WESTON, Mass. - On Sunday, June 7th, rising senior captains Mike Emanuelson (Silver Lake, N.H.) and Andrew O'Reilly (Hollis, N.H.) joined Team IMPACT teammates Sean and Dennis Lambert for their swimming contests at the Massachusetts Special Olympics Summer Games.

Both boys placed and each received gold medals for their efforts in the freestyle and backstroke swimming competitions.

The events were held at Harvard University's Athletic Complex.

The Summer Games are the oldest and most traditional competition of Special Olympics. Though the organization has grown, Special Olympics is recognized world-wide for its Olympic-style competition, introduced at the first international Summer Games in 1968 with the first event in Massachusetts beginning in 1971.