SEATTLE – Twelve Montana athletes traveled to Seattle to compete in the 2018 Special Olympics USA Summer Games, and all 12 will return with a medal for either first, second or third in their events.
Team Montana saw three athletes claim gold medals, led by Columbia Falls powerlifter Spencer Vermillion, who finished first in deadlift (465 lbs) and combined disciplines.
Zoe Barber of Victor claimed gold in female singles bocce, and Butte’s Zach Stenson won a gold medal in the 400-meter run. The Montana delegate will fly in to the Great Falls International Airport at 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
TEAM MONTANA RESULTS
Sylvester Vermillion, Columbia Falls (powerlifting)
– Bench Press: 2nd Place
– Squat: 2nd Place
– Deadlift: 1st Place
– Combined: 1st Place
Chandler Krahn, Charlo (powerlifting)
– Bench Press: 2nd Place
– Squat: 2nd Place
– Deadlift: 2nd Place
– Combined: 2nd Place
Katie Siebrecht, Cut Bank (bowling)
– Singles: 6th Place
– Unified Doubles: 5th Place
– Unified Team: 3rd Place
Garrison Hein, Billings (bowling)
– Singles: 5th Place
– Unified Doubles: 6th Place
– Unified Team: 3rd Place
Betsy Schaffer, Great Falls (bocce)
– Singles: 2nd Place
– Unified Doubles: 4th Place
– Unified Team: 2nd Place
Zoe Barber, Victor (bocce)
– Singles: 1st Place
– Unified Doubles: 2nd Place
– Unified Team: 2nd Place
Chance Hoover, Polson (bocce)
– Singles: 2nd Place
– Unified Doubles: 5th Place
– Unified Team: 2nd Place
Dillon Pickering, Anaconda (bocce)
– Singles: 4th Place
– Unified Doubles: 4th Place
– Unified Team: 2nd Place
Jen Mazur, Great Falls (athletics)
– 100m Run: 2nd Place
– 200m Run: 3rd Place
– 400m Run: DQ
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Ellen Bischoff, Helena (athletics)
– 100m Run: 2nd Place
– 200m Run: 2nd Place
– 400m Run: 2nd Place
– Mini Jav: 6th Place
Zach Stenson, Butte (athletics)
– 100m Run: 5th Place
– 200m Run: 3rd Place
– 400m Run: 1st Place
– Long Jump: 2nd Place
Jon Turner, Big Timber (athletics)
– 100m Run: 7th Place
– 200m Run: 5th Place
– 400m Run: 3rd Place
– Mini Jav: 2nd Place
