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Softball competition at the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Medicine Hat. (Image Credit: Special Olympics Canada)
Results

FINAL RESULTS: Wednesday at the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games

Aug 11, 2026 | 7:00 PM

Wednesday at the 2026 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games is the first day for Athletics, Golf, Rhythmic Gymnastics and Swimming.

Competition continued Wednesday in basketball, bocce, soccer, softball and tenpin bowling, while athletes also took part in the opening rounds of golf and rhythmic gymnastics.

Athletics

Athletics competition took place at Medicine Hat Rotary Track.

10,000M

The 10,000M finals produced three division winners:

  • Division 1: Ontario’s Meghan Josling won gold in 49:45.50. British Columbia’s Stephanie Ma won silver, while Ontario’s Annick Leger won bronze.
  • Division 2: British Columbia’s Rex Hui won gold in 44:17.13. Nova Scotia’s Brian Waring won silver and B.C.’s Torben Schuffert won bronze.
  • Division 3: Yukon’s Darby McIntyre won gold in 36:57.95. Manitoba’s Harry Burns won silver and Ontario’s Brian Knechtel won bronze.

Other Athletics results

Divisioning was also held in the 110M hurdles, 50M, 200M and 800M.

Among the results submitted:

  • 110M Hurdles: Ontario’s Jacob Potts recorded 22.28.
  • 50M: Ontario’s Victoria Young recorded 10.10, Ontario’s Braydon Nicolai 15.40 and British Columbia’s Terri Carelius 18.23.
  • 800M: Manitoba’s Alec Baldwin recorded the fastest submitted time at 2:19.03, followed by Ontario’s Tristan McGuire at 2:23.68 and Nova Scotia’s Jason Hicks at 2:24.09.
  • 25M Wheelchair Race: B.C.’s Trevor Klassen recorded 14.41, while B.C.’s Tyler LeFebvre recorded 15.72.

Divisioning heats were also held in the 200M, with Nova Scotia’s Jacob Rafuse recording the fastest submitted time at 23.69.

Field events

  • Running Long Jump: Saskatchewan’s Bradyn Giraudier recorded 5.28m, followed by Manitoba’s Nathan Alex Vien at 5.20m and Saskatchewan’s Kyle Giraudier at 4.87m.
  • Shot Put: Alberta’s Torie Langdale recorded 7.90m, followed by B.C.’s Ashley Adie at 7.59m and New Brunswick’s Janie McGraw at 7.50m.
  • Standing Long Jump: Ontario’s Brian Knechtel recorded 2.23m, followed by PEI’s Keegan Waite at 2.20m and Alberta’s Jesse Wells at 2.11m.

The running long jump and standing long jump finals are scheduled for Friday, so Wednesday’s distances are divisioning results rather than final placings.

Basketball

Basketball continued at Medicine Hat High School.

Medalta Division

  • Game 1: Quebec Équipe Québec defeated Manitoba Team Toba, 67-19.
  • Game 5: Ontario Gryphons 1 defeated Ontario Gryphons 2, 65-24.
  • Game 10: Ontario Gryphons 1 defeated Manitoba Team Toba, 33-31.
  • Game 12: Quebec Équipe Québec defeated Ontario Gryphons 2, 65-24.

Red Rock Division

  • Game 2: B.C. Team BC Ravens defeated B.C. Team BC Thunder, 40-37.
  • Game 7: Nova Scotia Team Nova Scotia defeated B.C. Team BC Thunder, 54-49.
  • Game 8: B.C. Team BC Ravens defeated PEI Team PEI, 57-40.

Mavericks Division

  • Game 3: Alberta Koalas lost to Saskatchewan Team Sask. The result was recorded as a loss/win, but no numerical score was provided.
  • Game 4: Ontario Gryphons 3 and B.C. Team BC Wildcats were recorded as a tie, but no numerical score was provided.
  • Game 9: Ontario Gryphons 3 defeated Alberta Koalas, 34-12.
  • Game 11: Saskatchewan Team Sask defeated B.C. Team BC Wildcats, 50-39.

Bocce

Bocce singles competition began at the Big Marble Go Centre at 8 a.m.

