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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 1 Aug 2008, p. 22

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A22 -The Canadiani Champion, Friday, Auguat 1, 2008 Sae oaing ouse Real Canadian Superstore - Milton 190 Remcaid Rd. 81 IWflUG si N., mmUO *Prcs piu sppubl xsi! ado n ils snd inu Flunong ansitablie s55. , OA disI 2005 DODGE Ram 1500 1111.1 YI M.1 tu I.Va 1.w LIE coullmmllu-ý -9 Burke enjoys silver Iining at nationals Brent Burke represented the Marlmns' best hopes tor a medal before lasî week's Canadian Age Group National Championships in Calgary - and proved just why dunng them. Matching the medal count he secured last summer in Montreal, the i 5-year-old swsmmer highlighted a busy four- day stretcb with a pair of sîlver-medal performances in the boys breaststroke. Hîs fînîshes in the 50m and 100Om, personal-best and club record limes of 31.13s and 1:09.18 respectivelv, were just a heartbeat off of the wînner from Pointe Clanie, Quebec. Burke shed more than a AiEM ]LRJ second off bis third-place hl preliminary lime in the 100m to move up a spot in Saturdays t ý final, and made a slight improvement in the sborter distance as well - allowîng him to take second on Fniday "Brenî was really strong and aggressîve out there, saîd Marlins head coach Jamie Brough, who poînted ouI that ' Calgary's mUch higher altitude defînîîely impacted bis leatu. -4- "Hles stiîl got a lot îo leamn, with also having had a DNF (dîd not finish) and another race that was well off bis personal best. But he really competes bard." Added Burke, 1I think 1 dîd pretty well. I've been working a lot on my turna and 1 think that really helped." The Marlîns' standout would complete bis breaststroke efforts with a seventh-place showing in the 200m and swamn the 50m freestyle to eighth-place honours. Six other local swimmers made the trip out west, rnclud- a ing Davis brothers Alex (16) and Scott (13), who both placed eighth in the 50m breaststroke in their respective age groupa. ": Alex also, placed l7th in botb the 100 and 200m breastatroke. Nadiya Safonova and Bryan lwasa-Madge also cracked tbe top-20 - in the 12-and-under girls 200m butteffly (14th) and 15-year-old boys 50m butterfly (19th) respectively Rounding ou.t the national team were Colm Wbiùtford and GRAHAM PAINtE CANADIAN CHAMPIO Paul Zielinaki, who broke a club record in tbe 16-year-old MAKING WAVES: Brent Burke practises the boeaststroke forr boys 50m backatroke with a limne of 31.34s. that earned him two national medals in Calgary. MILTON INTERCHURCH SOFTBALL LEAGUE Inal TEAMS G W L T PTS sti 1_ KNO 16 14 2 0 28 Smoke 2 SOUTHSIDE 1 15 13 2 0 26 3 ST. GEORGE 15 10 5 0 20 Alarms 4 HILLORESI 17 1 9 7 1 19 It's The Law 5 SOUTHSIDE 2 15 6 7 2 14 6 NEW LIFE'BF" 15 6 8 1 13 7 NEW LIFE "A" 15 6 8 1 13 8 BOSTON 15 5 8 2 12 9 HOLY ROSARY 14 1 5 1 8 1 il1 10 MILTON BIBLE 15 1 3 110 1 2 8 il ST. PAULS 16 1 2 114 1 O 4 4TERRY MakigYour Htoe 1w (aIw 0mu1. -ROWLEY CmOU, utusla 2 ei w "hI IW1M m ech a n ical1- nec SINYCE 1988 (95n- Visat ou im6rpSo showroom §25 Main St L, Unit #3, Milton 8 8 1 7 ý OPM ousto Fday 8m - 5 pc, Sday byqoba www.îr-mech.cîi W The Ontario * IMOTArequires thal N n 1

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