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Brandon Baier Wins Bronze Medal at Special Olympics World Games

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March 17th, 2019 by Jim Field

Brandon Baier of Atlantic has taken home a bronze medal in his first event at the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  The 27 year old had the third best throw of 12.36 meters on Tuesday, March 12th in the M13 preliminaries and grabbed a third place finish in the finals on Sunday, March 17th with a toss of 13.58 meters.  Brandon is one of only 36 United States athletes competing in track & field.  He will be competing in the 100 meter dash on Tuesday, March 19th and will be part of a United States 4 x 100 meter relay team on Wednesday, March 20th.  His teammates on the 4 x 100 include:  25 year old Calvin Massenburg; 21 year old Christopher Lloyd Xzavion Tucker and 26 year old James Enoch Dawson.