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Kelowna Special Olympians show well at nationals

Central Okanagan athletes win 15 medals at Canadian Special O Games in Newfoundland
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West Kelowna's Francis Stanley was a triple gold medal winner at the Special Olympics Canada national winter games last week in Cornerbrook

Kelowna and area athletes made their presence known in Cornerbook, Newfoundland earlier this month, bringing home plenty of hardware from the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games.

Nine Central Okanagan competitors captured a total of 15 medals in four sports.

Four coaches and one mission staff member also made the trip to Atlantic Canada for the annual national competition, March 1 to 5.

The results for local athletes were:

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Alpine skiing

Kelsey Wyse91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ”Intermediate GS 6th, slalom 4th, super G 5th

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Cross-Country Skiing

Francis Stanley91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ”three gold medals in 1KM Classic, 2.5KM Classic and 10KM Freestyle.

Katarina Gerhardt91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ”silver 1KM Classic, bronze 2.5KM Classic and 7th 500M Classic

Kirk Gawryluk91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ”silver 2.5KM Classic, 4th 5KM Classic and 5th 1KM Classic

Neil Melesko91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ”silver 2.5KM Classic, bronze 5KM Classic and 4th 7.5KM Classic

Tracey Melesko91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ”gold 5KM Classic, silver 1KM and 2.5KM Classic

Justin Segal91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ”from Vernon, but trains with Kelowna athletes won one gold and one silver

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Floor Hockey

Chris Harrington and Richard Gillis91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ”silver with B.C Vipers floor hockey team

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Tony Wilkinson91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ”gold 100M, silver 200M and 400M

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Garth Vickers, head coach, cross-country skiing; Annabel Stanley, cross-country skiing; Joanne March, cross-country skiing; and David Wilkinson, snowshoeing.

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Mission Staff

Leslie Thornley, Chef de Mission, SOBC Manager, Sport.

 

 



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