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20 - The Canadian Champion,Tuerday, JuIyl 3,1999 Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Hundreda of racers, including those pictured haro, took part in Saturday's Subaru Triathlon at Kolso Conservation Ares. Milton's Jon Moncrisif placed third. Se. story for details. Monerieif third in his first triathion By STEVE LeBLANO The Champion No experience, no problem. 'îMiltnn's Jon Moncrieff is no stranger to endurance racing, but before this past weekend he'd neyer competed in the triathlon. That didn't seem to be much of an obstacle for him at Kelso Saturday moming. 'he accomplished duathléte negotiated uncharted waters - literally -in seasoned fashion on the way to placing third overaîl in the Milton Subaru Triathlon, whichi drew hundreds of top athletes from acroas south- emn Ontario. "For my first triathlon, it was a pretty gond effort," said the local competitor. 1 loat some time in the swim, but it wasn't ton bad. Now I know the water isn't insurmountable." Moncrieff tamed the one-kilometre swim, 30 kilometre bike ride, eight-kilometre mun course in an astounding one hour, 34 minutes and 38 sec- onds - eclipsing Harry Bames' 13th place finish last year by 40 seconds. Barnes and Tina Braam were out west this weekend at the Canadian Championahipa, while Cafie-Ann Nichols, Milton's top teenage triath- lete, alto missed the local event because of a foot Up to the frontrunners. 1I Iost somne tinie in He moved up four spots over the cycling portion the swhn, but ît - with a solid performance, although flot one of his best - and two more with a blistering mun. wasn't too bad. Now Moncrieff camne in three-and-a-half minutes 1Iuiow the water behind winner Mike Neill of Kingston, who got isn'tout to an early lead and held it the entire way. Recalled Moncrieff. "It was quite windy in the iflsOIloutabJL morning and I think the swim markers drifted somewhat. He (Neill) took 15 minutes to finish the Jeu ONCM swim and that's a fairly long time for a kilometre." In 40-49 women's age clasa duathion competi- tion, Milton's Stephanie Schouten linished second ifljury. with a time of 2:08.42. Meanwhile, Milton's Anna One of the country's elite performers in the two- Morris completed the triathlon in 2:12.08 anc discipline duathlon, Moncrieff was ninth ôut of the placed third in the 45-49 women' s division. water and spent the rest of the event playing catch More than 1,200 athletes tank part in the event. Stili time for kids sports camp Registrations are still being accepted for the 2Oth 'he cost is $95 for one child and $85 for eacl annual Milton Sports and Fitness School. additional child in the samne family. The camp - In conjuniction with the Halton Sports and held at Milton District High School - is open ti Fitness Sehool, the local programn will once again boys and girls aged 6 to 13 years. offer two one-week summer camps - from For more information, cali camp coordinato à - - 9t to. 13 acnd Aiicicst 16.to 20. Brian Arsenault at 689-3245 or 847-0595. *SUNNY DAYS SALES EV '99 TOYOTA COROLLA $Q - VALUE PACKAGE INCLUDES: $ $" 00 257' 4~ 8~ -Wa v o'n hs '@là csusltlsss 'Auto Wnalabm a nf tu 4+u 2 OANIN CaNdie Sto Fa WWbecm 886s'D de moadInt ONLY 12200. down $300 $211" 'Duel: e- Altist =à. -IIL DOHC j2 HP E.la I Nielf equipped for $1 7,605 MSRP a 4 flics. waflway "»5. F481 pWmilSft & iiaurdy daticat -os cli hey. Bssed oni 96000 cmi. Addtcccal charge cf SO.07 açpatde on Tcycta Ccrcca Vs. 1 1 (] 1 U 1 ýs DAY, -IL 1 n 1,ý, J'mq 1 Mavs too much for the Devils By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion Imagine what they could have done with a full lineup. The Jr. B Mavericks headed into first round playoff action at John Tonelli Sports Centre Friday night minus four reg- ulars. Chris Powless and Mike Kirk were still competing overseas while busy fulfili- ing woik commitments were Craig Hedley and Paul Wade. Even with depleted ranks, this summer's national hosta ran roughshod over the Wallaceburg Red Devils - annihilating them 15-3 and asserting themselves as the clear favourite for the best-of-five series. Veteran Andrew Dowdell's dynamite goaltending and a potent powerplay gave Milton its 13th post-season win in fran- chise history and arguably its most con- vincing. Thirteen is the saine number that they have lost in the playoffa since the team came to town five years ago.. Leading offensively was Kyle Imrie, who amassed four goals in bis most inspired performance since joining the team st month. "Everything was just cficking tonight for me and the team," remarked the former Mississauga Tomahawk. "This is only the beginning though. There's still got a long road ahead." The Mavericks' sniper said he wasn't that surprised by the lopsided score - even with a fair amount of their firepower missing. He added, "We' ve got produc tive play- crs from top to bottom. This is a team that can afford to be short tome guys and still be competitive and successful." Friday's blowout was certainly proof of that. Milton had aIl but guaranteed them- selves an opening game victory long before the final frame - during which they let ssp a little on the scoreboard and only tallied twice. They surrendered just one even strength goal aIl night and kept the Red Devils scoreless through the lsst 25 minutes of play. Wallaceburg's Dostie brothers - Kevin and Francis, the top two gunners on the hteam - were restricted to one marker apiece. 0 For Milton, captain Andrew Hartholt and Cory Leigh each delivered two goals r and four assists for the victors while also a se HURT on page 21 metmea