By rdnewsNOW staff

Alberta second in medal standings after week one

Feb 23, 2019 | 8:25 AM

The first week of competition has wrapped up at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, and it was a great week for home province athletes.

Alberta is sitting in second in the medal standings with 44 medals. Quebec is leading with 87 medals, and Ontario is third with 42 medals.

Alberta won 16 gold medals (surpassing their total from the 2015 Games in Prince George, BC), 17 silver and 11 bronze medals. The first week represents an increase of five medals compared to the halfway mark of the 2015 Games.

Brooklyn McDougall and Kaleb Muller were significant performers in the long track speed skating, earning a combined of nine medals for Team Alberta in week one. Jaime Czarkowski, in Artistic Swimming, took home all three of the gold medals available in the sport.

The women’s biathlon team executed a complete sweep of two podiums in individual events in the last week, with Jenna Sherrington earning three gold medals.

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In Short Track Speed Skating, Alberta fared extremely well in a sport that is dominated by Quebec. Alberta squeezed in five medals in the sport, with a win form Hee-Won Son in the women’s 500m race.

Wheelchair basketball electrified the sold-out crowd in Wheelchair Basketball by winning the gold medal against a tough opponent from Ontario, the first gold medal for Alberta since 1995 for that sport.

Montana Fairbairn won gold in the floor routine event in artistic gymnastics. She became the first female Alberta athlete to win this event in the history of the Canada Games.

Freestyler skiers Mackenzie Schwinghamer and Jake Sandstorm each earned two medals for Team Alberta, including a gold medal for Schwinghamer in the moguls event.

Week one athletes are leaving Red Deer this morning (Saturday) with a new set of athletes arriving in the afternoon. Week two competition gets underway on Sunday.

(With file from Team Alberta media release)