Our local Special Olympics team had a very good showing at the 2025 Durham Swim Meet in Pickering this past weekend, bringing home 18 medals among them!

The Peterborough & District Sports Hall of Fame extends congratulations to 2024 inductee Steve Caban who won 4 gold medals in the 100 m backstroke, including the 100 m freestyle, 100 m breast stroke and the 100m individual medley.

We also recognize and congratulate Steve’s teammates on their success in the pool. Included are:

Lisa Butler: 1st place – 50-metre Butterfly, 1st place – 100-metre Butterfly, 1st place – 100-metre Freestyle, 1st place – 200-metre freestyle

Danielle Clarkson-Bulgar: 1st place – 25-metre Freestyle, 2nd place – 25-metre Backstroke, 3rd place – 50-metre Freestyle

Crystal Cochrane: 1st place – 25-metre Backstroke, 3rd place – 25-metre Freestyle, 3rd place – 50-metre Backstroke

Mark Crowder: 1st place – 25-metre Freestyle, 1st place – 50-metre Backstroke, 2nd place – 25-metre Backstroke, 3rd place – 50-metre Freestyle

Jasmine Davis: 1st place – 50-metre Backstroke, 2nd place – 25-metre Backstroke, 2nd place – 50-metre Freestyle

Nick Gardiner: 1st place – 25-metre Butterfly, 2nd place – 25-metre Freestyle, 2nd place – 50-metre Freestyle, 3rd place – 25-metre Backstroke

Hannah Goode: 2nd place – 25-metre Backcrawl, 2nd place – 50-metre Backcrawl

Meagan Glaeser: 1st place – 50-metre Freestyle, 2nd place – 50-metre Backcrawl

Nicole Hewitt: 1st place – 50-metre Backstroke, 2nd place – 25-metre Freestyle, 3rd place – 50-metre Freestyle

Carly Hopkinson: 1st place – 25-metre Backstroke, 2nd place – 25-metre Freestyle

Mercedes Laking: 1st place – 25-metre Butterfly, 2nd place – 100-metre Backstroke, 2nd place – 100-metre Breaststroke

Breanne Mackenzie: 3rd place – 25-metre Freestyle, 3rd place – 25-metre Backstroke, 3rd place – 50-metre Backstroke

Gillian McHugh: 1st place – 25-metre Freestyle, 1st place – 100-metre Freestyle, 2nd place – 25-metre Butterfly, 2nd place – 50-metre Backstroke

Miriam McHugh: 1st place – 25-metre Backstroke, 1st place – 50-metre Backstroke, 2nd place – 25-metre Freestyle, 3rd place – 100-metre Backstroke

Kacee Quinlan: 1st place – 25-metre Fly, 1st place – 50-metre Freestyle

Tessa Scates: 1st place – 200-metre Freestyle, 2nd place – 100-metre Freestyle, 2nd place – 50-metre Freestyle, 3rd place – 50-metre Backstroke

Dominic Wichmann: 1st place – 25-metre Backstroke, 1st place – 50-metre Freestyle, 2nd place – 50-metre Backstroke, 2nd place – 25-metre Freestyle

The team photo featured at the top of the article is courtesy of Peterborough Special Olympics.