Nanaimo Special Olympics athletes helped Team B.C. to an impressive medal haul at the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games.
B.C. won 120 medals at the games, which were held in Corner Brook, Nfld., from March 1-5.
Cross-country skier Dennis Lynch took home three medals, winning gold in the 500-metre event and earning silver in the one-kilometre and 2.5km distances. Figure skaters Arianna Phillips and Michael Phillips won gold in Level 1 pairs. Bill Polz and Jason Mills helped their B.C. Vipers team to a silver medal in floor hockey. Also, Art Peck coached a Vancouver Island curling team to a silver medal.
“We are so thrilled with the results – the personal bests and medals both,” said Leslie Thornley, Team B.C.’s chef de mission, in a press release. "We really are so pleased with what the athletes did and how they represented us."