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About 200 pupils from 23 Richmond County schools participated in the Special Olympics held at Westside High School on Wednesday. Westside students from ROTC, the national honor society and PEER mediators volunteered to help the athletes participate in the events.

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DaAundra Young (left), 15, is hugged by her mother, Toniette Young, after winning the girls 50-meter run in the Special Olympics.

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Westside High School senior Darius Mealing (left), 18, runs with Daquita Harrison, 18, of Lucy C. Laney Comprehensive High School in the opening ceremonies of the Richmond County Special Olympics.