Jan Krekel, of Frankfort, is an adaptive physical education teacher and aquatics director at Churchill Park School in Louisville. She has been active in Special Olympics Kentucky programs for 30 years and currently serves on the program’s Sports Development Committee for swimming. Krekel is a veteran of major Special Olympics competitions. She served as a swimming coach at three previous World Summer Games events – 1991 in Minneapolis, 1995 in New Haven, Conn., and 1999 in Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C. She also served at the 1988 Paralympics in Atlanta.
Lindsay Davis, 24, is a member of the Louisville Stingrays Swim Team. The Crestwood resident has been a Special Olympics athlete for 14 years. She earned her spot on the National Games team with a pair of gold medals at the 2005 State Summer Games in Richmond. She will swim the 25- and 50-yard breaststroke, the 25-yard backstroke and the 4x25-yard medley relay at the National Games. Davis works in the mail room at BB&T Old Colony Insurance in Crestwood.
Katelyn Hale, 16, resides in Nicholasville and has been a member of the Jessamine Sharks Special Olympics swim team for nearly five years and competed in the Kentucky State Summer Games five times. A student at East Jessamine High School, she earned consideration for the spot on Team Kentucky with a leg on the gold medal-winning Jessamine Sharks 4x25-meter relay team at the 2005 State Summer Games in Richmond. She will swim the 25-yard freestyle and 25-yard backstroke, as well as a leg of the 4x25-yard medley relay at the National Games. This will be Hale’s first Special Olympics competition above the state level.
Kyle Gathof, 25, has been a swimmer for 15 years. The LaGrange resident has been a member of the Pitt Academy Special Olympics swim team for five years and competed in the Kentucky State Summer Games each of the past four years. He earned consideration for the spot on Team Kentucky with a three-gold medal performance at the 2005 State Summer Games in Richmond. He will swim the 50- and 100-yard freestyles, the 50-yard backstroke and the 4x25-yard medley relay at the National Games. In addition to swimming, Gathof also participates in Special Olympics basketball, bowling, skiing, soccer and softball programs. This will be his first trip to a major Special Olympics competition.
Jonathan Shelton , 20, has been involved in Special Olympics for eight years. The Louisville resident is also a member of the Louisville Stingrays Special Olympics swim team. He earned consideration for the spot on Team Kentucky with a leg on the gold medal-winning Stingrays 4x25-meter relay team at the 2005 State Summer Games in Richmond. He will swim the 25- and 50-yard butterfly, the 25-yard backstroke and the 4x25-yard medley relay at Ames. In addition to swimming, Shelton also competes in basketball and softball. He works at Ahrens Work Transition.
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