Among Alberta competitors, the results submitted so far include:

  • Division 8: Alberta’s Jessica McCombe lost to New Brunswick’s Victoria Nelson, 10-4.
  • Division 10: Alberta’s Chester Stone defeated Ontario’s Vince Croteau, 14-4.
  • Division 11: Alberta’s Scotty Nickel defeated Quebec’s Brent Rowan Mingo, 13-2.
  • Division 13: Alberta’s Cam McNainy defeated Newfoundland & Labrador’s Junior Dumaresque, 12-10.
  • Division 14: Alberta’s Blade Hunker defeated Ontario’s Eric Gervais, 15-8.
  • Division 16: Alberta’s Mikey/Mike Baumgardt lost to British Columbia’s Patrik Lowe, 9-6.
  • Division 16: Alberta’s Nigel Zimmerman defeated Alberta’s Randy Chandler, 12-10.

Other Bocce results can be found on the Special Olympics Canada Games results website.

Golf

Golf began Wednesday at Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club.

Level 4

  • Ontario’s Dylan Hillier — 47
  • Ontario’s Ryan Uttley — 47
  • Quebec’s Olivier Martel — 48
  • Ontario’s Scott Gowing — 50
  • British Columbia’s Ian Zipser — 50
  • British Columbia’s Erika Hobbs — 51
  • Ontario’s Tim Maracle — 51
  • Ontario’s Raymond Bazinet — 52
  • Alberta’s Zach Fox — 53
  • British Columbia’s Brett Tassell — 53

Other submitted Level 4 scores ranged from 53 through 82, with PEI’s Colton Matheson recording 82.

Level 5

  • Ontario’s Krystian Pushka — 83
  • British Columbia’s Garrett Appleton — 84
  • Alberta’s Josh Engel — 84
  • Ontario’s Natasha Stasiuk — 84
  • Alberta’s Emma Bittorf — 92
  • Nova Scotia’s Robert Deal — 93
  • Nova Scotia’s Nikki Speichts — 93
  • Ontario’s Jack Houlahan — 98
  • Alberta’s Shane Stewart — 99
  • Nova Scotia’s Krista Stockman — 99

The remaining submitted Level 5 scores ranged from 99 to 138, with New Brunswick’s Ken Wiseman recording 138.

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics competition took place at the Big Marble Go Centre.

Ball

  • Level 1: Ontario’s Maria Emery — 16.10
  • Level 2: Ontario’s Emily Byrne — 14.90
  • Level 3: Ontario’s Emily Arbic-Cohen — 14.35
  • Level 4: Ontario’s Kimana Mar — 13.90

Hoop

  • Level 1: B.C.’s Lexie Leong — 16.05
  • Level 2: Quebec’s Patricia Colgan — 14.95
  • Level 3: B.C.’s Michaela Samsonoff — 13.15
  • Level 4: Ontario’s Kimana Mar — 14.20

Rope

  • Level 1: Ontario’s Maria Emery — 15.90
  • Level 2: Ontario’s Jamieson Bonk — 11.90
  • Level 3: Ontario’s Emily Arbic-Cohen — 13.80

Clubs

  • Level 1: Quebec’s Vicky Dupont — 14.05
  • Level 2: Ontario’s Emily Byrne — 14.20
  • Level 3: Ontario’s Emily Arbic-Cohen — 14.55
  • Level 4: Ontario’s Kimana Mar — 12.85

Rings and Sticks

  • Rings, Level 1: Saskatchewan’s Dylan Dovell — 14.15
  • Rings, Level 1: Alberta’s Johnathan Wai — 12.65
  • Rings, Level 1: B.C.’s Anthony Moncur — 5.80
  • Sticks, Level 1: Saskatchewan’s Dylan Dovell — 12.40
  • Sticks, Level 1: Alberta’s Johnathan Wai — 12.05
  • Sticks, Level 1: B.C.’s Anthony Moncur — 5.45

Floor and Apparatus

  • Duets/Trios Ball: Nova Scotia Team NS — 12.75
  • Group Large Floor Exercise: B.C. Team BC — 11.95
  • Group Small Floor Exercise: Ontario Team Ontario — 16.05
  • Group Small Floor Exercise: B.C. Team BC — 13.10

The individual rhythmic gymnastics results supplied are divisioning scores, with no final placings shown in the material provided.

