The Canadian Champion, Friday, May 2, 20032 MD cheerleaders settie for silver at provincia1 #as~~ ~ ~ i3y b 1 EV L LedLAiNi. The Champion Winning a championship is tough. but defendîng it s almost always iougher. Miltons District's cheerleaders have a niewfound respect for that theory. after falling just short of a provincial titie repeat last weekend. Within the confines of Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, MD deliv- ered the third silser-medal per- formance in sehool history- sur- rendering varsity high school divi- sion gold by a mere four points to upset winner White Oaks of Oakville. "Overall, we did pretty well. We juat made a few uie mistakes. 1 thirtk nerves just took over," said I 2th grade veteran Christine Chadwick. Oakville's TA. Blakelock Tigers - as always- were expected to provide the biggest obstacle between the Mustangs and another provincial championship. And for a while they were. Blakelock held a t 2-point lead after Saturday's opening round, with second-place MD still eyeing flte oold. i<ecaliled l 'tif, ads soi Sîacey Farrell, "Blakelock's losiîsg their coach next year and docsn't know if îbey'll have a teant. su I think they had that extra motiva- tion rigbt froi he stant. But we tbought if we could just improve our energy a bit, we could catch tbemn." However, overtaking their long- time adversarîes didn't equal championsbip glory. As it tumed out, the Tîgers took tbemselves out of the running Sunday with a couple of illegal free fies - n which the cheerleader being lifted is not fully supported by her teammates. Explained Farrell, "Basically, one girl let go." Blakelock's faux pas, possibly attrihuted to a pair of' ill-timed injuries just before sbowtime. resulted in a erippling 80-point deduction and a subsequent fifth- place finish. Meanwbile, the Mustangs lal- tered sligbîly on two of their super- lifis during their second-round rou- tine, which allowed White Oaks bo creep up tromi third and sectre top spot. "WC knew riigbi unay ne wCîe out of' thc running for firsi." said Farrell. -We just did a cuouple ofi things a little sbuky. but sometimes tIais al ît takes." MD) will close out the seuson ai the annual Paramount Canadu's Wonderland showcase on May 10. This will come in lieu ofý a retuns trip Io the nationals, at which the local ladies placed fourth during the inaugural event last year. Making up this year's teamn are H-eather Bray, Christine Chadwick, Cailin Drjiber, Jessica Dulude. Maria Fearnaîl, Laine MacDonald, Natalie MacMillan. Ashleigh McGuiness, Val Massel, Kristine Morrow, Sally Nichols, Kate O'Reilly, Amanda Oullette, Lisa Perruzza, Lyndsay Richardson, Alicia Robinson, Brittany Roskam, Kassandra Rudder, Brittany Russell, Katherine Russell, Sarah Samuelson, Sabine Strohan, Genevieve Vanderbreggen, Laur1i Thistle, Katie Warnet, Tatiana Deoni-Tielemans, Meghan Sinclair and Amy Williams. SoeI.u'Bloîî nc ati îu'oîIîed at HIGH SCHOOL MD cheerleaders (clockwlse from top) Christine Chadwick, Katherine Russell, Natali. MacMillan anid Katie O'Reilly led this year's team ta a silver-medal finish et lest weekends provincials. Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Barnes sizzles to Florida win Red-hot perfonmances in the sunsbinc state are noîhing new for l-ary Barnes. But Cumpbellville's 56-year-old triathlon ace was don nright smoking in St. Petersburg, FIa. Sund.iy moming i amîng the .tnnual St. Anthonys Meeci n a personal bcst 2:09.55. His recosrd finish -oser the I.5 kilomietre swim, 4(1 kilomneire bike, 10I kiltîmetre rnn decimaied al istasters-aLze racers. He won tise 55-59 men's division by more than nîne min- utes and woctld basve been only sligbtly less dominant in ihe yisutger 50-54 loop. Har Barr He would have placed top-i10>in any one of tie male divisions and l'7th in the men's open class. Overaîl, he ftnished 59th. "My God, I îhoughî it was a dream," Bamnes recalled of Oirsi realizing bis time. "I neyer îbought 'd sec 2: 10 again." A grand masters' champ at the event four years run- ning now, the rural racer improved in aIl three legs over last year's resulîs. And unlîke 20X)2, Batrus did- G/Le DOCTC : ~'~GOLF e e e e e e e ProfessionM 1Golf SMe * esn *VIdnïc e Custom Club FittIng and much, much morel *905-466-8443 www.doctorgolf.net n't have to play catch-up. This lime arouid he nuas tîrsiuniuitf the water nviîh a remarkable 23.28 effort. shed- -s ding nearly lor nminutes off us> ast yeut s Jshon'ing. 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