COVID-19 and rain have canceled the event for the past four years, but sunny skies prevailed on Thursday as soccer teams competed and individuals honed their skills.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — After four years of a pandemic lockdown and a cancellation due to bad weather, the Special Olympics surged back Friday with a large turnout of athletes, volunteers and supporters.
The Caribou boys and girls repeated as Aroostook League champions in track and field, and Fort Fairfield’s Jonah Daigle and Presque Isle’s Tori Koch were the top individual point scorers for the second consecutive year.
Hundreds of excited athletes will race, jump and throw for the gold throughout the day today during the 2017 Special Olympics at the Gehrig Johnson Athletic Complex.
Special Olympian and designated Guardian of the Flame Lori Flewelling and Ranger Justin Carney from the Maine Forest Service race past hundreds of spectators to light the flame opening the 2017 Olympic Spring Games in Presque Isle.
Opening ceremony for the 2017 Special Olympics in Presque Isle
New photos are being added throughout the day.
Aroostook County’s Special Olympics at Presque Isle Middle School.
A few photographs of the Aroostook County Special Olympics from the Star-Herald in 1987.
The Special Olympics return to Presque Isle this Friday with the Aroostook County Spring Games, an event celebrating and supporting the region’s community of people with special needs.
