Local Special Olympians tromped to some fun and fast times during a weekend snowshoe competition in Burns Lake.
For some of the athletes, the event served as a warm-up for the Special Olympics B.C. Winter Games, Feb. 22-23 in Vernon. Results were as follows: David Dunn: three first-place finishes; Chase Caron: two first-place finishes, two second-place finishes; Marinka VanHage: two first-place finishes, two second-place finishes; Tegan Raines: one first-place finish, three second-place finishes; Adrian Rosen: one first-place finish, two third-place finishes, one fourth-place finish; Jennifer Germann: one second-place finish, three third-place finishes; Brandon Meise: one second-place finish, three third-place finishes; Shannon Raczki: two second-place finishes, two third-place finishes; Michael Harris: one third-place finish, one fourth-place finish, two fifth-place finishes; Josiah Lecher: three third-place finishes, one fifth-place finish; Gwang Yeon Lee: two fourth-place finishes; Spencer Rourke: two third-place finishes, one fourth-place finish, one sixth-place finish.
Special Olympians from Smithers and the host Burns Lake organization were also in attendance.
