The State of Maine Summer Special Olympics Games closed on Sunday, June 11 with many happy athletes. The Summer Games were held in Orono at the University of Maine June 9-11. 1,500 athletes returned to competition.

Boothbay athletes returned from competition with seven gold medals, 10 silver, five bronze, four 4ths ,and one 5th. They practiced hard all season and their efforts paid off.

The weather caused the Parade of Champions as well as Opening Ceremonies to be canceled on Friday.

Five athletic events were canceled the last hour on Friday due to the forecast as well. Mindy Stevens, Ronda LeConte and Danny Miller missed shot put events while Donny Dunning, Joey Ranco and Danny Miller missed running long jumps. It was very disappointing.

The Victory Dance helped to make up for it and was a celebration in Special Olympics style.

The Boothbay team’s results were:

Peter Brewster, silver for 200m run and 4th for the shot put

Mindy Stevens, gold for 100m walk and bronze for 50m dash

Ronda LeConte, silver for 200m run and silver for running long jump

Donny Dunning, 4th for 50m dash and gold for shot put

Joey Ranco, silver for 200m run and silver for shot put

Danny Miller, gold for running long jump, 4th for 200m run and silver for shot put

Valerie Giles, gold for 200m run, gold for running long jump, and bronze for shot put

Vincent Giles, gold for 200m run, 5th for running long jump, and gold for shot put

“Piper” Rankin, silver for 200m run, 4th for running long jump, and bronze for shot put

Grace Giles, gold for 200m run, silver for running long jump, and silver for shot put

Anthony Angelico, bronze for 200m run, silver for running long jump, and bronze for shot put