Ojani Macedo, Mariana Estrada and Jack Froman race across Mission Bay. Photo by Pablo Gandara/ Photo Editor
Fall and spring move aside. Southwestern College’s busiest sports season is the summer.
SWC hosted to a unique summer sports program for kids with disabilities. Two days at the Crown Cove Aquatic Center at the Silver Strand State Beach are dedicated to water sports such as kayaking, water tubing, outrigger canoeing, sailing and land sports like hand cycling and Frisbee golf.
Back on tierra firma of the main campus kids have an opportunity to snorkel in the pool, play soccer, basketball, tennis, smash and crash in wheelc
hair rugby, and aim for bull’s-eye in archery. Participants range in age from 3 – 18.
Sports programs like this provide kids with disabilities opportunities that their peers have access to every day. Physical activity boosts the immune system, builds self-esteem and strengthens bonds.
A dedicated staff of medical and safety personnel, coaches, ex-campers and teaming volunteers return each year to guide and encourage campers, providing sports advice and role models.
For more information about this camp and its year-round programs, visit sdasf.org.
- Ojani Macedo, Mariana Estrada and Jack Froman race across Mission Bay.
- Michael Seo, 13, drills the bull’s eye.