Soccer

Soccer continued at the Big Marble Go Centre.

Tigers Division

  • Game 3: Ontario Panthers defeated Saskatchewan Team Sask, 2-1.
  • Game 5: B.C. Team BC Lightning and Manitoba Team Toba tied 2-2.

Medalta Division

  • Game 1: Ontario Shadflys defeated Alberta Tigers, 4-0.
  • Game 2: Nova Scotia Team Nova Scotia defeated PEI Team PEI, 8-7.
  • Game 9: PEI Team PEI defeated Newfoundland & Labrador Timberwolves, 8-1.
  • Game 10: Ontario Shadflys defeated Nova Scotia Team Nova Scotia, 2-1.

Red Rock Division

  • Game 4: Quebec Équipe Québec defeated New Brunswick Team NB, 5-3.
  • Game 8: Yukon Team Yukon defeated New Brunswick Team NB, 8-4.

Coulee Division

  • Game 1: Alberta Strikers defeated B.C. Team BC Coastal Crush, 3-2.
  • Game 2: SOC Pan-Canadian Team defeated Ontario Thunderwolves, 9-0.
  • Game 3: SOC Pan-Canadian Team defeated Nova Scotia Team Nova Scotia, 12-0.
  • Game 4: Alberta Strikers defeated Ontario Thunderwolves, 3-2.

Softball

Medalta Division

  • Ontario Falcons lost to Ontario Legion, 14-13.
  • B.C. Team BC Tigers defeated Manitoba Team Toba, 9-7.

After Wednesday’s games, Ontario Legion was 2-0 with four points. Ontario Falcons and B.C. Team BC Tigers were both 1-1 with two points, while Manitoba was 0-2.

Red Rock Division

  • Quebec Équipe Québec lost to Alberta Rockets, 15-5.
  • Ontario Jr. Dodgers lost to B.C. Team BC Blue Jays, 18-8.

Alberta Rockets finished the day 2-0 with four points. B.C. Team BC Blue Jays and Ontario Jr. Dodgers were both 1-1, while Quebec was 0-2.

Mavericks Division

  • New Brunswick Team NB defeated Saskatchewan Team Sask, 10-7.
  • Nova Scotia Team Nova Scotia defeated PEI Team PEI, 13-5.

New Brunswick and Nova Scotia both finished 2-0 with four points.

Tenpin Bowling

Team competition wrapped up Wednesday at Panorama Lanes, as Medicine Hat’s Mitchell MacDonald took home silver with Alberta SOA Team 1.

  • Division 1: Ontario SOO1 won gold with 1,994 points. Alberta SOA Team 1 won silver with 1,845 and Ontario SOO6 won bronze with 1,778.
  • Division 2: Ontario SOO10 won gold with 1,705. B.C. Wolf Pack Thunder won silver and B.C. Raven Strikers won bronze.
  • Division 3: Alberta SOA Team 2 won gold with 1,493. Ontario SOO7 won silver and Quebec QUÉBEC-4 won bronze.
  • Division 4: Quebec QUÉBEC-3 won gold with 1,282. Ontario SOO5 won silver and Alberta SOA Team 3 won bronze.
  • Division 5: Ontario SOO4 won gold with 1,651. B.C. Pacific Coast Crushers won silver and Manitoba Team Toba 1 won bronze.
  • Division 6: Ontario SOO9 won gold with 1,179. B.C. West Cost Mountaineers won silver with 1,177 and Quebec QUÉBEC-1 won bronze with 1,148.

Swimming

Swimming was also part of Wednesday’s program.

Results for the swimming events — including the 50M Freestyle, 1500M Freestyle, 50M Backstroke, 100M Breaststroke, 200M Butterfly, 100M Individual Medley and 4x50M Freestyle Relay divisions — can be found on the Special Olympics Canada Games results website. The official results system lists swimming among the Games’ results and medal events.

The Games continue through Saturday.

A full schedule of the Games and results is available at soc2026.gems.pro.