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Ex Hargest Medal Winners
Ex Hargest Medal Winners
Ex Hargest Medal Winners
Special Olympian ex- students Grant McKenzie and Sheryl Saunders visited school recently to talk about their successes on the world stage. Grant (McKenzie) is the “Global Messenger for Special Olympics, New Zealand” and he has this role for life. He has had speaking engagements all over NZ.
Recently both Grant and Sheryl competed in the ‘Special Olympics World Summer Games, L.A., 2015’. Grant competed in the top division of the Weightlifting and won:
Silver for the Squat
Silver for the bench press
Gold for the dead lift
Gold overall for a total of 405kg
Sheryl won: Gold in the Breaststroke
4th in the Backstroke
4th in the relays
We are very proud of their achievements and also the way they represent the Special Olympics movement. As Grant said, he never dreamt he would be coming back to talk to his old school about his achievements on the world stage.