Boothbay Special Olympic skiers win at Winter Games

Sat, 02/10/2018 - 8:00am
Boothbay’s Matt Farnham lit the torch for the 2018 Winter Games. He has been with Special Olympics for 35 years. He told coach Toby LeConte that his mother and father were watching him from above.Linda Farnham went to all of Matt’s Special Olympics events, usually with daughter-in-law and granddaughter in tow. Courtesy of Toby LeConte
Valerie Giles. Courtesy of Toby LeConte
Vincent Giles. Courtesy of Toby LeConte

The Boothbay Region Special Olympics ski team competed at the annual Winter Games at Sugarloaf USA Jan. 28-30. Competition included speed skating, snowshoeing, Nordic and alpine skiing.

Boothbay returned with seven gold, four silver, four bronze, 11 fourth-place, 15 fifth-place, seven sixth-place and one seventh-place. Three-quarters of Boothbay’s athletes competed in the level 4 division, including current students and former students. Two of the students were beginners.

Amber Hyson won a Most Improved skier award.

Coach Toby Leconte said, “The weather on Sunday and Monday was beautiful with good conditions for competition. On Tuesday, the temperatures dropped about 10 degrees so the time trials and seeding didn’t matter. At levels 3 and 4, what mattered was how well the athletes used their skis on ice. Boothbay’s athletes were outstanding.”

 

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