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>> “THOSE WHO DON'T JUMP WILL
NEVER FLY.” A TRACK AND FIELD
LONG JUMPING QUOTE THAT TAKES ON
A SIGNIFICANTLY MORE IMPORTANT

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MEANING FOR ATHLETES WHO COMPETE
IN UNIFIED SPORTS AT THE HIGH
SCHOOL LEVEL IN INDIANA.
AND TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF

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UNIFIED SPORTS, A GROUP OF HIGH
SCHOOL COACHES AND
ADMINISTRATORS FROM THROUGHOUT
THE STATE HAS COME TOGETHER TO

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FORM THE NATION'S FIRST EVER
UNIFIED COACHES ASSOCIATION.
BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS
WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS.

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BILL.
>> GERRY, THANKS. SINCE HOLDING
THE FIRST-EVER UNIFIED TRACK AND
FIELD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN

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2014, THE INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AND SPECIAL
OLYMPICS INDIANA HAVE BEEN AT
THE FOREFRONT OF ATHLETIC

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OPPORTUNITIES PAIRING ATHLETES
WITH DISABILITIES WITH THEIR
SCHOOL PEERS. AND THE RECENTLY
FORMED UNIFIED COACHES

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ASSOCIATION OF INDIANA WILL
ATTEMPT TO FURTHER THAT CAUSE.
AND JOINING US TODAY FROM EAST
NOBLE HIGH SCHOOL IS RYAN

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PEPPLE, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE UCAI. RYAN, WELCOME TO THE
PROGRAM.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON. AND THANKS

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FOR JOINING US.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, I
APPRECIATE IT.
>> LET'S GO -- I KNOW YOU'VE HAD

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A LONG ASSOCIATION WITH ATHLETES
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. LET'S GO
BACK TO MORE RECENTLY, WHAT WAS
BEHIND THE FORMATION OF THE

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UNITED COACHES ASSOCIATION?
>> WELL, JUST COLLABORATING WITH
A NUMBER OF OTHER COACHES OVER
THE YEARS. AND WAYS TO CONTINUE

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TO GROW THE SPORT, ALL OVER THE
STATE, FOR UNIFIED SPORTS IN A
HIGH SCHOOL SETTING. THERE WAS
SOME COACHES THAT CAME TOGETHER

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AT THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS
CONVENTION ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND
IT WAS KIND OF -- WE KIND OF
CAME TO A CONSENSUS THAT AN

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ASSOCIATION WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA
BECAUSE ALL OF THE OTHER SPORTS
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL HAVE A
COACHES ASSOCIATION, IT WOULD

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ONLY MAKE SENSE THAT A UNIFIED
HAVE AN ASSOCIATION. IT
SNOWBALLED FROM THERE. IT WAS A
LONG PROCESS, BUT WELL WORTH IT.

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AND IT'S OFFICIAL. SO HERE WE
ARE.
>> RYAN, TALK ABOUT YOUR
BACKGROUND AT SPECIAL OLYMPICS,

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YOU WERE COACH OF THE YEAR A FEW
YEARS AGO. BUT YOU GO BACK QUITE
A WAYS WITH YOUR INVOLVEMENT
WITH ATHLETES WITH SPECIAL

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NEEDS.
>> YEAH, SO I'VE BEEN AN
ADAPTIVE PT TEACHER FOR 16 YEARS
NOW. AND WE WERE PART OF THE

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UNIFIED TRACK AND FIELD PROGRAM,
YEAR ONE, IN 2014, AND WE'VE HAD
EVERY SPORT SINCE THE BEGINNING,
MY WIFE IS THE NOBLE COUNTY

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SPECIAL OLYMPICS COORDINATOR.
SO, WE'RE HEAVILY INVOLVED, AND
WE REALLY ENJOY IT.
>> RYAN, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ONLY

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A TOP-DOWN DRIVEN, BEEN AN
INCREDIBLE CHAMPION OF UNIFIED
SPORTS PROGRAM, BUT ALSO
BOTTOM-UP, THE ISSA, STUDENT

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ATHLETES AND THE STUDENT ATHLETE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAVE
VIRTUALLY BEEN INVOLVED WITH
THIS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, A

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VERY BROADBASED PROGRAM.
>> OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YOU
KNOW, IN 2013, TIMEFRAMES THERE,
JUST BEFORE THE PLANNING INTO

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UNIFIED TRACK AND FIELD,
MR. BOBBY COX AND HIS ATHLETIC
ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THEY HIT IT
OUT OF THE PARK WITH THIS ONE.

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SO VERY PLEASED WHAT THEY'VE
DONE.
>> AND WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO, IN
THE SHORT TERM AT THE VERY

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LEAST, WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO
ACCOMPLISH WITH UNITED COACHES
ASSOCIATION?
>> WELL, THE MISSION, OR THE

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GOAL IS TO...INFORM AND EDUCATE
CURRENT COACH THAT IS HAVE A
UNIFIED SPORTS PROGRAM WITHIN
THEIR SCHOOL, THEIR BUILDING AS

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WELL AS BE A RESOURCE FOR
SCHOOLS THAT WANT TO START A
UNIFIED PROGRAM. THE -- SPECIAL
OLYMPICS PROGRAM TOGETHER HAS

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DONE AN AMAZING JOB GETTING
PROGRAMS STARTED. WHEN WE JUST
THOUGHT WITH THE NUMBER OF
VETERAN COACHES OUT THERE

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THROUGHOUT THE STATE IT WOULD BE
GREAT TO HAVE ANOTHER RESOURCE
TO HELP WITH NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS
TO GET THEIR PROGRAMS UP AND

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RUNNING. ROUGHLY OUT OF THE
410ISHA MEMBERED SCHOOLS,
ROUGHLY 175 OF THOSE TOOLS IN
SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM HAVE AT

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LEAST ONE UNIFIED SPORT IN THEIR
BUILDING. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO
GROW THAT NUMBER FROM 175 TO,
YOU KNOW, AS HIGH AS WE CAN GET

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IT. 410 WOULD BE GREAT. SOME OF
THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE MULTIPLE
SPORTS, SOME ONLY ONE. I KNOW
THE ISHA AND THE SPECIAL

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OLYMPICS OF INDIANA PLAN TO HAVE
6 TOTAL SPORTS YEAR-ROUND TWO IN
THE FALL, TWO IN THE WINTER, TWO
IN THE SPRING. THERE CURRENTLY

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IS FOUR. SO IT CONTINUES TO
GROW. THE UNIFIED COACHES
ASSOCIATION OF INDIANA IS JUST
GOING TO BE ANOTHER RESOURCE FOR

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SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE STATE TO
REACH OUT TO AND BUILD THEIR
PROGRAMS.
>> RYAN, WE WISH YOU ALL THE

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BEST MOVING FORWARD. AND THANKS
FOR JOINING US TODAY, FROM EAST
NOBLE HIGH SCHOOL, THE VICE