
Eight Pioneer special education students took home medals after attending the Michigan Special Olympics Winter Games in Traverse City last week.
The students have long attended the Summer Games in Mount Pleasant, but this was the first time they attended the Winter Games.
They were well-prepared by their teachers Cassandra Brower and Terry Weaver, who chaperoned the Feb. 7-10 competition. All eight students competed in snowshoeing.
Traverse City, like the rest of the state, was affected by unseasonably warm temperatures, and an integral part of the Winter Games–snow–was noticeably missing. Still, the games went on, and organizers arranged for the snowshoe events to take place on straw instead.
Aside from competitions, the Winter Games were jam-packed with other social events, including the opening and closing ceremonies, dances and arts and crafts.
“They went full steam,” said chaperone Kathryn Glanville, chair of the special education department at Pioneer. “On the way home, we couldn’t have been 15 minutes out of town before the heads started nodding off.”
See below for a list of winners and a photo slideshow. Photos were taken by Meaghan Glanville, a Pioneer senior and aspiring photojournalist.
List of winners
30 Meter
Megan Natelborg–Bronze
Ariana Birdsong–4th
50 Meter
Megan Natelborg–4th
Ariana Birdsong–Bronze
75 Meter
TiAnna Mercer–Bronze
Josephine Alinoti–Bronze
Jay Kimeldorf–Bronze
100 Meter
Fletcher Chambers–Silver
Jay Kimeldorf–Silver
Abigail Campbell– Silver
TiAnna Mercer–4th
Josephine Alinoti–4th
200 Meter
Abigail Campbell–Gold
Fletcher Chambers–Gold
William McGuckin–Bronze
400 Meter
William McGuckin–Silver
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