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p26 weekefcderiawisi97 st whajci fitness aerobics centre 190 bullock drive 9054717071 goodwood wrestlers earn honors it was a golden week for the goodwood wrestling gators shawn maynard an 11 year old goodwood public school student and club member was flawless as he wrestled his way to the gold medal at the canada east wrestling festival held over the april 26 weekend in sturgeon falls his performance helped the gators achieve their first ever top three finish at a national event the clubs kyle mar tin won the silver while fellow gators tyler white jack holt and matt maynard each earned a bronze erik reid was fourth earlier the same week the team walked away with three regional titles at the durham championships as cameron allan jack holt and jere my bass took gold medals gators coach chris fockler was ecstatic with the clubs success in the two events coming on the heels of gator brad ballingers silver medal showing at the canadian cadet finals in early april out for trout trout season is full swing for area anglers as the season opened last weekend here frank ciarrocchi tries his luck on west duff in creek in whitevale photosjoerd witteveen stouffville lads jaee austar idctary a stouffville quartet played a big part in the north york hockey league all star teams vic tory over the unionville jets last sunday the four who play for the north york leagues stouffville mites select squad combined for three goals and four assists in a 61 win over the unionville crew michael dei zotto had a pair of goals while ethan werek had a goal and two set ups jeffrey kavluk chipped in with two assists as well while christopher lombar- do was sharp in goal for the winners boston marathon a memorable experience in any other sport a 598th place finish would give little cause for cel ebration but as stouffville insurance bro ker kim kavluk will attest to marathon running isnt like any other sport watching kim run resolutely past my main st home office window on late afternoons in recent months i knew the date april 21 was embla zoned in his mind enshrouded by a host of hopes and expectations as well as a few haunting ghosts from years gone by that was when he would once again try to break the three hour barrier at the world famous boston marathon running the gruelling 26 mile course that had repeatedly bro ken his heart as well as the hearts of hundreds of thousands of other runners since the signal to com mence was first given at the starting point in the boston suburb of hop- kington 101 years ago but on this his fifth try at the unforgiving course kim had finally figured it out and while his time of two hours 57 minutes and five sec- spor notes c e s t a p i e y onds was a full 47 minutes behind that of the lithe kenyan who won the race the medal kim received for being a finisher was the equivalent of a gold medal at the olympics for him for this had been a mission for kim the disciplined practicing the extra weight and hill training during the past winter it had taken on even greater significance because as kim himself understood the clock was ticking even before the race began im not getting any younger he told me a few days after his big breakthrough forty two may not be ancient by any means but a 26mile marathon is murder on a body of any age it wouldnt get any easier as the years wore on he knew and while just to finish the ardu ous course is a huge accomplishment for many kim just couldnt see putting in all this effort and dedica tion through the years without achieving the goal he had set for himself he wasnt out to beat anybody although he took pride in having passed over 1000 competitors along the way but the only man he had in his sights the whole way was- himself finish under three hours and he could go home and drink champagne finish over three hours again and it would be just another long flight home his impressive time in a qualifying marathon had put him in a good position to get a quick jump while some in the huge race must wait minutes just to be able to final ly begin kim lost only seven seconds due to his being placed 1633rd in the 12000plus field and while heat and humidity can sometimes be a factor the race was begun amid ideal 55 degree fahren- n j osk wa i 1 s 5 i c a x ra lwl v nrta ptsyr iv i s i i ml k kim kavluk heit conditions however a 12mile per hour headwind proved the exact opposite of the tail- wind predicted by the weather man but all kim cared was that when it was over he had finally realized his runners dream upon his arrival home he was still so pumped he was out for a two mile warm up just two days later i felt great usually your legs are so battered you cant run for a while amazing isnt it how a body responds when it was finally grasped the big brass ring now that hes conquered his neme sis will he return for an encore next year i dont know if ill go back to boston he told me upon second thought however he found himself caught up in the perpetual appeal of this race of races but its such a great event spoken like the true champion that he is