MARUAWE!- WELCOME!

WELCOME TO THE 2008 COMANCHE NATION OLYMPICS

The 2008 Comanche Nation Olympic games took place at the comanche complex,Just eight miles north of Lawton Okla.The Chief of the Comanches Wallace Coffey was Present along with other tribal officials and  Comanche Nation employee volunteers.It was a great turn out, EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME!

                                         

    Professonial Comanche announcer Eddie Maseet             

                                 

                                

                        EVENTS

OPENNING CEDAR CEREMONY BY CHIEF WALLACE COFFEY

                1600 M RUN-BOYS &GIRLS

                       800 M RUN-BOYS&GIRLS

                       400 M RUN-BOYS&GIRLS

                       200 M RUN-BOYS&GIRLS

                       100 M RUN-BOYS&GIRLS

                    SPECIAL NEEDS 50 M DASH

          SPECIAL NEEDS SOFTBALL THROW

                       LONG JUMP-BOYS&GIRLS

                        SHOT PUT-BOYS&GIRLS

                            DISCUS-BOYS&GIRLS

                      HIGH JUMP-BOYS&GIRLS

 

               OLYMPIC EVENTS CORDINATOR

                        DONNA WAHNEE

                                              

Donna Wahnee did a fantastic Job organizing the first Annual Comanche Olympics for 2008

                                               Way To Go Donna!!!

PICTURES OF OUR COMANCHE YOUTH PARTICIPATING AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

( PICTURES  ARE NOT IN ORDER OF SCHEDULES AND TIMES OF EVENTS-RANDOM)

                                        

 

                                       

 

                                    

 

                                     

 

                                    

 

                                     

 

                                

 

                               

 

                               

 

                               

                                                       VOLUNTEERS

        LUNCH IS SERVED!

                              

 

                               

 

                              

                                                GREAT! HOTDOGS!

THE FOOD STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS DID A GREAT JOB! THANKS FOR YOUR COMMITMENT,YOU ARE APPRECIATED!!!

       OLYMPIC AWARDS CEREMONY

      HELD AT THE COMANCHE YOUTH POWWOW

                      DANCE ARENA

                 HOSTED BY CHIEF WALLCE COFFEY

      PRESENTED BY DONNA WAHNEE OLYMPIC DIRECTOR

                TRACK ASSISTANT VIDEL YACKESCHI

                      

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              FACILITIES/ARENA DIRECTOR FREDDIE BANDERAS

                

 

   

                             

 

                              

 

                              

 

                            

 

                            

 

                            

 

                            

 

                            

 

                           

 

                         

 

                         

 

                          

 

                        

 

                        

 

                         

 

                         

 

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SHARING IN THIS YEARS 2008 OLYMPICS, IT WAS A GREAT  SUCCESS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE 2009 COMANCHE YOUTH OLYMPICS. URA!