Special Olympians train at Lost Valley

: Breanna Bragg, 17, skis with her coach Bill Dubois, both of Auburn, during the Special Olympics winter training games at Lost Valley in Auburn on Friday. Athletes from Androscoggin County trained in alpine skiing, Nordic skiing and snowshoe racing to get ready for the State Winter Games at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley on Jan. 26-28. Bragg, a junior at Edward Little High School, had no idea that she would be in a sit ski coming down the mountain when she came to school today, said Bragg’s life skills teacher Michelle Hill.

: Arown Purcell, 10, of Auburn competes in the snowshoe race at the Special Olympics winter training games at Lost Valley Ski Area in Auburn on Friday. Athletes from Androscoggin County trained in Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing and snowshoe racing to get ready for the Special Olympics Maine State Winter Games at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley on Jan. 26-28. Purcell is a fifth-grader at Fairview Elementary School.

: Shaylea Latham of Auburn smiles at her coach during the Special Olympics Maine winter training games at Lost Valley Ski Area in Auburn on Friday. Latham is a student at Edward Little High School in Auburn.

: Breanna Bragg, 17, skis with her coach, Bill Dubois, both of Auburn, during the Special Olympics Maine winter training games at Lost Valley Ski Area in Auburn on Friday. Athletes from Androscoggin County trained in alpine skiing, Nordic skiing and snowshoe racing to get ready for the Special Olympics Maine State Winter Games at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley on Jan. 26-28. Bragg, a junior at Edward Little High School in Auburn, had no idea she would be in a sit-ski coming down the mountain when she came to school today, Bragg’s life skills teacher, Michelle Hill, said.

: Frances Stauffer shows Fardowsa Ahmed, 15, the finish line during the snowshoe race at the Special Olympics Maine winter training games at Lost Valley Ski Area in Auburn on Friday. Ahmed is a student at Edward Little High School in Auburn.

: Marie Capone, left, and Frances Stauffer high-five Fardowsa Ahmed, 15, at the finish line of the snowshoe race during the Special Olympics Maine winter training games at Lost Valley Ski Area in Auburn on Friday. Ahmed is a student at Edward Little High School in Auburn.

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