The 2012 Transplant Games of America are finally here! From July 27th – August 1st, Team Maryland, comprised of twenty-nine transplant recipients, living donors, and donor family members will travel to Grand Rapids, Michigan to represent Maryland as they compete in Olympic-style events. Like the Team Maryland Facebook page to stay updated on their progress at the games.
If you thought Team Maryland won a lot of medals in Sunday’s events, wait until you see how many they won today! Here’s a recap of yesterday’s events:
Olivia Strama in the 25M dash
Track and Field – 1500M Racewalk
Norm Biondi, living donor – Silver Medal
Hae Young Kim, kidney recipient – Silver Medal
Track and Field – 25M Dash
Olivia Strama, heart recipient – Gold Medal
Track and Field – 100M Dash
Norm Biondi, living donor – Gold Medal
Kerry Murphy, liver recipient – Silver Medal
Henry Humm, heart & kidney recipient – Silver Medal
Emily Biondi, kidney recipient – Bronze Medal
Judy Postanowicz, kidney recipient – Bronze Medal
Hae Young Kim, kidney recipient – Bronze Medal
Kerry Murphy receives one of many track and field medals
Track and Field – 200M Dash
Norm Biondi, living donor – Gold Medal
Henry Humm, heart & Kidney recipient – Gold Medal
Emily Biondi, kidney recipient – Silver Medal
Track and Field – High Jump
Emily Biondi, kidney recipient – Gold Medal
Track and Field – Long Jump
Norm Biondi, living donor – Gold Medal
Olivia Strama, heart recipient – Gold Medal
Emily Biondi, kidney recipient – Silver Medal
Henry Humm passes the baton to kidney recipient Austin Lee in the men’s relay
Track and Field – Softball Throw
Norm Biondi, living donor – Silver Medal
Kerry Murphy, heart recipient – Silver Medal
Olivia Strama, heart recipient – Silver Medal
Track and Field – Discus
Norm Biondi, living donor – Gold Medal
Mike Butler, kidney & pancreas recipient – Gold Medal
Emily Biondi, kidney recipient – Gold Medal
Track and Field – Shotput
Kerry Murphy, heart recipient – Silver Medal
Mike Butler, kidney & pancreas recipient – Bronze Medal
Phil and Roy show off their badminton medals
Tennis Singles
Hilary Hoagwood, liver recipient – Silver Medal
Dave Yruma, kidney recipient – Silver Medal
Ben Sledge, kidney recipient – Bronze Medal
Badminton
Phil Cioffioni, kidney recipient – Gold Medal
Roy DeGrange, kidney recipient – Silver Medal
Basketball - Bronze Medal
Phil Cioffioni, kidney recipient
Austin Lee, kidney recipient
Ben Sledge, kidney recipient
Dave Yruma, kidney recipient
Jim Mozingo, kidney recipient
Kerry Murphy, heart recipient
Mike Butler, kidney & pancreas recipient
Wow, that is a lot of medals! Congrats to everyone else who competed yesterday! Way to make Maryland proud!
Good luck to those competing today – stay tuned for more updates!
To view a photo album (updated daily) of the games, visit Team Maryland’s Facebook page.
