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lw economist sun stouffville tribune saturday july 31 1999 sports kooymans anddovaston travel to england for masters track championship tracksters seek satisfying effort bymikehaxakawa sports editor jerry kooymans and steve dovaston say the spirit is willing when they make their debut in the masters world track and field championships in gateshead england what concerns the two local track sters though is if they will be able to withstand the phys ical rigors in their respective endeav ours prior to depart ing on wednesday where he was to run the 10000 metres on thursday and 5000m today kooymans 44 was excit ed with the prospects of lining up at the starting line with some of the top run ners from around the world who are between 40 to 44 years of age jerry kooymans running in the 5600mahd 10000m events its one thing to run every day for health but i like to test myself against other people theres an incentive to compete against the best masters run ners in the world not knowing who he will run against kooymans is not about to pre dict his fate but because the meet which is held every two years is being staged in europe kooymans antici pates it will be com petitive because travel costs are affordable for ath letes to attend its hard to set goals for winning or being in the top five to 10 when you dont know wholl be there kooymans said however the markham resident would like to run a sub 15minute effort in the- 5000m and a sub 31minute steve dovaston hopes to set canadian high jump mark im a competitive persorihe noted result in the 10000m wwmmzrmiwmam fi t mm final week maikham mmmomulfy 4711018 d3 inaonvnxe 4i61hwjr7 4741891 u ifcipiw mt ud stouffville 111 mila strat 6429334 mitul4movmcw a member of the toronto olympic club and a competitive runner since 1971 kooymans went into the meet with a positive frame of mind after winning his last four masters races the most recent of which was last weeks rock n roll 5k race in toronto kooymans accomplished this feat while making a slow recovery from a foot injury incurred last month in a 3000m steeplechase entered in the high jumping event on aug 7 the 42yearold dovaston also has plenty of momentum on his side after rapturing this years provincial and national masters titles like kooymans dovaston is unfamil iar with the competition but the former national track and field team member hopes to set the provincial and canadian record for 40yearolds in the high jump with a leap of 190m since coming out of retirement four ihonths- ago dovastons best effort has been 185m at the provincial finals i used to high jump as a youngster and was ranked in the top 10 in canadav im not sure what my potential is dovaston said of his fate in the 40 to 44 age group class hes entered in ive been jumping between 180 and 185 in practice at this point im still trying to find the feeling that i had when i used to jump 220 up until the age of 30 the unionville resident added while the university of toronto track club performer is looking forward to the meet he has a little extra incentive to be in gateshead located just outside of newcastle turning back the hands of time it was 20 years ago when dovaston competed in a dual competition meet at gateshead i caught food poisoning the day before but i finished second even though i didnt jump that high he recal- lled of that meet the shrewsbury england native con- cedes the comeback trail has been a tough but rewarding one thus far- being out of jumping for 15 years your body forgets a lot of stuff im still trying to play catch up im saying come on mind remember what your body used to do don valley north lexus toyota athlete of the week jerry kooymans s jerry kooymans continued- to lead the pack in the canada running series after putting fourth a good effort in a recent race in toronto the 44yearriaid markham resident was the first masters division runner to cross the finish line in the rock n roll 5k event with a time of 15297 overall kooymans finished 10th and remains atop the standings in the canada running series don valley north lexus toyota 3120 steeles ave e east of the eiwsia anaa 404pkwy 4750722 raiders finally corral longhorns it took seven years to do but on saturday the markham raiders finally did it for the first time in the clubs gridiron history the raiders defeated the defend ing northern football conference cham pion oakville longhorns the win did not come easy as evi denced by the final outcome a 1413 decision before some 250 onlookers at centennial park but raiders head coach bill ptolemy will gladly take the two points over the firstplace longhorns who lost their first game of the season it got the monkey off our back we actually beat them ptolemy said many times weve outplayed them butcame out short on the scoreboard that aura of losing to the lorighoms is nbwgona the guys believe in themselves with just under three minutes to go in the game and trail ing 137 the raiders began a drive from their own 25-yard- line and capped it off when quarterback dean mclaren threw a fiveyard touchdown pass to running back martin lesmond with 23 seconds remaining sandro sciortino made his kicking debut with the raiders and booted the gamewinning point and a second- quarter convert ptolemy was glad to have the brother andre graduate who will enrolat boston college in january on a football scholarship in the lineup as he noted in past games with the longhorns the kicking game proved to be a big fac tor that went in oakvilles favour sandro made a big difference in our kicking game for him to play with us is a good learning experience i told him its not college ball but its a big step up from high school because hell be up against bigger guys that will be rushing himhard the raiders took a 70 lead in the second quarter when wide receiver gifford rose hauled in a 40yard pass from mclaren the longhorhsquickly cut into the raiders lead with a touchdown on their next possession but a missed the extra point enabled the raiders to stay ahead catching the raiders defence in a blitz the longhorns tooktheir first lead of the game early in the fourth quarter on a long passandrun play a twopomt convert attempt failed but the longhorns got one point back on a missed field goal attempt to pad their margin to 137 and set the stage for an exciting finish assessing the win ptolemy felt his clubs ability to main tain its discipline was crucial in past meetings between the two clubs ptolemy noted his clubs penchant for taking unnecessary fouls proved costly in the end i we only had about 60 yards in penalties oakville took a lot of bad penalties ptolemy also praised his clubs defence led by jan sutherland the middle linebacker was named the leagues defensive player of the week when he recovered a fumble made eight tackles and one quarterback sack clinching second place with a 52 mark the raiders trav el to sudbury today for a game with the 25 spartahs mennos prevail ed burkholder collected two hits and drove iri a run to support a fourhit pitching performance by paul boynton to propel the stouffville mennos to a 40 win over the stouffville midgets in oshaiwa city and district softball league action at centennial park in markham on tuesday the mennos now 164 on the season scored an unearned run in the second inning and added single runs iri the third fourth and fifth frames byron barariieski who handled left field duties in the gamecontributed a hit and rbi while ryan burkholder terry reesor kyle barber rob reesor and shawn boadway each had one hit- boynton went the full seven innings to earn the win wt pay tht traffic ticictss fc t traffic ticket experts is staffed by expolice officers who will actas your agent in j jiu court defending all traffic tickets speeding accidents careless impaired etc call for free consultation a k 2t mm x ik lj a t i i