Tamiko O'Connell, right, and Shannon Vincent celebrate as Breanna Bragg, 15, finishes the 50-yard freestyle event during the Special Olympics swim meet at the YWCA in Lewiston on Friday. Teams from Androscoggin County competed to prepare athletes for the state swim meet at Bates College on April 11. O'Connell is the coach for the Auburn Special Olympics team that consists of students from Fairview Elementary, Auburn Middle and Edward Little High schools. Bragg is a sophomore at ELHS. Vincent is a volunteer who lives in Durham.
Kyle Ellis, 13, swims with Mary Wilkins of Auburn during the 10-yard freestyle event at the Special Olympics swim meet at the YWCA in Lewiston on Friday. "He is happy all the time," Ellis' teacher, Peggy Aiello, said of the seventh-grader at Auburn Middle School. Wilkins is a physical therapist who works with Auburn students.
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