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14 stouffville suntribune tliursday april 26 2007 iv ii k if i 3 stouffville suntribune sports back on track geiger golden three times at york indoors by mike hayakawa staff writer natalie geiger began her tuneup for the outdoor track and field season by claiming three gold medals at last thurs days york region high school indoor championships at york university entered this year in the sen ior girls division after winning gold last season in the junior 200metre and 400m ontario championships the stouffville district secondary school grade 11 student outran her opponents in the 60 metres in a time of 759 seconds also running in the 400m geiger won gold in a time of 5830 seconds in the long jump geiger topped all competitors with a winning leap of 508m highlighting the stouffville boys contingent was dan coskun who won the senior shotput with a toss of 1404m teammates greg legault was fifth james wood seventh and jason smith eighth legault also won a bronze in the long jump and was seventh in the triple jump john reesor was sixth in the senior boys high jump r the spartans midget girls team made its presence felt as kate schlussler was second in the triple jump with a leap of high school sports 931m the grade 9 student was also fifth in the 60m and sixth 60m low hurdles micky rochon was third in the long jump and shotput and eighth 60m caroline rankin finished sixth in the 1500m and 10th 800m among midget boys antho- ny- lipari was 13th in the 1500m in the junior ranks brittany dunbar was sixth in the girls 1500m james moss ran off with a fifthplace effort in the 1500m and kyle obrien was 10th aidin killeen was 25th in the long jump for further results go to trackdata- basecomresultsz22zdbl24txt spss rugby boys sweep the stouffville district sec ondary school spartans seniors and juniors won exhibition rugby matches over birch- mount park collegiate in scar borough last week in the senior match james beare had two tries and kyle miller andrew norton and chris lombardo singles in a 3 1 0 win craig mcdowell had three converts in the junior match tyler azan scored two tries as the spartans prevailed 245 bruce cringan added a try and con vert while jamie wise had one try and patrick tapiero one con vert soccer squad goes inside the spartans girls soccer team have been tuning up for the upcoming yraa regular season by taking to the indoor pitch for some exhibition matches playing the unionville high school wolves last week at the milliken dome the spartans received a late goal from jaime sparks to salvage a 11 tie travelling to the oshawa civic dome the spartans field ed a win loss and tie in the anderson collegiate invitation al tournament buoyed by goals from danielle cormier and rebecca parry the spartans defeated ajax high school 21 the spartans also received a shutout netminding effort from tracey velletri in a 00 tie with oneill collegiate the clubs lone loss was against whitby anderson 10 the spartans will face the wolves today at the milliken dome in another exhibition tilt at 3 pm for more on high school sports go to yraacom staff photosteve somerville dennis oshaunghnessy of stouffville district secondary school takes off in the boys long jump at the york region high schools indoor track and field champi onships at york university last thursday 1 i h j stouffville golf teacher aces world ranking again by mike hayakawa staff writer they say lightning doesnt strike twice in the same place but in henry bruntons case it did recently in a manner of speaking for the second time in his profes sional teaching career on the links the 41yearold stouffville resident was recognized by golf magazine as one of the top 100 instructors in the world for 200708 having first earned the distinc tion in 200506 brunton remains the only canadian professional instructor to have his name included in this prestigious list as a teacher ifs a great honour to be recognized with this esteemed group and i look forward to learning from my peers brunton said from a spring youth golf camp in florida i was lucky enough to get selected for a second time i appreciate this exciting oppor tunity to share my insight and tips throughout the year with the mil lions of golf magazine readers he was invited to a function this past winter at the annual pga show in orlando fla where he and others on the list were recognized he was the 2003 canadian pro fessional golf associations ontario teacher of the year the head coach for the mens and junior boys national amateur golf teams the ottawa native was also a driving force behind the royal cana- dian golf associations player devel opment program and cpgas teach ingcoaching certification program he has proven himself as one of the premier teacherscoaches in the industry and we are fortunate to have him as a key component in our high performance program jeff thompson rcga managing direc tor of player and program develop ment said brunton also operates a golf academy and the titleist fitting cen tre the only one of its kind in cana da at eagles nest golf club in vaughan his company is presenting a jun ior golf program at bushwood golf club just south of stouffville start ing this weekend over the past decade the list has become the industry gold standard because it was the first list issued and the selection process used more than 800 nominations are accepted from more than 32000 pros for more information go to golfonlinecom orhenrybruntoncom 1 i j