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OkillSports30SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2011 ERIC RIEHL / OAKVILLE BEAVERSHOWING THEIR MEDAL:Abbey Park students Evelyne Guay and Devyn MacKenzie (leftphoto, left to right) and White Oaks student Fatim Ammor were three of Oakville's medal-winners atlast weekend's Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations track-and-field championships inSudbury. Guay earned two silver medals in running events, MacKenzie claimed bronze in high jumpMICHELLE SIU / OAKVILLE BEAVERand Ammor collected silver in shot put.Oakville's pleasant surprises at OFSAA track and fieldregionals, the transformation was complete.It is Guays versatility that has made the biggest impres-our Oakville students earned medals at Although she also qualified for the provincial high schoolsion on Dailey. She has established school records for thelast weekend's Ontario Federation of track-and-field championships in 800m and 1,500m, Guaymidget girls 200m, 400m, 800m and 1,500m. She has evenFSchool Athletic Associations (OFSAA) opted out of the longest distance to focus on the other two.eclipsed junior record times in some of those events.track-and-field championships in Sudbury. Last weekend, she earned silver medals in both the midg-Despite having success in so many events, there is nowet girls 400m and 800m runs at OFSAA.one that Guay favours over the others.All of them were surprise stories in their own Guay, who trains with the Greater Toronto Track Club,Its straight forward, she said of the 400m. Run as fastway.took almost a full second off the as you can and you can hold your own lane.school record she set in the 400m I just didn't White Oaks student stuns her coach, herself By Herb Garbuttat the regional meet, taking the think of myself as OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFOFSAA silver in 57.71 seconds Fatim Ammor didnt go to OFSAA expecting to earn aa sprinter.Friday. Saturday, she was third medal in junior girls shot put.Evelyne Guaycoming down the stretch in the Her White Oaks coach, Tim Rhen, didnt like her chances, hated the idea. Abbey Park student When Abbey Park800m but moved into second in the either. coach Greg Dailey entered the Golden Evelyne Guay on Horseshoe cross-country champion in the 400 metres at anfinal 10 metres with a strong finish-I didnt think she had a shot in hell, Rhen admitted making the switch earlying kick that served her well in Monday.-season track meet, the Grade 9 student was not from cross-country tocross country. She finished in two After all, Ammors personal-best throw (9.86 metres atthrilled.short-distanceminutes, 17.94 seconds to earn her South regionals) was at least a metre short of what it wouldI just didnt think of myself as a sprinter, she said. runningDaileysecond silver medal.take to contend for a top-three finish at provincials. certainly had good reason to believe she could suc-ceedDailey said Guay possesses the But, somehow, Ammor managed to gain that metre . He had entered Guay in the 200m at an earlier meet andmost talent I have seen on the female side in all the years Iand then some in the span of a week. in her first race at that distance she set the school record.have been at Abbey Park coaching track and field.The 16-year-old Grade 10 student set four new personalEven aThats high praise, considering he also coached three-timebests at OFSAA, including a heave of 11.22m on her finalfter winning her first 400m race, Guay still thought oOFSAA gold medalist Caitlin Bailey. Earlier this spring,attempt to earn provincial silver.f herself as a distance runner. Over the following weeks, as her time continued to drop, she slowlyBailey helped Boston College win the 4x1,500m relay at theSo what led to the drastic improvement? started to warm up to prestigious Penn Relays in Philadelphia.See Refined, page 31the new event. By the time she won the 400m at the South