For the 15th year, Special Olympics athletes from all over the country will pack into Boars Head Resort in Charlottesville for the Xperience Tennis Invitational from January 8th-10th.
This year's invitational will feature 30 athletes competing from 17 states, including California. The competition will span over 3 days with the medal round taking place on Tuesday. Among the athletes that are competing are 4 from Virginia, Jay Choi, Michael Lozos, Don Pericle, and Chris Raupp. Chris Raupp and Michael Lozos are coming off competing at the 2022 USA Games in Orlando, Florida.
This year’s event is presented and supported by Boar’s Head Sports Club with additional support from the BAMA Works Fund of the Dave Matthews Band in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, Terri Denton & the Denton Family Charitable Foundation, The Fried Family, NBC29, The Jonathan Fried Pro Challenger Tournament and many generous Charlottesville area supporters.
Here are the athletes competing:
Arizona
Juan Pablo-Lopez
California
Kaitlin Tsue
Colorado
Nathan Knepper
Delaware
Glenn Jones
Florida
Brittany Tagliareni
Jonathan Dohring
Georgia
Anthony Le
Illinois
Matt Boerema
Nick Brozek
Joshua McClellan
Ryan McDonough
Iowa
Nathan Williams
Kansas
Michael Kanter
Maryland
Julian English
Colin Saylor
Massachusetts
Justin Daley
Billy Harris
Missouri
Bobby Williams
Nebraska
Wyatt Spalding
Haley Waggoner
New York
Tom Adimari
North Carolina
Kara Diachenko
Cameron Hicks
Justin Hunsucker
Jedidiah Hunda
Texas
Christopher Meier
Virginia
Jay Choi
Michael Lozos
Don Pericle
Chris Raupp