Olympic
Athletes
Welcome
Home!
August 14, 2012
Olympic
Athletes
Dominique
Pegg along
with Coach
Dave
Brubaker,
Derek Drouin
and Barbara
Gasser
retuned
home on
Monday after
a long night
of
celebration.
Despite
being tired
they were
all smiles
for their
hometown
fans.
“It was
amazing
seeing
everyone
here. That
was really
nice of
them,” said
Olympic
Gymnast
Dominique
Pegg
“All the
support from
this city is
amazing. I’m
just
incredibly
blessed”
Olympic
Gymnast
Barbara
Gasser who
competed for
Austria but
lives and
trains in
Sarnia
arrived on
the same
flight as
Derek
Drouin.
"It's nice I
don't have
to much time
to enjoy
this, but
I'm going to
enjoy every
minute of
it".
Drouin said
Derek will
be leaving
for school
in Indiana
on August
20th.
Derek's home
town of
Corunna will
be honouring
their
hometown
hero
with a parade on Wednesday August 15th at 6:30 p.m. The parade
- featuring
Drouin, his
family, and
coach Joel
Skinner
will run
between
Lyndock
Street and
Beckwith
Street and
end at
Antonio's
Pizza where
an autograph
session will
be held at 7
p.m..
|
|
Coach Joel Skinner
Sarnia Athletics Southwest Track and Field Club |
Coach Dave Brubaker
Bluewater Gymnastics Club |
Coach Joel
Skinner was
on hand to
welcome
Derek home.
"It's
amazing what
Derek has
done, I'm so
proud of
him"
said Skinner
"he has
brought
attention to
the sport
and I
encourage
any young
athlete who
is
interested
in Athletics
to contact
me"
One last
look at
Olympic
Performances
Derek Drouin
Dominique
Pegg
For
information
on Sarnia
Athletics
Southwest
Track and
Field Club
or Bluewater
Gymnastics
Club click
on their
logos below.