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32 c'o HHHuAu AU PROCEEDS Stouffville‘s Greg Barker was ninth in the discus and 13th in the shot put at the provin- cial high school track and field championships in Mississauga last week. Your day will b. equally «citing o“ of the po‘o Hold - boufiquos. silent oucfion, half time cumminan chompagno diva! stomp, be. pointing, childnn's village, porhd polo picnic, or? waut, bus! but contest and more. You won" wont to miss this! v . . JL‘ES “"MPAGNE DIVOT ST}: Gormley Polo Centre: 1340] Leslie Street Richmond Hill Admisiion: 3‘75:00/p0f3‘0n (childrorg updgr I2 adminod fro.) PvLoga‘HEART JUNE 20-22, 2014 ""k A cant 1m: so: A can: anus: 3L0 PICNIC 'QLF TIME ENTERTAINME" '«T CNTEST Iuy okkm' onlino at Wool-hora dl' "0t {IME gHLRP Moral wins, no medals for SDSS at OFSAA It wasn't for a lack of effort that three members of the Stoul‘fville District Second ary School Spartans track and field team could not return with medals from last week's ()ntario Federation of School Athletic Asst)» ciations track and field championships in Mississauga. Rather. cited Spartans head coach Steve limmo. them was some fomtidablc c0mpeti~ tion on hand that came not just from York Region and the Central Region â€"â€" but from across the province â€" that raised the bar of difficulty. Such was the case for Jackson Savery. who after winning the ()FSAA gold medal last year in the midget boys' discus and shotput. failed to advance through the preliminary round in each discipline this year in the junior buys' division. 1n the discus. Savery finished IOth after recording a best effort on the day of 43.79 metres on his second attempt. For Savery. this marked the first time he was defeated in both disciplines this season after winning the York Region Athletic Asso- ciation and OFSAANOentral Regional qualify- ing events prior to OPSAA. He was also 15th in shot put with a toss 0f 14.35m. which he made on his second throw before fouling on his third and final attempt. Citing Savery was not battling any injuries prior to his participation at OFSAA. limmo felt it was just a case of the competitors being more consistent in their performances during the preliminary qualifying. With Savery facing more opponents from across the province at ()PSAA and being one of the favourites in the hunt for gold in both events. iimmo speculated he might have also had some added jitters. Splrlt mounts shlnos on Ice, In classroom at Noonrk college lack Caradonna had a vintage season with the State University of New York at Geneseo men's hockey team. Not just 6n the ice where he served as an assistant captain and played an integral role in helping the_ Knights he a sphopl record with Off the ice. the 24-year-old Markham native and former Stoufiville Spirit defenccman was named to the 2014 Capital One Academic All- America Division Three At-largc Team. a 23-? vim-loss Enark and advance to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Divi- sion Three semifinals. A biology major with a 3.92 grade point average. Caradonna was just the fourth Aca- demic All-America in school history and only the second zit-large pick ever. A three-time Déa‘n's List and five-time Pres ident’s list honouree at Geneseo. Camdonna was also a two-time SUNYAC Commissioner's List and three-time Academic All-Conference member‘ Also a recipient of the SUNYAC Chan- BY MICHAEL HAYAKAWA mhayakawa @yrrng.conz “If lackson would have made the top eight. which would have enabled him to advance. he would have done better." he said. in the senior boys' competition. (ireg Barker finished ninth in discus with toss of 43.19m. which he made on his second throw before fouling on his third and final attempt during the preliminary round. Also qualifyifig for shotput. the Grade 12 student was 13th after making a personal best toss of 13.95m. which he made on his third and final attempt. Noting Barker missed qualifying for ( )i’SAA last year, limmo felt he achieved a mum] vic- tory of sons after qualifying to compete in this year's championships. “He had a good practice ’l‘hursday and a great warmup Friday for the discus." he curd. “But ahcr his first couple of throws. I think he was norvmm became he usually throws in the 455." In leading up to Barker's panicipation, Iimmo felt he would have a good opportu~ nity in reaching the medal podium as he was throwing well and was injury free. In the girls' field. the Spartans had one rep- nesemative in 'lhianna 'l'aylor. who finished fifth in the junior high jump aher [icing her personal best outdoor leap of 1.60m. '11“: Grade 10 student could easily have been in second or third and even fourth as those rivals also cleared the bar at 1.60m. Despite missing out on a modal, limmu was pleased with her ()FSAA debut as a mem- ber of the Spartans' track and field squad. The only difference separating'l‘ayior from those who were in those placements was their ability to execute their jumps with fewer faults. "She could easily have finished second. (hind or fourth but she lost out on more faults in the earlier rounds and that's how ties are broken." he said. cellor's Award For Student Excellence. (kim- donna volunteered at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto as a scientific assistant pmcessing HIV infected tissue last summer. 'l‘oiling with the now defunct Markham Waxers in the Ontario Junior Hockey League for two seasons starting in 2008-09 before being dealt to the Spirit where he played in the 2010-11 campaign. Caradonna was voted a First-Team Academic All-District selection two weeks ago and moved on to the national ballot with the first-team hon- ourees from the eight total districts across the United States. (Zaradonna was tied for 13th in the NCAA Division Three circuit among dcfonccmen with 20 points as Geneseo was ranked fourth in the final NCAA Division Tth polls. The 2014 Academic All-America Ablamo Team was comprised of 15 first. second and (hind-team picks for a total of 45 honourees. The at-Iérge division is chosen from stu» dent-athletes who participate in fencing. field hockey. golf. ice hockey, lacrosse. rifle, swim- ming and diving. skiing. tennis. water polo. wrestling and volleyball.