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it6pbupe qgtqqm9 t stouffinlk sssssssslssssssssstss local runners make their mark sport notes the professionals from stouffville went down to syracuse new york to teach their counterparts from south of the border a lesson in road running two sundays ago and when dave reed and fred robbins finally left town they made an impres sion that went far beyond frantic freds bellowing of stouffville stoufrville as daves course recordbreak ing victory in the usatfa northeastern united states fivekilometre race was being proclaimed to the crowd for dave the musselman lake resident who has been without a cartilage in one of his knees since he was 21 years of age the triumph was further proof that life begins at 40 having reached the four decade milestone this past sept 3 he has wasted no time in making his mark on both sides of the border in the masters running class which includes runners 40 years of age and over on sept 17 he won the omtfa 5k road championship in torontos sunnybrook park with a blis tering time of 15 minutes and 22 seconds and while his time in the syracuse event was 20 sec onds off the sunnybrook pace due to blustering winds it was still a good seven second sbetter than the previous course record dave even managed to fin ish one second ahead of the topseeded american master runner at the same time meanwhile fred who is more accustomed to a longer distance came charging in nine seconds after his fellow stouffville track and field club member but he saved enough ener gy to boldly cry out the prop er pronunciation of his team mates home town as it was being announced to an obvi ously bewildered throng after dave had rewritten the course record book because he was a canadian runner dave was not eligible for the prizes put forth because they were awarded to the top finishing american runners but dave couldnt have cared less he got what he wanted and then some the bottom line is that dave and fred who serve as a coachtrainerrunner tan dem with the stouffville club have served noticed to the americans that club mem bers will be a force to be reck oned with at the world masters track and field championships in buffalo new york next summer in fact if the dynamic duo continue to improve the way they have in the past few years they may have put even more distance between themselves and their mas ters opponents by the time the global classic occurs for fred who joins his buddy in the masters divi sion when he turns 40 this week visions of victory like the ones dave achieved recently are dancing in his head the time to go for the gold is now said dave as the two men are among the youngest of the masters runners dave who was on cloud nine when he happened by the other day said its a case of absolute commitment to a goal along with fred who still holds a high school running record at king city high school the pair are deter mined to run as fast or faster than they did in their illus trious high school careers as dave said they are try ing to show that exercise is for life and everyone should have lifetime goals of some sort dave who has 25 years of track club experience is con vinced that anyone who chooses to join either the stouffville track club or stouffville district secondary school crosscoun try team which fred helps coach is taking advantage of the opportunity of a lifetime in terms of exposure to top quality coaching theres nothing like a cou ple of fired up goaloriented role models to inspire a youth or an adult to new heights only in stouffville you say if youre from syracuse youd be inclined to respond by simply saying pity having a field day stouffville district secondarys lori gincoulos right tries to take the ball away from unionville high schools christine dorey during action in a recent york region secondary schools athletic association girls field hockey game at unionville high school the final outcome ended in a 00 draw photosjoerd witteveen spartans looking to spike it rich again this season by bruce stapley correspondent its a familiar climb for the stouffville district secondary school spartans senior boys volley ball team the spartans who are looking to qualify for the ontario federation of- school athletic association finals for the eighth straight year dropped their regular season match with their most serious challenger sutton district high school last tuesday at stouffville district secondary school but for veteran spartans coach jim fletcher thats no reason to worry last season the sutton squad outscored the spartans all season and came within an ace of dethron ing stouffville district secondary school sutton won the york region secondary schools athletic association title but the spartans who were in a rebuilding year peaked in time to win the all important durham york secondary schools athletic association title with dyssaa now a thing of the past the focus is now on the yrssaa showdown on nov 15 fletcher sees this years team as being right on track theyre going great guns he said recently theyre coming together theyve jelled they have great enthusiasm theu is terrific fletcher refuses to put nffiten stock in early season league games where his team is up against other aa rated squads he prefers to use as an indicator his teams performance at tournaments involving higher ranked aaa teams at one such tournament played at durham college on oct 1 he liked what he saw they started slowly but then became aggres sive said fletcher the spartans won five of eight games played in pool play but failed to advance east cobourg secondary school with whom the spartans split a twogame set got the nod because they scored more points in the two matches fletcher said the 1994 spartans are a differ ent outfit than last years unit we lost jamie sheridan who was our setter last year but weve got some great role players this year fletcher pointed to team captain mike green as an ideal example for the other players to fol low he also praised the wok of don patten matt brillinger jason whitelaw shawn seargeant kevin morreau and ryan burkholder the spartans who have nov 25- 26 the date of the ofsaa champi onships in madoc firmly imprinted in their minds will go as far as their desire and their ability to play together as a team takes them fletcher suggested and if team work and attitude count for anything he thinks his spartans have more than a fighting chance runners in fine form the stouffville district secondary school cross country team got a taste of what theyll be up against in the york region finals as they travelled to kitchener for the oktoberfest invitational meet last wednesday sarah cliff was the top individual runner fin ishing fifth in the senior girls event chris weatherill and luke anderson were 28th and 33rd respectively in the junior boys event and helped the team to an llthplace effort ian hazelwood was 19th in the midget boys race while doug richardson was 43rd maran lougheed was 38th in the junior girls category allison macdonald katie scorrar and julie gribbon had impressive results in the 225-run- ner midget girls field