North Morrow
Volume XXXI
Number 5
November 3, 2023
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Special Olympics Swim Team shines
OSP Trooper , Special Olympian Rian Middleton, Coach Jessica Finn, assistant coach Javier Garcia , Special Olympian Noah St. Hilliard. Front row: Special OlympiansMorgan Burleson, Misty Larsen, Jose Angel-Garcia, Daniel Tucker, assistant coach Cindy Middleton. Photos Contributed.
Coach Angela Schneider has been the Local Program Coordinator for 5 ½ years and medical manager for 8 years for the Special Olympics Group. She covers the service area Arlington to Milton Freewater. The swim competition was in Baker City on 10/29, where the team competed against 37 athletes from two other counties. Morgan is the youngest competitor at 11 years old. She won the 25 meter backstroke and 25 meter freestroke- 1 st placeGOLD in both events Jose Garcia won the 25 meter butterfly -1st GOLD (beat his best time by 3.5 seconds)and the 50 meter freestyle- 2nd SILVER Misty won the 25 meter backstroke and 25 meter freestyle – 2nd SILVER in both.
Ryan won the 25 meter freestyle and 50 meter freestyle- 1 st GOLD in both. Noah won the 15 kickboard and 15 meter unassisted swim 1st GOLD in both. Daniel won the 25 meter backstroke and 25 meter freestyle -2nd SILVER in both. The number of athletes depends on the sport. Coach Schneider would like to share that they will be registering for Basketball and Powerlifting in January. You may Email for information regarding registration: hp510specialolympics@gmail.com
Photo above: Morgan receiving her gold medal for the 25m backstroke, Presented by Oregon State Police trooper.
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