tribune june 1 1988 b3 track star from b1 day and thursday nights at york university i find the discipline part of training difficult she says its easier with a group or with the mazda organization her 1988 season got underway with the regional indoor meet in early april which saw her finish stouffvilles tracey garbutt captures gold stouffvilles tracey garbutt had good day at the track saturday the 19yearold manitoba street resident had three first- place finishes and one second in the ontario special olym pics region 6 track meet held at twin lakes secondary school in orillia tracey won the 200- and 400- metre sprints as well as the long jump she came a close second in the 100metre dash tracey would normally qualify for the ontario meet but no meets at the provincial level are being held this year michelles mind set on winning track follow the jays i with kinsmen by bruce stapley i the stouffville kinsmen will be heading down to exhibition stadium in toronto for the second in a series of five blue jay junkets this tuesday tickets are 30 each includ ing transportation to and from the game by bus and snacks at la villeta prior to departure i all proceeds are going to the canadian cystic fibrosis foundation and kinsmen spokesman stan szymkow hopes the fund raiser is a big success we just about broke even on the first outing april 13 he says we hope to make money this time the group will also attend games on june 22 july 4 and september 14 everyone who goes will be eligible for an assortment of prizes which are won by draw on the way to the game the kinsmen have obtained auto graphed home run bats from blue jays jesse barfield and ernie whitt which will be raf fled off in the summer tickets will be sold on the bus at each outing fp anyone interested in going down to see the jays with the kinsmen should phone bruce gribbon at 6404000 sandy mackenzie at 6404546 or ken nastor at 6405875 bob mckinnon steps down as sahl president bob mckinnon is handing over the leadership of the stouffville amateur hockey league mckinnon has been president of the league for two years henry stevens now takes over for a two- year term i wish him good luck mckin non said monday he said the new president will get plenty of assist ance from sponsors and execu tives they were a great help over the past two seasons he noted mckinnon also announced the addition of two more teams to the 40andover category there are now six teams in the division there are also six in the 30-and- over category we got some extra icetime so thats why we were able to add the new teams he explained mmanue toyotas athlete of the week third in hurdles fourth in long jump and second in relay the outdoor competitions got underway in early may and will lead up to the ontario ofsaa meets for which michelle has again qualified she will then have june and july to prepare for the peace games in indianapolis in early august where she will be compet ing beside the rest of the mazda optimist team her ultimate goal is to study physical education after high school preferably in an amer ican college because they have better facilities she then hopes to teach physical education in either a high school or post- secondary setting to that end she has taken a job as sports director at tanglewood day camp in kettleby this summer she was a member of the mar- kham gymnast club until last november but she decided to zero in on track everybody has always en couraged me at track thats kept me going it has been that encouragement that has spurred her on along with her will to win and love of competing i love to run and do hurdles she says but it takes a lot of training mr and mrs croucher mrs leroy and mr fletcher teachers at sdss have encour aged me sometimes when im scared or when i have a negative attitude towards my perform ance they assure me im going to do fine michelle insists that even though she has winning on her mind every time out she has great respect for her competitors her involvement in track espe cially at the regional level has in troduced her to many new friends i know so many people from other schools she says thats whats so great about york and durham region its always friendly competition people con gratulate each other and wish the others good luck at her own school michelle claims that sdss spirit couldnt be better and the sports program benefits from it everybody participates in the intramurals and the teachers have great school spirit too she would like to see the in stallation of a proper running track on school property michel le feels this would encourage bet ter safer performances for school athletes while at the same time offering townspeople a place to run we have to run on grass now she explains that can be dangerous you can twist an ank le thats why i like to go down to york youre not afraid to run your fastest on a real track she hopes that the school board will see fit to install even a stone track and suggests the town could help with the funding theres nothing to train on now people have to run on the streets the property is there its just a matter of doing it sales service parts leasing suzuki markville suzuki get a run for your money 4072 hwy 7 east 4707044 markham minor hockey association is accepting applications for the follow ing positions coaches for omha to be received no later than june 1888 referees for house league and omha games to be received no later than june 30 1988 please forward resume to mmha po box 23 markham oct l3p3j5 zzzte3szzx 7z5 uni0nville minor hockey association unionville jets umha aa rep teams and house league teams the umha now invites applications for coaching positions for the 198889 season a representative team coaches require at minimum a level ii coaching certificate interested parties should submit a brief resume including experience references and age group preferences to unionville jets box 433 co crosby arena 210 main st unionville ontario l3r 2l8 application deadline june 1088 nicole 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