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Article: Special Olympics comes to U. Minnesota campus
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- June 29, 2005
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Jamie Vangeest
University Wire
06-29-2005
(Minnesota Daily) (U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- In the 9 a.m. long jump competition, seven athletes competed for the gold medal.
With the qualifying jumps for the athletes ranging between 2.83 meters and 3.2 meters, Noah Reedy said he was unsure of who would win.
With a look of determination in his eyes, he ran down the track and sent sand flying into the air as his feet hit the ground.
Reedy, representing the St. Croix Valley Lumberjacks, got first place in the running long jump heat last week.
He was one of more than 1,100 athletes to descend upon Bierman Track and Field Complex last week for the Special Olympics Minnesota's 2005 Summer Games, an ...