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The Canadian Champion, Friday, February 17, 2006 - A21 No OUA sweep for Porenta OHF appeal stili pending Bui SCaSOnc'd U 0J J -sw[niic givesfairly impressive effort despite an ill-strîcken inher By STEVE LeBLANC CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF J en Poienta camne away front (ast weekends Ontanio Univcrsity Association (OUA) cbampi- onsbîps wî%-tb mtxed emrotions - atnd loi gootd reason. On tbe one band. tbe 20-year-old University of Toronto swinmmer bad delîvered gold-medal sweeps the prex-ious two seasons -and wasn't exactly ecstatîc about faîling to do so tbis tiie around aI Sudbury's Laurentian University. However, ber overaîl performance was far from disappoînting, and could be consîdered quitte impressîve given the circumstances. 'Recently I bad an inner ear and sinus infec- tion, plus I bad a stomacb tbing before that - basîcally a little bit of everytbing," explaîned Porenta. "Tbis really cul mbt my training. I biad to take îwo weeks off lasi montb and missed a meet in Switzerland. Yeab, I didn'î go mbt provincials in peak shape this year." Nevertbeless, the tbîrd-year unîversîîy com- petitor played a significant role in tbe U of T Blues securing tbeir sixtb straight provincial women's title - collecîing balf-a-dozen medals over tbe three-day meet. Two of those came in relay com- petition, in wbicb Porenia belped establisb two new OUA records - wiîb a big anchor-leg swim in tbe 4x50-metre freestyle and a sîrong opening splîî in the 4x200m freestyle. Fellow Miltonian Kristen Mcllroy was pant of tbe sborter distance relay victory, wbîle U of T broke its own provincial standards in botb races. ~p6 Jen Porenta In indvidual competition, Porentas best efforts were reserved for the 50m butterfly, wbîcb sbe won in 28.85 seconds. Sbe struck silver in ber tbree otber races - the 100m butterlly (1:03.11), 50m frecestyle (26.89s) and 10Dm freestyle (57.54s). 1I didn't do the 200m free Ibis tîme because I jusI wasn'î in sbape for it, and my 5Dm free wasn't exactly greal. 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A club this season, especially since the Ol-A upbeld its original ruling after an initial appeal las> montb. lime in the playolîs, and ibats a shame because we've go> the opportuniîy t0 make a real run for the Royal Bank Cup," said Forgione. Tbe lceflawks owner bad recently îndicated tha> anotber coacb migbt be brougbt in for tbe post-season, but seemed uncertain if that was tbe besi move wben asked again tbis week. "We may need some more expeni- ence bebind tbe bencb as we go fur- tber int tbe playoffs, but then Joie (Wasbkurak) and Mike (Taratino) seem to be doing a good job and we don't want 10 upset tbings." Dupont remains înterim bead coacb of Forgiones East Coast Hockey League Pensacola Ice Pilots, wbo aren't likely to make the playoffs. INSIDE EVERY CHILD IS A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT Oxford Learning is the only after-school learning program of ita kind for grades one to twelve. First wile pinpoint how your child Iearns using tour Dynamic Diagnostic AssessmentTm. 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