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Held at Harvard's athletics facilities over the past weekend, the event drew approximately 2,500 athletes and coaches from around the state and thrust them into a fun-filled competition for the gold through a series of athletic competitions, ranging from gymnastics to aquatics to power lifting.
"This is the biggest event of the year for them,” said David Tynes, program coordinator of the Cambridge Program for Individuals with Special Needs, which sent 60 athletes to compete at the summer games. “It gives them a chance to measure their gains and...
But the event's festivities—facilitated by a bounty of pulled pork sandwiches and a car show featuring police cruisers—did not detract from the heated competition and athletic prowess displayed at the events.
Swimmers duked it out in the 200-meter freestyle at Blodgett Pool, gymnasts twirled and tumbled in the floor event at Gordon Indoor Track, and power lifters competed to see who could hoist the most iron at the Palmer Dixon Strength and Conditioning Center.
Moments after receiving the gold medal for beating out the competition in the softball throw by just one meter and 14 centimeters, Richard Romano relished in his victory: "It feels good."