Brandon Tufford (832) recorded a personal best time of 2:00.57 in winning the bronze medal in the U18 800m

Zone 8 Track and Field athletes combined for a total of 10 medals (2 silver and 8 bronze) at the 2016 Alberta Summer Games in Leduc in Alberta on the weekend.

Sexmith’s Vanessa Spenner (U16 Discus) and Valleyview’s Aimee Caron (U16 80m Hurdles) both recorded runner-up finishes.

Bronze medals were awarded to

• Xavier Crosby – U18 Discus and U 18 Hammer
• Kennedy Gray – U16 Long Jump
• Desiree Giesbrecht – U18 Heptathlon
• Marco Dejong – U16 Triple Jump
• Brandon Tufford – U18 800m
• Kris Baird – U18 Shot Put
• Aimee Caron, Kennedy Gray, Elissa Day, Lindsay Martens – U16 Medley Relay

The 2016 total represented a three medal improvement from the last Games.  In the 2014 ASG track meet, Zone 8 captured 5 silver and 2 bronze medals.

The 2018 Alberta Summer Games will take place in July 2018 at the Legion Track in Grande Prairie.