Transplant recipients/living donors from both Las Vegas and Reno competed in this year’s event
Nevada Donor Network is proud to welcome home Team Nevada after a successful showing at the 2024 Donate Life Transplant Games of America including winning 27 medals (14 gold, 10 silver, and three bronze medals). Held in Birmingham, Ala. over the past week, Team Nevada athletes, comprised of transplant recipients and living donors, competed in a variety of events such as swimming, track & field, and bowling. Team Nevada member Dinorah Arambula was also honored as the Female Athlete of the Year.
“Congratulations to my fellow Team Nevada teammates, who brought home 27 medals, including a whopping 14 gold medals,” said Tyre Gray, chief administrative and legal officer of Nevada Donor Network. “Competing in the Transplant Games is an opportunity to spread awareness about organ, eye, and tissue donation, how it can impact individuals who received a lifesaving gift, celebrate the success of transplantation, and increase registration in Nevada, where more than 650 Nevadans are currently waiting for a lifesaving transplant.”
Team Nevada results below:
Dinorah Arambula, age 61, Kidney Transplant Recipient, Las Vegas
- Donate Life Transplant Games of America Female Athlete of the Year
- Gold – Bowling Doubles, Women 60-69 (with Becky Mintz)
- Gold – Women 60-69, 60m Division I
- Gold – Women 60-69, 1500m Division I
- Gold – Women 60-69, 200m Division I
- Gold – Women 60-69, Discus Throw Division I
- Gold – Women 60-69, Shot Put Division I
- Gold – Women 60-69, Hammer Throw Division I Softball
- Gold – Women 60-69, Long Jump Division I
- Gold – Women 60-69, High Jump Division I
- Gold – Women 60-69, Darts Division 1
- Silver – Women 60-69, 5K Walk/Run
- Silver – Women 60-69, 400m Division I
- Silver – Women 60-69, 1500m Race Walk Division I
- Silver – Women 60-69, 800m Division I
JoAnne Gipson, age 68, Living Kidney Donor, Reno
- Gold – Women 60-69, Discus Throw Division II
- Silver – Women 60-69, 1500m Race Walk Division II
- Bronze – Women 60-69, Shot Put Division II
- Bronze – Women 60-69, Hammer Throw Division II Softball
- Bronze – Women 60-69, Darts Division 1I
June Monroe, age 52, Living Kidney Donor, Las Vegas
- Gold – Women 50-59, 100-Yard Breaststroke Division II
- Gold -Women 50-59, 50-Yard Breaststroke Division II
- Silver – Women 50-59, 50-Yard Freestyle Division II
- Silver – Women 50-59, 50-Yard Butterfly Division II
- Silver – Women 50-59, 50-Yard Backstroke Division II
Becky Mintz, age 60, Heart Transplant Recipient, Las Vegas
- Gold – Bowling Doubles, Women 60-69 Division 1 (with Dinorah Arambula)
- Silver – Bowling Singles, Women 60-69 Division 1
- Silver – Women 60-69, Darts Division 1
Also competing for Team Nevada
- Tyre Gray, age 43, Kidney Recipient, Las Vegas – Texas Hold ‘Em
- KC Scarcelli, age 29, Kidney Recipient, Las Vegas – Bowling Singles, Men 18-29 Division 1
- Kim Payne, Donor Family Member, Las Vegas – Joined Team Nevada to honor her donor hero and support team.
Every two years the Transplant Games of America gathers thousands of transplant recipients, living donors, donor families, individuals on the waiting list, caregivers, transplant professionals, supporters, and spectators for the world’s largest celebration of life. At the Transplant Games, recipients are given the chance to show the world that having a transplant is a second chance at a full, productive, and inspiring life as well as display to their donor families what their gift means to them.
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