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Special Olympics swimmers medal at state meet

November 9, 2007 — The CFISD Special Olympics Swim Team had an outstanding performance at the Special Olympics State Games held Oct. 18-20 in College Station. CFISD swimmers won six gold medals, six silver medals, seven bronze medals and eight ribbons.

The following 10 students won medals and ribbons in the listed events:

  • Shelby Beard , Cypress Woods High School
    • gold, 25-meter freestyle and women’s 4x25-meter freestyle relay; bronze, 25-meter backstroke; ribbon, 50-meter freestyle
  • Debbie Chang , Cypress Creek High School
    • gold, women’s 4x25-meter freestyle relay; silver, 50-meter freestyle; bronze, 25-meter freestyle; ribbon, 25-meter backstroke
  • Christian Cuevas , Cypress Woods High School
    • ribbon, 25-meter freestyle; 50-meter freestyle; and men’s 4x25-meter freestyle relay
  • Heather Goates , Campbell Middle School
    • gold, 25-meter breaststroke and 50-meter breaststroke; bronze, 25-meter freestyle
  • Amber House
    • silver, 25-meter backstroke
  • William D. Mason , Cypress Woods High School
    • gold, 25-meter backstroke; bronze, 25-meter freestyle and 50-meter freestyle; ribbon, men’s 4x25-meter freestyle relay
  • Jill Philipbar , Truitt Middle School
    • gold, women’s 4x25-meter freestyle relay; silver, 25-meter backstroke and 25-meter freestyle; bronze, 50-meter backstroke
  • Mattie Kaye Sisk , Labay Middle School
    • gold, women’s 4x25-meter freestyle relay; silver, 25-meter freestyle; bronze, 50-meter freestyle; ribbon, 100-meter freestyle
  • Luis Bobby R. Verdiguel Jr. , Cypress Falls High School
    • gold, 50-meter freestyle; ribbon, 25-meter freestyle; ribbon and men’s 4x25-meter freestyle relay
  • Jacob “Coby” White , Cypress Falls High School
    • silver, 25-meter freestyle; ribbon, 25-meter backstroke and men’s 4x25-meter freestyle relay

“We were extremely proud of our athletes. They did their best,” said co-coach Anita McIntosh, an educational diagnostician at Emmott Elementary School. “ Each athlete put forth his or her best effort and exhibited good sportsmanship throughout the two days of swimming.”

 

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