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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 24 Jul 2009, p. 24

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,~ 55, MAING WAVES: #ln PHOTO BY GRAH4AM PAMN* Brent Burke sure knows how to One-upping bis medal counit cap a season in style. [rom the previous two years, the 16- For a third straight year old captured a silver and summer, the Milton ,.<two bronze last Marlins' standout M1LeI inRU Mkoentreal t0 swimmer delivered Jw1 nff ldtecubs 10- an exceptional perform- member contingent. ance at the Canadian Age-Group AIl three medals came in the Championships. breaststroke, witb bis best efforts Gordon s.ten.ps in to Iead attack in Crimson Tide peewees' win Does bigjobfilling gap lefi by go-to rusher Reid Tbe Halton HuIs Crimson Tide peewees will be missing their primary offensive weapon wbien they bead to Cambridgc tonigbî for thc firsi round of the playoffs. But that void may flot be ail that apparent, at least if Iast weekends regular-season finale is any indica- tion. Filling in for injured fellow Miltonian Chris Reid, Brandon Gordon picked up the sîack in impressive fashion - scoring two touchdowns in a nine-carry 218- yard performance to belp lead the Crimson Tide to a 32-6 victory over the Essex Ravens. ln bis first start of the sea- son, back-up quarterback aniel Bateman - also from Milton - threw a touuchdown pass and looked quite corniortable at the reins, while local defensive standouts Tom Harris, Dustin Boden and John Buckles were instrumental in neutralizing the hosts' attack. Witb the win the Crimson Tide close out their first season in the Ontario Varsity Football League at 5-3. Tonights playoff clash comes against tbe 7-1 Lions. * ol er stellar shovwng at Burke daims silver, two bronze in Mont real Maple Leaf Trot N What's Saturday, JuIy 25th WhtsHappeningMALLEFRO *Doors open at 5:00 pm. Post time at 7:30 pm. MPELA RT *Face painting and pony rides from 5:00-7:00 pm & meet our Community Partners. *Meet Maple Leafs Alumnus Darryl Sittier at a FREautograph signing at 6:00 pm.4 *Enter to WIN a vintage hockey jersey signed by E Darryl Siffler and other great hockey prizes. *Beginner Betting Seminar at 6:30 pm and the * Illef first 300 attendees get a FREE $2 Bet and Ot js Race Program. : :z<4 I Tr* FREE admission and parking! v nationals reserved for the 50m, in which he enjoyed a personal-best 30.80s fin- ish to take second-place honours. He also managed new individual benchmarks in the 100 and 200m races, clocking in at 1:07.47 and 2:29.05 respectively to dlaim bronze in each. Ail of his medal-winning swîms represented new club records for the Marlins. Burke was also 1 9th in the 200m individual medley, and rounded out a busy five-day nationals witb 28th and 29th-place finishes in the 50 arnd 100m freestyle respectively Tbe Marlins secured one other top-10 performance, whicb came courtesy of 14-year-old Colin Scarffe. He placed nintb in the 5,000m freestyle. Eleven-year-old Quincy Brozo took l9th in the 100m freestyle and 20th in the 200m freestyle, while otlier top-20 swiuIs were recorded by Siarah Gillard (I 11 h in 14-year- old girls 5,000m freestyle) and Colm Wbitford (l9th in 16-year-old boys 100m backstroke). Alexander Davis, Scott Davis, Andrew Scarffe, John Swan and Paul Zielinski rounded out Multons Canadian cbampionship representa- tion - wbicb was tbree more than last years seven-member entry.

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