned this opportunity!!!

Believe in yourselves, compete with confidence, and enjoy every moment. We are so proud of you and will be cheering you on all weekend long. Good luck! 🍀🥇🥈🥉🎉

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06/07/2026

A fun afternoon with our track & field athletes!!!

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Every single one of the athletes did a great job!!! Next stop…REGIONALS!!!

06/07/2026

A beautiful morning for bocce ball! We are proud of our athletes!!!

GO ROLLING THUNDERS!!!

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Next up…REGIONALS!!!