ANTIGONISH, N.S. – Teri Cudmore’s dream came true.
“I had a dream the night before,” shared the member of Team P.E.I. at the Special Olympics Canada 2018 Summer Games in a phone interview with the Journal Pioneer. “I dreamt I won a medal.”
Hours later, that was not only a dream – but reality!
Cudmore would go on to win the bronze medal in the standing long jump with a distance of 1.35 metres on Thursday morning.
“It felt good,” reacted Cudmore.
However, the Charlottetown resident wasn’t done there. She went on to win silver in the 100 metres on Friday night.
“She’s been training hard for the last year,” said Team P.E.I. athletics coach Jodi Harper. “She really wanted to perform well.
“She had a lot of family here watching and it was really nice to see her perform well and be rewarded for it.”
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Cudmore, who won four medals at the 2014 National Summer Games in Vancouver, also competed in shot put. She admitted last week’s hot temperatures were tough on competitors.
“We had to stay out of the sun and try to find some shade in a tent or by a tree,” explained Cudmore, who also finished sixth in the 200 metres and eighth in shot put.
Also on the track, Jeremy Wall of Summerside finished fourth in the long jump, seventh in the 5,000 metres, fifth in the 3,000 metres and sixth in the shot put. Wall actually won the 800 metres on Friday night, but a lane violation resulted in disqualification.
“He’s competing well, but he was bumped up to a higher division (for these Games),” explained Harper. “He did super, but the better you do the higher the competition is.”
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Swimming
Team P.E.I. continued to make a splash in the swimming pool at the Special Olympics Canada 2018 Summer Games over the weekend.
Overall, Ellen MacNearney of Montague and Roy Paynter of Kensington combined to win 10 medals in individual and relay events.
MacNearney won a gold medal in the 400-metre freestyle and silver in the 200-metre individual medley over the weekend. Her times were 7:10.14 for the 400 metres, and 3:46.34 in the 200 metres.
“Ellen had a really good week in the pool, and a lot of her events she had personal bests in,” said P.E.I. chef de mission Matthew McNally. “It just happened she was moved into some divisions where she just missed out on the podium and finished fourth, which is still something she should be very proud of.
“She ended her week really well winning a gold medal and then also getting some hardware in the relays that she was in. We are really proud of Ellen and her perseverance through a long week in the pool.”
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MacNearney won two medals with Team Nova Scotia in relay events. She collected a silver medal in the 4x50-metre individual medley event, and a bronze in the 4x50-metre freestyle relay.
Meanwhile, Paynter picked up a silver in the 100-metre freestyle after a final time of 1:18.15, and joined forces with Nova Scotia to win bronze in the 4x50-metre relay.
Earlier in the week, Paynter won two gold medals in the 50-metre backstroke and 50-metre freestyle, and a pair of bronze medals in the 50-metre breaststroke and 100-metre backstroke.
“He has one medal of every kind. He medalled in all but one of his events.”
That lone event was the 100-metre breaststroke as Paynter was disqualified in the final.
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Golf
In golf, Phillip Chugg of Stratford shot a final-round 73 on Friday. He also carded rounds of 71 and 70 to finish with a 214 total.
“He was very consistent, and finished fifth in his division,” noted McNally.
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