Hinsdale South's Special Olympics Athletes Medal at Summer Games

Submitted by Hinsdale Township High School District 86.

Hinsdale Township High School District 86 today congratulated the Hinsdale South High School and Transition Center Special Olympics athletes for their accomplishments at the 2015 Summer Games in swimming and track and field events.

In all, 12 athletes from Hinsdale South and the Transition Center qualified to attend the Summer Games for track and field competition. Of the 12 that qualified, seven athletes attended and competed.

“Each athlete did their best and it shows by the number of medals that we brought home,” said Special Olympics Coach Kathy Craig. “The athletes had a great weekend at Illinois State University; watching the opening ceremonies, swimming at the water park, going out to eat and making lots of new friends.”

Individual Results:

Matt Friedman
1st Place in Shot put
3rd Place in the 800-Meter Run

Kittiya Laemmer
5th Place in Shot Put
1st Place in the 100-Meter Run

Ja’Launi Collins
7th Place in Shot put
2nd Place in the 200-Meter Run

Sammy Tabally
2nd in Shot Put
2nd in the 200-Meter Run

Austin Savickas
6th Place in the 100-Meter Run

Cori Lesnik
3rd Place in the 200-Meter Run

Jorge Huerta competed in the Pentathlon against 18 other athletes

1st in High Jump
1st in Running Long Jump
1st in the 100 Meter Dash
1st in the Shot Put
1st in the 400 Meter Run

1st Place Overall

For swimming, Jon Hlavacek competed at Illinois Wesleyan in the state swimming competition on Friday with Coach Kraig Conyer.

John Hlavacek
2nd Place in the 50-Meter Freestyle