A nine year old girl from Medicine Hat with cerebral palsy took home three gold medals from a swim meet in Edmonton the weekend of Jan. 24-26.
Isla Johnson competed with the Medicine Hat Waves Swim Club, and was the fastest in her category at the Swim Alberta 2025 Winter Festival provincial swim meet.
Johnson has been swimming with the MHWSC for the past four years, and has practiced long and hard.
“It’s like climbing a ladder, almost, where you gotta go up the stairs, up the stairs, to get to the very highest level,” she said.
The swim meet brought the fastest 12 and under swimmers in Alberta together for a series of races.
It was Johnson’s first festival she’s competed in.
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