o y. May ros ian Champion 3 : HIGH SCHOOL » Winters warms up to shot put Vanier sprinter sets GHAC record, surpassing 10-metre mark | HERB GARBUTT hgarbutt@metroland.com Sprinting came natural- ly to Samone Winters. But when it came time to ex- §,pand her repertoire with a = field event, well, things didn't go as smoothly. "First I did high jump," said the Grade 9 Jean Va- nier student, "but I wasn't the best at that. Then I tried javelin." That was a little better but still didn't cut it. Next, she tried shot put. It seems like an odd combi- nation. Sprinters tend to gravitate toward the jump- ing events where their speed can be a benefit in helping propel them through the air, not the throwing events where competitors rely more on brute strength. But after just a couple of weeks of instruction, she entered her first meet. And -- won. a Three years Tater, Win- ters continues to show that shot put was the right choice. At the Golden Horseshoe Athletic Con- ference YGHAC) champi- onships, she became the first midget-level girl to break the 10-metre mark on her way to victory. Tied for third entering the final round, she put ev- erything into her final throw. "It had a lot of power, but it felt like I leaned too much," the 14-year-old "said. That may have been be- cause she had just slanted the competition dramati- cally in her favour with a throw of 10.44 m that put her in the lead by more than a metre. Winters' dis- tinction of being the only athlete to crack the 10-me- tre barrier wouldn't last long. Christ the King's www.miltonlawnbowling.cd articipating yisito : (cosa dress ss, fo! 0 ie ingidehalton.com WN MILTON LAV 0 WLS DAY! SAT. (Downtown Milton, ne ot & sun protection 2 call 905-878- sponsored by &corvin OWLIN pio oND 8.30 @ Milton. J arThe Farmers' Market). Chanelle Daniels chal lenged Winters on her final throw/but after a few anx- ious moments, it was mea- sured at 10.23 m, giving Winters the win and the GHAC record. "I was more happy than surprised," she said of her winning toss. "I remember getting eight metres for the first time, and then throwing nine. I'd watch, and there would be girls a year older throwing 10." Now she's a member of that group. Winters, who now trains with Oakville's Athletiques International after the Milton Shock club ceased operation, also fin- ished second in the 100 m and third in the 200 m. Craig Kielburger school's Jenna James also joined some elite company when she broke the one- minute barrier in the 400 m. She is just the fourth midget-level girl to do so at the meet, after running to victory in a time of 59.56 seconds, a time that would CLUE 6 am ON ease Register ONLINE RYONE! 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