Last weekend Robb participated in the 2016 Special Olympics Games. He did one unassisted race and one assisted race that I got to coach him in. For the first time in his Special Olympics a coach did not have to jump in to get him out of the pool in his unassisted, so even though he did walk a little in the shallow end, he managed to finish the race all on his own! He also managed to win the gold medal in his assisted swim race, and though he did not want to wear it very long, I think he was very pleased. I was also very happy to see they dedicated the pre-staging area to Tressie Shavers, a woman who died during her race last year, and the medal ceremony area was dedicated to another athlete.
All and all this was a great season. I got to start coaching Robb, he swam the unassisted race without any help, and the whole team did great earning bronze, silver, and gold medals with very positive demeanors.
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