Orange County athletes earned medals in swimming and track & field at the Special Olympics N.C. Summer Games in Raleigh where nearly 1,700 participated in eight sports. The local athletes competed in individual and team events at the state’s largest Special Olympic competition. The Chapel Hill delegation had about 50 athletes.
SWIMMING
Here are Orange medalists: Tintin Fu, bronze 4×25 free relay, bronze 50 back, silver 50 free. Distances are yards; Larrissa Kiefer, bronze 4×25 free relay, gold 200 IM, gold 500 free, gold 50 free; Lerla Noel, bronze 100 back, silver 50 free; Dakota Shaw, bronze 200 free, gold 100 fly, silver 4×50 medley relay; Rubens Shandi, bronze 100 free, 200 free; gold 100 fly, silver 4×50 medley relay; Al Wright, bronze 4×25 free relay, gold 100 fly, 200 free, 500 free; Brandon Barbaro, gold 100 back, 100 free, silver 100 breast, 4×50 medley relay; Derek Flake, gold 50 back; Justin Jarmusz, gold 100 back, 50 free, silver 50 fly; Curtis Nold, gold 1650 free, 500 free, silver 50 fly; Jonathan Pandus, gold 100 back, 100 IM, 500 free; Alexis Treplin, gold 100 back, 50 back, silver 200 free; Peri Thomson, gold 200 IM, silver 100 breast, 4×50 medley relay, 500 free.
Volunteer coaches were head coaches: Ana Carlson, Shelley Walter, Staci Sernulka, Rick Fee and assistant coach Alex Prakken.
GYMNASTICS
Miriam Saterbak, gold artistic gymnastic women’s all around, gold balance beam, floor exercise, uneven bars, vault.
(ATHLETICS) TRACK & FIELD
Anna Coleman, bronze 4×100 relay, gold 800, 1500 run; Mankell Corwin, bronze 800 run, silver 400 dash; Clare Feole, bronze 400 dash, 4×100 relay, gold 100, 200 dash; Zach Fields, bronze 100 dash, 400 dash, silver 4×100 relay; Nicklas Harris, bronze 200 dash; Max Kuller, bronze 4×100 relay; Scott Lambeth, bronze 4×100 relay; Alexandre Mortel-Matt, bronze 400 dash, silver 4×100 relay; James Obie, bronze 200 dash, 400 dash, silver 4×100 relay; Brian O’Donnell, bronze 100 dash; Jessica Thompson, bronze 4×100 relay, silver 100 dash; Daniel Weiss, bronze 100 dash, silver 100 walk, 200 dash; Benjamin Barham, gold 100 dash, 200, 400 dash; Nolan Carson, gold 4×100 relay, silver 100, 400 dash; Abbey Goodwin, gold 50 dash, silver 50 walk; Brandie Goodwin, gold 50, 200, 400 dash.
Also, Sebastian Harris, gold 100 dash, silver 400 dash, 4×100 relay; Kimberly Kelly, gold 4×100 relay; Julia Kenney, gold 200, 400 dash, silver 4×100 relay; Max Kuller, gold 400 dash; Stephanie Madden, gold 400 walk, 4×100 relay, silver 100, 200 dash; Brian O’Donnell, gold 200, 400 dash, 4×100 relay; Adam Ricci, gold 100, 400 dash, silver 4×100 relay; Ben Schoolar, gold 100, 200 dash, silver 400 dash; Victoria Shore, gold 30m motorized wheelchair slalom, gold tennis ball throw, silver 50m motorized wheelchair slalom; Brenda Spivey, gold 50 walk, silver 50, 100 dash; Hunter Stanford, gold 400 dash, silver 100 dash; Ewan Toscano, gold 400 dash; Max van Norme, gold 400 dash, silver 200 dash; Brandie Grady, silver 4×100 relay; Ronald McKoy, silver 200, 400 dash; Ahmad Rahman, silver 400 dash; Ricky Sampson, silver 100, 200, 400 dash; Justin Potter, gold 1500 run.
Track head coaches: Bernie Prabucki and Dana Hanson. Numerous assistant coaches helped out: John Waller, Michael Mantini, Mike Madden, Richard Kohrman, Peter Warren, Sharla Coleman, Daniell DaSilva, Carlina Cabiness, Drew Coleman, Evy Coleman, Elizabeth Fouts, Genevieve Fouts, Jordyn Adams, Kwame Alston.