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BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois Valley Family Co-op swim team competed this weekend at the Illinois Special Olympics Summer Games. The team, consisting of Kelli Ewbank, Allison Gens, Ashly Weiland, Jessica Swietek, and Ann Schmitt brought home 5 individual gold medals, 3 individual silver medals, 1 team relay silver medal, a 5th and a 7th place.
Leading the games off, Ewbank came home with a silver medal in the 50-meter backstroke as well as the 50-meter freestyle. Gens brought home gold in both the 100-meter freestyle and the 50-meter breast stroke. Weiland also grabbed gold medals in the 100-meter breast stroke as well as the 400-meter freestyle. Swietek placed seventh in the 25-meter freestyle and won a silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle. Schmitt swam into fifth place in the 25-meter freestyle as well as gold in the 50-meter freestyle.
Ewbank, Swietek, Weiland, and Gens competed together on the 4 x 25-meter relay and came home with a silver medal.
