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economist siinlsiintribune sports saturday may 7 2005 25 markhams poore dives into action at kentucky college stbufjville secondary grad happy parents signed her up for classes by mike hayakawa staff writer when ashley poore goes into a swimming pool she does it with a grand entrance the 18yearold markham resi dent enters the water from one and threemetre heights off a spring board poore is a diving enthusiast who is enhancing her trade as a student at asbury college in wilmore ky 20 miles south of lexington majoring in exercise science the firstyear student qualified for the national association of intercolle giate athletics swimming and div ing nationals in st peters mo a student at markham district high school for grades 9 and 10 before going to stouffville district secondary school and graduating from there poore placed eighth on the threemetre board and seventh on the onemetre not only a diver poore swam with her school team in the 200- yard freestyle relay helping them to a 13thplace finish our team is very small consist ing of only three divers arid we received many compliments from the other divers and coaches about our performance knowing that we ashley poore dives off the threemetre board for the asbury college div ing team in her first year at the wilmore ky school she competed at the naia championships this spring are freshmen in college she said introduced to the sport just six years ago poore got into diving as an alternative to gymnastics its an extremely fun and daring sport she said you must be will ing to try new things and if you hap pen to land wrong on the water be willing to try the dive again you cant be afraid of smacking the water you have to be able to get past the fear and it is only then that you can accomplish great feats in the sport crediting her parents in putting her into lessons with the markham diving club poore said much of what shes learned was through markham coach michelle rowe she was there every day coach ing and giving her heart out to us divers she encouraged me to keep trying and it was only with her help that i ever had the chance to con tinue diving through college said poore as well she credited club team mate courtney hill and asbury diver caitlynn taylor with providing moral support they were in the same situa tions that i was in trying to learn new dives but it was easy to relate to them and the friendships there will never end poore during her time with the markham club poore earned the greatest achievement award in the 200001 campaign she also quali fied for the ontario summer games in 2002 placing 11th on the one- metre and sixth on the threemetre boards that same year she qualified and competed in the provincial ashley poore credits her time spent with the markham diving club in helping her get to asbury college championships and was 10th on the onemetre and ninth on the threemetre boards the following year poore quali fied again for the provincials poore was searching on the internet for christian schools with diving programs when she found- asbury after entertaining offers from several schools poore chose asbury because it would be a school where i could come and learn as well as dive she sai d poore will continue to compete for the school team but she also wants to give some thing back to the sport by coaching young performers 1 r- mboser look at your business thevyork region business times is about what matters locally theinterestirig people issues and success stories in your business community if vou sell a product or service to other businesses why not r put your message where it will bereadbyalocar v audience u we offer business-to- bjusiness advertising very affordable local and regional rates i l r york region business times gbr for advertising rates and information please call lex abernethy or john pritchard at 905 2942200 iovvp vti- h qrrm wpit advertising 1nquiri1es richmond hillvaughan 9058813373 newmarketaurora 9058538888 markhamstouffville 9052942200 georgina 9054767753 editorial inquiries debora kelly 905 8538888 wwwnorthofthecityrca