(Submitted by Wood County Board of Developmental Disabilities)
Eighteen local athletes who competed in the Ohio Special Olympics Winter Games, last weekend at Bowling Green State University, brought home medals.
Following are the Wood County Wildcats who won in the swim meets:
- Abbie Simmons: 2nd in 100 freestyle; 1st in 50 freestyle; 1st in 25 freestyle.
- Anne Schooley: 1st in 50 butterfly; 1st in 200 freestyle; 1st in 50 backstroke; 1st in 4 by 50 freestyle relay.
- Dale Dewey: 4th in 100 freestyle; 4th in 50 backstroke; 1st in 50 freestyle; 2nd in 4 by 50 unified.
- Dennis Miller: 1st in 25 backstroke; 1st in 25 freestyle; 2nd in 50 freestyle.
- Grant Chambers: 3rd in 50 breaststroke; 6th in 100 freestyle; 5th in 50 freestyle; 2nd in 4 by 25 medley.
- James Mozena: 2nd in 25 freestyle; 1st in 50 freestyle.
- Jason Rupert: 2nd in 100 freestyle; 1st in 100 breaststroke; 1st in 100 IM, 1st in 4 by 50 freestyle relay.
- Joel Hernandez: 1st in 100 freestyle; 2nd in 200 freestyle; 1st in 100 backstroke; 2nd in 4 by 50 unified.
- John Simpson: 1st in 25 freestyle.
- Katie Rupert: 1st in 100 backstroke; 2nd in 100 freestyle; 1st in 25 butterfly; 1st in 4 by 50 freestyle relay.
- Kim Fechter: 2nd in 200 backstroke; 3rd in 50 butterfly; 1st in 100 butterfly; 2nd in 4 by 25 medley.
- Kim Paxton: 1st in 25 backstroke; 2nd in 50 freestyle; 1st in 25 breaststroke; 1st in women’s 4 by 25 freestyle relay.
- Maggie Hunt: 2nd in 50 breaststroke; 2nd in 100 backstroke; 2nd in 50 freestyle; 1st in 4 by 50 freestyle relay.
- Melissa Frizado: 4th in 25 backstroke; 2nd in 25 freestyle; 1st in women’s 4 by 25 freestyle relay.
- Sam Eaton: 4th in 25 backstroke; 1st in 25 freestyle; 1st in 50 freestyle; 1st in women’s 4 by 25 freestyle relay.
- Stephen Scholl: 4th in 25 freestyle; 5th in 50 freestyle; 2nd in 4 by 25 medley.
- Tonya Gebby: 2nd in 25 backstroke; 2nd in 50 backstroke; 1st in 50 freestyle; 1st in women’s 4 by 25 freestyle relay.
- Trevor Sachs: 1st in 100 freestyle; 2nd in 25 freestyle; 4th in 50 backstroke; 2nd in 4 by 25 medley.
