MEDAL, SPORT

Description: ROUND, GOLD MEDAL. CONSISTS OF A GREEN AND BLACK CIRCLE, WITHIN WHICH IS THE IMAGE OF A MAN RUNNING - GOLD AND WHITE. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CIRCLE ARE TWO STEMS OF LEAVES EXTENDING HALFWAY UP THE CIRCLE ON EITHER SIDE. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CIRCLE THERE IS A VERTICAL STEM THAT GOES BETWEEN THE TWO STEMS OF LEAVES. A SMALL RING IS LOOPED THROUGH A HOLE AT THE TOP OF MEDAL.

History: MEDAL WON BY DONOR AT RAYMOND TRACK AND FIELD DAYS, IN 1970. THIS MEDAL GOES WITH RIBBONS P19990065002-3-GA; HE WON THE MEDAL FOR THE SET. DONOR WAS BORN IN CALGARY; HAD FAMILY AT A FARM SOUTH OF RAYMOND. MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE AT AGE 17, AND WAS HERE FOR 7 OR 8 YEARS. AFTER A 'NERVOUS BREAKDOWN' (SCHIZOPHRENIA) HE WAS MOVED TO RAYMOND FOR PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT. AS A KID HE ALWAYS LIKED TO RUN, AND STARTED RUNNING MILES AT AGE 13. HIS PARENTS WERE VERY INVOLVED WITH IT. HE BELONGED TO THE LETHBRIDGE TRACK & FIELD CLUB - COACH RED CONSTABLE. HE STOPPED COMPETING IN EARLY 1990S.