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Athletes Jarrid Collins and Stephen “Turbo” Toboz finishing strong at a track meet.
The Department of Defense (DoD) holds an annual adaptive-sports competition. The competition highlights the exceptional physical skills and mental toughness of wounded, ill, and injured active-duty and veteran servicemembers. Next year will be the competition’s 11th year.
The 2020 games were supposed to be held in San Antonio but were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. Army will host the 2021 DoD Warrior Games at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, in September 2021. Specific dates and details will be released closer to the event.
Patricia Davis does not have a run-of-the-mill coaching resume.
Fauquier High s new swimming coach spent long hours in the water in California, Hawaii and back to California before arriving in Virginia this fall with her husband, Jud, who had completed a stay in the military.Â
Davis attended a job fair for long-term substitute teachers and was hired at Taylor Middle School, where she teaches special education. She learned of the Fauquier opening and decided to apply.Â
Her resume and youthful enthusiasm made an impact on Fauquier activities director Mark Ott. I think she s going to do a great job. I m really looking forward to working with her, said Ott.
Florida gets the Warrior Games again in 2021
The September event will be at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort.
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Dakota Hollingsworth, on left, rushes to beat Master Sgt. Kenneth Guin, on right, to the ball during a rugby match between Navy and Army at the Warrior Games on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 in Tampa. [ HERRING, ANGELIQUE | Tampa Bay Times ]
Published Dec. 21, 2020
The 2021 Department of Defense Warrior Games will be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort in September, according to a release.