Success at the Special Olympics New Jersey Summer Games and the New Wave swim team seem to be a perfect fit. During the weekend of June 8 through 10, seven of New Wave’s nine swimmers not only competed, but fared well in a variety of swimming events, which were contested at The College of New Jersey.
“It was a very busy and fun weekend for our Special Olympian swimmers,” said Pat Rears, who coaches the squad alongside her husband, Tom, and Southern Regional’s Abbey Mower.
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