Cannon County Athletes participated in the Area 9 Special Olympics Track and Field Competitions on April 15th at Tennessee Tech University. Overall, 14 counties from the Upper Cumberland Region were represented. Cannon County’s participants were Wesley Anderson, Chris Blount, Jacob Campbell, Victor Cook, Dalton Coppinger, Michelle Farrar, Vincent Lao-Ang, Matthew Martin, Nate McKee, Rainey Myers, Chris Overstreet, Landon Robinson, Chris Smitty, Tyler Spurlock, Zach Spurlock, and James Wheeler. Congratulations to these participants for bringing home 18 1st place ribbons, 7 2nd place ribbons, 4 3rd place ribbons, and 2 4th place ribbons. Also, sixteen Cannon County High School Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) members attended this event with the participants as peer buddies and volunteers.
