Neff and Brightbill Create Fitness Video for Special Olympics Alaska

PRINCETON, N.J. – In the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic, MaryKate Neff and Grace Brightbill found time to give back in a unique way.

Sue Perles '75 is a former Princeton field hockey player and is now the CEO of Special Olympics Alaska. She was looking for a way to keep her athletes engaged and thought of coming up with a fitness video for the athletes.

She eventually reached out to Carla Tagliente which led to Neff and Brightbill volunteering.

The two made a 13-minute video and it was shared to the Special Olympics Alaska's Facebook page.

"I really wanted to do this well, so we put a lot of effort into thinking about which exercises would translate," Neff said in a story about this on tigershelping.princeton.edu. "I looked online for possible examples and videos that could give me more insight, but what I found was that there really weren't many at-home workouts for Special Olympics athletes. That made me even more passionate about what we were doing, because I recognized that the video could have an immediate impact."

For more information on this story, check out the link here. The website shows how Princetonians serve and support their communities through this pandemic.

The Tigers went 16-5 overall in 2019. During the season, the Tigers registered a 13-game winning streak which was the program's second longest streak ever. Princeton went on to win the Ivy League title and reach the National Championship Game for the fourth time ever.

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