Donny Dunning, Joey Ranco and Thomas Wilcox have been selected to represent Maine in swimming at the National Summer Special Olympic Games that are being held at Princeton University in New Jersey. The games will be held June 14- 22.

Toby LeConte has been selected to coach the swimmers from Maine. These area swimmers are being joined by five other selected swimmers from around the state. The swim team has been practicing since fall and will compete in two of the three categories offered. Joey and Thomas will compete in category 3 and Donny will compete in category 2.

Joining them will be teammates Ronda and Brenda LeConte. They were selected for the male/female basketball team. There were only three females who qualified. The rest of the team is make up of males. The basketball team is being coached by Brian Hamel from Presque Isle, Deidre Hines from Bucksfield and Ronda Lausier from South Paris. They have held practices in Orono.

Maine is sending 57 members to the Games. Other sports represented are golf, bocce, athletics and bowling. Bowling and bocce will also have some Unified Partners attending.

Boothbay athletes will be accepting donations to help with their trip. Contact Boothbay Region Special Olympics at Boothbay Region Elementary School, 207-633-3930.