By rdnewsNOW staff

Gold, bronze for Alberta on day three at 2019 Games

Feb 18, 2019 | 5:06 PM

Team Alberta won two more medals on the third day of competition at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer.

A gold in women’s moguls and bronze medal in men’s 1500m short track speed skating bring Alberta’s tally to 13 medals (5-5-3), good for second place in the medal standings behind Quebec.

MacKenzie Schwinghamer won moguls gold Monday at Canyon Ski Area just one day after winning the silver medal in the aerials competition.

“It’s the best feeling in the world! I am speechless. This is definitely the top feeling I have ever had,” said Schwinghamer, who is 19. “I was in the start gate with so many thoughts in my head. I stopped and said to myself ‘I’ve got this, just go out and do it.’ For the rest of the run, I’ve just thought about that. It was probably the best run of my life!”

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In the men’s event, Danny Tanner was Alberta’s top finisher, with a fourth-place finish behind BC and a pair of Quebec skiers.

The Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre was buzzing with activities with the first medal awarded in the short track speed skating events.

In the men’s 1500m final, Matej Pederson, 17, of Calgary made a late move to cross the finish line in third place.

In a tightly contested women’s 15oom final, Calgary’s Cezera Bere finished fourth just .005 seconds off the All-Quebec podium.

In the team relay, both Alberta men and women’s teams qualified for the 3000m team relay to take place on Friday, February 22.

Elsewhere, Alberta’s ringette team overcame a 3-1 deficit to earn a 6-4 win against New Brunswick to keep their hopes of a medal alive. Torrie Shennan and Ann Sauve each scored twice for Team Alberta in the victory, with Kennedy Hickey and Kaley Bilyk adding singles.

Currently sitting in third place in the ringette standings with a 1-1 record, Team Alberta will next play the undefeated team from Manitoba (2-0) on Tuesday night at 5:30 p.m. to close out the preliminary round.

Also, Alberta clinched a pair of medals in boxing when Janick Lacroix (75kg) and Cole Brander (56kg) each won via unanimous decision in their respective semi-final matches on Monday. Both will fight for gold at Westerner Park on Wednesday.

(Troy Gillard. with file from Team Alberta media release)