Sarnia athletes celebrated for Special Olympics performance

Winning national gold in standing long jump was far from a given when Chris Carpeneto sized up his Special Olympics competition in Alberta recently.“It was tricky,” said the Sarnia athlete, one of four locals who competed and took home hardware from the Medicine Hat games Aug. 11-15.“A lot of people were stronger and taller than I was,” said Carpeneto, who also won bronze in javelin.His edge in standing long jump was sticking the landing, he said.“I knew how to jum