White County Special Olympic Athletes bring home awards

Special Olympians CJ McGuire, Carter Cruce, Joey Rivard, and Shaun Smith competed in the Area 2 Games April 30 in Gainesville. (wrwh.com)

(Cleveland)- Four White County Special Olympic athletes participated in the Area 2 Games that were held at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville this past Tuesday.

White County Special Olympics Chairperson Sharon Brown said four athletes brought home awards they include; CJ McGuire who won a silver medal and 4th place ribbon, Carter Cruce who captured two gold medals, Joey Rivard two gold and Shaun Smith a gold and a bronze medal.

These four and two other athletes will be participating in the state competition May 17th and 18th at Emory in Atlanta.