Claire Halford of the Red Deer Marlins Swim Club struck gold in the 2012 Alberta Summer Games at Lethbridge.
Halford was victorious in the 100-metre individual medley with a time of 1:18.36 and — along with Marlins teammate Emilie Unrau — also won silver in the 4x100 medley relay (5:21.75) and earned a bronze medal in the 200m I.M. (2:48.56) and 4x100 free relay (4:47.37). Unrau also won bronze in the 4x100 free relay and picked up a silver medal in the 100m I.M. with a time of 1:20.44.
Other Alberta Summer Games medal winners from Red Deer and area:
Individual sports
Gold
Swimming — Amber Carson, Sylvan Lake, category 2 female 200m butterfly, 2:43.39; Elizabeth Moore, Sylvan Lake, category 1 female 100m breaststroke, 1:25,41, also 200m breastroke, 3:08.80.
Canoe-Kayak — Alexander Ramrattan, Innisfail, 11-14 C2 slalom; Darius Ramrattan, Innisfail, 11-14 male K1 slalom, also C1 slalom, C2 slalom and 15-17 slalom team race; Jonathan Reimer, Red Deer County, 15-17 slalom team race; Katrina Wagers, Innisfail, 15-17 slalom team race.
Athletics — Eric Lutz, Red Deer, U15 male 1,200m, 3:25,21; MacKenzie Ramsell, Innisfail, U15 female long jump, 5.14m, also high jump, 1.58m.
Silver
Swimming — Tanille Collicutt, Rocky Mountain House, category 1 female 4x100 medley relay, 5:21.75; Daniel Stayer, Red Deer, category 2 male 400m I.M., 5:24.01; Elizabeth Moore, Sylvan Lake, category 1 female 400m I.M., 6:08.00, also 4x100 medley relay, 5:21.75; Emma Barschel, Red Deer, category 2 female 800m freestyle, 10:13.97; Kennedy Townsend, Red Deer, category 1 female 4x100 medley relay, 5:21.75.
Canoe-Kayak — Darius Ramrattan, Innisfail, 11-14 male K1 wildwater, 8:20.00; Katrina Wagers, Innisfail, 15-17 female K1 wildwater, 8:32.00; Katie Hendrickson, Innisfail, 11-14 female C1 slalom.
Athletics — Adam Guthrie, Red Deer, 12-13 male triathlon, 37:40.45; Jeremiah Huo, Red Deer, U15 male javelin throw, 37.35m; Kolton Hueppelsheuser, Bentley, U17 male octathlon, 3,262 points; Paige Leek, Caroline, U15 female triple jump, 10.21m; Brayden Posyluzny, Innisfail, U15 male long jump, 5.87m, also shot put, 11.07m; Meriah Wiart, Castor, U17 female high jump, 1.55m.
Bronze
Swimming — Josh Gette, Innisfail, category 2 male 4x100 free relay, 4:17.63; Marcos Horscheck, Red Deer, category 2 male 4x100 free relay, 4:17.63; Korben Johnson, Red Deer, category 2 male 1,500m freestyle, 19:12.23; Tyler Menzel, Red Deer, category 1 male 4x50 free relay, 2:14.85; Daniel Stayer, Red Deer, category 2 male 400m freestyle, 4:49.78; Elizabeth Moore, Sylvan Lake, category 1 female 4x100 free relay, 4:47.37; Dylan MacDermaid, Red Deer, category 1 male 4x50 free relay, 2:14.85; Chayce Moon, Red Deer, category 2 female 1,500m freestyle, 20:15.81; Kennedy Townsend, Red Deer, category 1 female 4x100 free relay, 4:47.37; Tanille Collicutt, Rocky Mountain House, category 1 female 100m I.M., 1:22.12.
Canoe-Kayak — Alexander Ramrattan, Innisfail, 11-14 male K1 slalom, also C1 slalom; Jonathan Reimer, Red Deer County, 15-17 male C1 slalaom; Katrina Wagers, Innisfail, 15-17 female K1 slalom; Katie Hendrickson, Innisfail, canoe polo event; Hannah Hendrickson, Innisfail, canoe polo event; Ian Scherrer, Innisfail, canoe polo event.
Athletics — Carley Wlad, Red Deer, 12-13 female triathlon, 38:19.80; Jordanna Cota, Red Deer, U17 female 3,000m, 11:09.33, also female medley relay, 4:26.65; Nicole Dupuis, Clive, U17 female shot put, 11.36m; Derrick Evans, Red Deer, U17 male 1,500m, 4:15.68; Jeremiah Huo, Red Deer, U15 male 4x100 relay, 48.54; Jordan Huston, Lacombe, U17 female medley relay, 4:26.65; Tyson Hueppelsheuser, Bentley, U15 male 4x100 relay, 48.54; Eric Lutz, Red Deer, U15 male 4x100 relay, 48.54; Brayden Posyluzny, Innisfail, U15 male 4x100 relay, 48.54, also triple jump (11.72m) and discus (33.11m);
BMX — Coleman Komula, Red Deer, 13-14 male race, 280 points; Sarah Stahl, Red Deer, 13-14 female race, 280 points.
Team sports
Silver — Zone 4 inline hockey (Zachary Knight, Lacombe; Shane Frisneth, Sylvan Lake; Jackson Oborne, Kyle James, Red Deer County; Justin Anderson, Luke Coleman, Kirt Fortney, Kody Knash, Landon Mackenzie, Caden Shybunka, Abagael Thiesen, Dawson Weatherill, Red Deer); Zone 4 female rugby (Sylvia Von gunten, Bluffton; Paige Prins, Lacombe; Jordan Grant, Tessa Schaber, Olds; Brenton Bowd, Bryna Cline, Sydney Doan, Hope Fulton, Darby Livingstone, Reece McGuire, Mackenzie Morisseau, Emma Newton, Isatu Sankph, Elena Stalwick, Aliie Swan, Cassie Swan, Red Deer; Megan Clarke, Natalie Holmes, Red Deer County; Andrea Anderson, Rimbey; Cassidy Hollingsworth, Sonja Simmenlink, Karina Stevenson, Rocky Mountain House; Kimberly Mickelson, Rosedale Valley).
Zone 4 female soccer (Bailey Johnson, Ruby Macknight, Christina Morigeau, Samu Ndhlovu, Kayla Nesseth, Emily Richard, Madison Roth-MacDonald, Sean Vandervlis, Emma Holmes, Hailey Crichton, Emily Downey, Madison Fisher, Natalie Frenette, Mikayla Fujimoto, Abbi Galloway, Hannah Giannioudis, Erin Gill, Red Deer; Reesa Garez, Stettler; Lauchlyn Martens, Sylvan Lake).