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The Canadian Champion, Friday, JuIy 13, 2007 - Al19 SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBLANC e-mail sIebIanc@&haItonsearch.com Marlins impressive at jr. provincials The Marlins enjoyed a solid tune-up for ncxt week's jun- ours in the 800m free, was fourth in the 400m [ree and ior national championsbips witb half-a-dozen medal- eigbtb in the 200m free. winning performances at junior provincials last Nadiya Safonova, il, claimed bronze in the 200m butter- weekend in Ottawa. , fly and cracked the top- 10 in her five other events - with Delivering tbree of those was 1 4-year-old :e a fifth in the 800m [ree, sixth in the 400m Brent Burke, who struck silver in both the U IM, seventb in the 400m free and eigbtb in 100 and 200m breaststroke. His 50m àW jFIE both the 200m free and 200m IM. freestyle was good enough for bronze, wbile he Also recordîrîg top-IO performances were Will rounded out bis efforts with a fourth in the 200m frec, fifth Wrigbt (4th in 100m fly and 7th in 50m ree), Alex Davis in the 100m free and eighth in the 200m individual medley (sixth in 50 and 100m free and lOtb in 200m free), Scott (lm). Davis (seventh in 100m breaststroke and ninth in 50m free) Moving up an age group on the first day of competition, and Tam Kilbourn (lOth in 100m breaststroke). 12-year-old loana-Maria Negru swam 10o second-place hon- Next week's nationals will be held in Montreal. Triathietes net national tities Cole and Ban'es golden By Herb Garbutt CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Miltons Nancy Cole earned ber fifth Canadian title and the one triathlon cbampionship missing [rom ber resumé at the National Age Group Sprint Triathlon cbampionships in Brampton. Cole won the women's 50-54 division, completing the 750-m swim, 20-km bike ride and 5.2 km run in one bour, 23 minutes and 37 seconds. That gave ber more than a two minute edge on ber nearest nival, wbo finisbed in 1:25:56. Campbellville native Hiarry Barnies~ also won bis age group, taking the men's 60-64 division in 1:12:17. Barnies also won by a comfortable margîn, two minutes and two sec onds abead of the runner-up. Nancy Cole Cole liad prcsîously won two national duathon tities, as well as triaiblon cbamptonsbîps ti tbe Olvmpic distance and Olympic long- -- distance events. However, the sprint ~ triathlons 'ere a new experience loru ' bcr. And one she enjoyed.- lt was alot fun," sbesaid. -You go out bard and you stay at your bardest tbe entire race." That strategy helped in the swim Ha"r Barnes -the event Cole considers ber weakest of the three. She came out of the water in under 16 minutes and in second place, just 39 seconds out of tbe lead. By the end of the bike course, she was in front by 17 seconds. Cole left the field behind in the mun, stretching ber lead by more tban two minutes. Cole will be looking to add another Canadian Olympie distance triathlon title wben she competes at nationals in Drummondville in August. Altbougb Barnes led bis division wire-to-wire, he also needed a strong run te, pull away [rom tbe field. Barnes had a 3 1-second advantage over bis closest challenger, but that bad been narrowed to just tbree seconds after the bike. Barnes would post the fastest run lime, thougb. He finisbed the mun in under 22 minutes, adding almost two minutes to bis lead. IComing Soonote