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:
• Alpine skiing
Kelsey Wyse—Intermediate GS 6th, slalom 4th, super G 5th
• Cross-Country Skiing
Francis Stanley—three gold medals in 1KM Classic, 2.5KM Classic and 10KM Freestyle.
Katarina Gerhardt—silver 1KM Classic, bronze 2.5KM Classic and 7th 500M Classic
Kirk Gawryluk—silver 2.5KM Classic, 4th 5KM Classic and 5th 1KM Classic
Neil Melesko—silver 2.5KM Classic, bronze 5KM Classic and 4th 7.5KM Classic
Tracey Melesko—gold 5KM Classic, silver 1KM and 2.5KM Classic
Justin Segal—from Vernon, but trains with Kelowna athletes won one gold and one silver
• Floor Hockey
Chris Harrington and Richard Gillis—silver with B.C Vipers floor hockey team
• Snowshoeing
Tony Wilkinson—gold 100M, silver 200M and 400M
• Coaches
Garth Vickers, head coach, cross-country skiing; Annabel Stanley, cross-country skiing; Joanne March, cross-country skiing; and David Wilkinson, snowshoeing.
• Mission Staff
Leslie Thornley, Chef de Mission, SOBC Manager, Sport.
