CHS Olympians

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[On Saturday, January 8, 2011 the Illinois Special Olympics Winter Regional Snowshoeing event took place at the Murray Center in Centralia. Six Olympians from Chester High School took part in the event. Andrea Gimber, Wade Mehrer and Brittany Williams took first place and Cody Fricke and Chris Knop took second in their respective races. The first place finishers will compete at the Winter State Games in Galena, Illinois in February. Pictured left to right: Back row - Andrea Gimber, Cody Fricke, Brittany Williams; Front Row- Wade Mehrer, Chris Knop, Brooke Hiser, Miss Justinen. Below is a blurb about the event.