Al16 - The Canadien Champion, Friday, July 21, 2006 Dimitrov dynamite at junior provincials Amasses six med s to lead the Marlins Tery o Iy M echanl--cal hic. ' Vsit our showroom(9 )88i 925 Main St. E., 24 Hour "87 -1 9 Unit #3, Milton Service OpM Momdy t0 i'rtaY 8 amn -iPm, Sahmiay 10 am - 2p MILTON INTERCHURCH SOFTBALL LEAGUE TEAMS G W L T PTS 1 ST. GEORGES il 8 2 1 17 2 NEW LIFE "Bf" 12 7 4 1 15 3 NEW LIFE "A" 10 7 3 0 14 4 MILTON BIBLE 10 7 3 0 14 5 SOUTH SIDE 12 6 5 1 13 6 KNOX 10 6 4 0 12 7 HOLY ROSARY 12 5 7 0 10 8 HILLCREST 12 4 8 O 8 9 BOSTON 9 3 5 1 7 10 ST. PAULS 12 0 12 0 0 medals in Ottawa. Brent Burke, 13, struck silver in the 50m free - highlightrng a weekend that rncluded two fifths in the 100 and David Dimitrov had a lot more to 200mn free, a sixtb in the 100m breast- pack up than just bis swim suit and stroke and an eighth the 400m free. goggles aller bis trip to the nation's cap- Turnrng il just two days before the ital. competition, loana-Maria Negru - The 14-year-old Milton Marlin arguably tbe most promnising young recently returned from the Ontario Marlin in recent years - claimed junior Long Course bronze in the 200m free. She also fin- Championships in Ota ished fifth in the 800m free and sev- with six medals -entb in the 200m IM. four of tbe golden Four other variety - and the ~J J f4 1N Miltontans tecon- award for top male Su 5 tnibuted to, th eamds swtmmer in fis age group. Building on bis efforts at this springs divisionals, the local teen turned back ail challengers in the 400 and 1 ,500m freestyle, and was also tops in botb the 200 and 400m, individual medley. He set new meet records in ail but the 1,500m free, and rounded out his weekend witb siIver-mèdal perform- ances in tbe 200 and 80Om free. Dimitrov's befty haul allowed the Marlins to place i 7tb out of more tban 80 teams at tbe junior provincials. Tbat's a mighty respectable finisb, given that Milton is now competing agai.nst many clubs with far more members, having just recently - and barely - spassed tbe 50-swîmmers-or-less bar- rier needed to remnain in the smaller teamn loop. The Marlins secured two otber point totai, inctuating IU-year- old Nadjya Safonova, wbo was fourtb in tbe 200m IM, fifth in botb the 50m butterfly and 400m free, sixth in tbe 200m backstroke and seventh in tbe 200mi freestyle. Alex Davis, 14, swam to fiftb-place bonours in the 100m free and eigbt- place bonours in tbe 100m breast- stroke. Fifteen-year-old Will Wright was sixtb in tbe 50 and 100m free and seventb in the 100m fly, wbile placing sixtb in the 50m free and both tbe 100 and 200m breaststroke was 14-year-old Paul Zielinski. The Marlins' 14-15-year- old boys teamn also delivered an impres- sive fiftb-place showing in thse 4xl00m freestyle relay Dimitrov wiIl lead a smnali Marlin contingent ibis weekend at thse inaugu- ral junior nationals in Calgary.