Triathio win was a sister act By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion Spcedy sisters stole the show at Women's Triathlon Milton Sunday. Briana and Areielle Martin of Minesing, Ontario - 15 and 12 years of age respec- tively - took top honours in short dis- tance competition during the fifth annual event at Kelso Conservation Area. The older sibling, a member of the national junior squad, set a new bencb- mark for the triathlon. She tamed the 300- mette swim, Il -kilomnetre bike, 2-kilome- tre mun course in a blistering 33 minutes and 54 seconda. The cycling portion of the race was lengtbened laat year,« due to construction on Pemu Road, and was found to be more convenient for ail concemred. Witbin tbe original parameters, Milton's Camre-Ann Nichols beld the record witb a time of 33.41. This year the local star - who bas suffered with mmner injuries of late - opted out of tbe spotligbt in order to race alongside her inother Joane, who was making lier triathlon debut. Briana, an accomplisbed mun- nier, won the race by nearly a full remarked, "'I fet good out there today and it was really great , to Miiton's Kassie break tbe record." Sihakers leaves the Meanwbile, water for the bike Areielle finished portion of the race. first among the duathletes - wîtb a 38.59 effort over tbe 2 km mun. 1 1 km bîke. 2 km mun course. Sbe's tbe first pre-teen to break tbe 40- minute mark in eitber race. Milton's beat performer in sbort-distance competition was 14-year-old Melissa Logue. Tbe E.C. Dmury H-igb Scbool stu- dent took fourtb in tbe triathlon - negoti- -I've been v, orkirv'o ein JIIN and was much better'this time,' said the local teenager, who was fourth in her age group last year. Among Milton's other top placera in the sprint triathlon were Andrea Tereszko, Yvonne Martin and Tina Braam - who ail finisbed in under 41 minutes for l2th, I 3tb and I Stb spot respectively. Women's Triathlon Milton - wbich has swelled from 70 to 300 participants - was expanded this year to include a more gru- eling 750 mn swim, 2.0 km bike, 5 km mun course. This was won handily by Waterloo's Louise Powell, who finisbed in 1:08.32 for roughly a three-minute margin of victory. Milton's Sandy Gent was the top local, with a time of 1:26.26 for I 3th place. One spot back with a 1:27.27 showing was Shauna Richter of Campbellville. Approximately $5,000 waa raised for Big Sisters of nortb Halton. Good Friends Gathering Share a FREE APPETIZER with our Grand Opening Specials from $10*99 - $12,99 Friday and Saturday Nights $ 99 Prime Ribv7SpeCcial fr1 0 Sunday Brunch 10:00 amn - 2:00 pmi Sunday Ni ght Pasta Fest from 4 pm 9undays 575 Ontario St. (at Derry) 876-1-18&6e NMissed it by a hair, but silver is no sight Milton's midget basebali teain couldn't capitalize on a second chance, so tbey bad to settle for second beat. The Red Sox felI to Stratford 7-6 Saturday in Sault Ste. Marie during round two of the Ontario "A" Cbainpionships - and faired no better against them the fol- lowing aftemnoon in the title gaine. A 5-3 retumn engagement bass meant the local boys came away witb the silver medal - an outstanding feat, but one that stili left a small measure of disappointient for the munners-up. "We bad two bad inninga aIl weekend and it cost us," said manager Larry Black, referring to ill-timed defensive errors in both batties witb the eventual champs. "Stratford wasn't a better team than us, they just got really good pitcbing in the firat gaine. Winning that one gave tbem a bye in the third round. would bave done exactly wbat tbey did and won tbe wbole tbing." Tbe Lions Club sponsored team, who finished the season witb an astounding record of 29-15 for a .659 win pereentage, feli bebind early in the finals and played catch-up tbe entire afternoon. Mark Antonelli cmusbed a solo home mun - bis first of the season - while Mike Austen, Reese Davies and Jarrett Konkle con- tributed two bita apiece. Taking the bass was starting pitcher Michael Volpe. He gave up four muns on five bits witbin the firat tbree innings. Solid relief work waa delivered by Kevin Cooper and Paul Duff. A bandful of local players were nursing nagging injuries in the title gamne, whicb ases GIFT on page 25 'J Finish with aflourish Milton's Under 15 girls soccer squad engineered two more decîsive wins recent- ly to finish firat in regular season play- The Sargent Farina Magic - wbo in their inaugural year at the rep level domi- nated tbe South Region Soccer League's Premier Division - thumped Grimsby 7-1 and toppled Flainbomugb 4-1. Against Grimsby, Erin Greenfield led with a hat-trick wbile Jaime Silk tallied twice. Adding singles were Amy DiPahna and Meigban Mclntyre. It was tbe midfield unit's tm to shine in the battle witb Flamborough. Mclntyre, dented the twine and paced the local ladies to victory. Aiso seoring was DiPalina - Milton's most consistent offensive threat over the past couple of years. Suffocating defence was provided by Erica Ercolani, Asbley Grant, Ruth Hamon, Krista Lenardon and Cassandra Warner. They surrendered juat a dozen goals al season and did a great job in sup- port of goalkeeper Davida Denicb. Other key contributions to the team's success bas come froin Michelle Merritt, a-a RESULTS on page 25 p-noto cy umAmAm r-ti1r Tins Braamn races towards the finish lins during the Womnen's Triathlon Milton Sunday at Kelso.