Ce ee ev ee ee ee ee eee B10.- The Terrace Standard, J, Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - swell and, Salt water made it difficult. “The bike felt Local ‘triathletes take on. world TWO LOCAL triathletes are winners in their own eyes after competing in the 2005 Triathlon World Championships in Honolulu, Hawaii. Crystal Thomas.and Dave Stewart gave it thei all at the event held last month. “We had a ton of great fun,” says Thomas. “ty was areally rewarding thing and I learned a ton. It’s'a pret- ty amazing thing to have qualified; that in itself was pretty great.” The duo didn’t quite finish in their’ best times, un- _derstandable considering the high humidity, heat and ‘wind, says Thomas, The temperature climbed to 28 C, " that combined with the humidity to make it feel like 36C, Thomas finished i in 2 hours 48 minutes 27 seconds, ~ eight ‘minutes slower than her time at the Canadian National Triathlon Championship in Kelowna last Au- gust where she qualified for this event. Stewart finished in 2 hours 32 minutes 28 seconds, ‘Thomas says the ocean swim was laid out well and ws ~she luckily avoided the bike accidents. She says at least 2,000 triathletes competed i in the Olympic short course event of a 1.5 km swim, 40 km , bike ride and 10 km run. Athletes from all over the “ world competed; including 200 Canadians, several | ~ Americans, a large Australian contingent, and a large ~ Mexico group to name a few. Thomas plans to compete in nationals next: year if it’s. in Kelowna again and hopes to qualify for next ' year’s world event in Switzerland. Stewart says his time wasn’t what he expected. me . He usually picks three times: his ‘probable finish ° time, his ideal finish time and his: worst possible time. «’ He hoped for 2:25 if conditions were right, 2:20 if conditions were ideal and 2:30 if everything went wrong. His time was also about eight minutes slower , than in Kelowna. . “I had.a good swim,” he says, adding the ocean fine. As soon as I started running, it was tough, I don’t - . think we were acclimatized. We’ should have been there maybe a couple of days sooner.” _. Stewart may compete in nationals -next: year if * they’ re in Kelowna, but may wait. for the world event — -in'Vancouver in 2008 or increase the stakes andenter . the Ironman Triathlon, a long course event, in 2007. . Sports Scope Seniors elect new director AFTER ALMOST 10 years, Seniors Games Zone 10 has a new director. Bill Whitty was voted in recently to take over for Dorothy Cheyne, who’s held the position for nine years, more than anyone previously. Whitty, along with the other zone directors from around the province, will attend the meetings of the BC Seniors Games Society and present the information he learns to the Seniors here. . Seniors Games athlete Maxine Smallwood said Cheyne “is the longest serving director and, along with herself, joined . the group when it started in 1988. Seniors Games directors usually serve a two-year term. ; Skaters off to winter games | SEVERAL LOCAL skaters will compete in the Northern BC Winter Games (NBCWG) next February after successfully qualifying in Kitimat Oct. 21. The top two skaters in each level advanced to the games, with the third place skater named as an alternate. Lateesha Wriglesworth and Kaitlin Colongard qualified in the Pre-preliminary Ladies category. Hailey Hendry and Alex Lissimore qualified as Prelimi- nary Ladies with Kelsey Owen taking ‘the alternate spot. Rayven Algor qualified in the Junior Bronze Ladies group. Jamie Penner, Janet Lewis, and Kelsey Minhinnick made the team automatically as there | were two or less entries in their categories. The NBCWG will be held in 100 Mile House next Feb. Sports Menu Mi November 5 : Come: out to a cross-country ski gear swap at the Onion Lake Ski Trails from, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Bring, buy or trade skis, boots, poles and clothing for children and adults. Please no three- -pin ‘bindings or wooden skis. Free hot drinks and advice will be available. For more’ info call Liz Thorne at 632-6055. ES Sa a at aS as ie ta i ae ear adver areata Dareaenrenly | Kitimat freezes the River Kings | By MARGARET SPEIRS AFTER GOING undefeated in their first four games, the River Kings suffered a - devastating. 7-4 loss to the Ice Demons in Kitimat Oct. 22. almost all the whole damn game,” said coach Trevor Hendry. “It was a very close game.’ The River Kings put one on the scoreboard right'away | thanks=to Mario Desjardins, who netted one with the help of Darcy Allison and Ivan . Laschenko at 19: ‘45 of the first. Kitimat tied it up three minutes later. : Allison netted’ a power play. goal with assists from Desjardins and Terry Zapor- zan in the dying minutes of the first... Kitimat tied the game at 13:56 of the second. Allison scored again, as- sisted by Davey Jones and Toby Mitchell, at 5:51 of the ' second to make it 3-2 River ‘Kings. Kitimat tied the game | about three minutes: later: The Ice Demons started the scoring in the third and followed with another goal two minutes later for a 5-3 . lead, ’ Zaporzan netted one of " “Yeah, well we led for his own to bring the. River Kings to within one on as- ~ sists by Scott Mulder and Phil Morrison. The Ice Demons put two away in the final two min- utes for the win. Despite the loss, Hendry was pleased with his team’s » effort. But not with all of the players.. “Most of the guys played quite well. A few were. brain dead for a while,” he said, adding that some took “stu- _ pid” penalties or were boot- ed from the game. “Discipline went out the window. for a few of them unfortunately, but those guys’ who stayed in the game, es- ° pecially the forwards, played really well,” he said. At least four River Kings were kicked off the.ice dur- ‘ing the game, Hendry said, “Gary Kerbrat got kicked out for being dumb and Chris, Brown got’ kicked out for being dumber,” he said, explaining that Kerbrat - crosschecked an Ice Demon who bumped into goalie Craig Walsh and Brown was “mouthing off” at the referee for what he believed to be a bad call. Ivan Laschenko was re- moved for hitting from be- hind and Richie Rogers was booted for high-sticking: RIVER KINGS goalie Craig Walsh stretches to keep an Ice Demon from scoring ; during the game at Tamitik Arena Oct. 22. “You've got to learn to control your emotions. | If you don’t keep them in check, you're sitting in the. box,” Hendry said. He ‘said the defence lacked a little’ but played well, and Walsh played “‘re- _ ally, really well.” ’ Hendry, credits the Ice Demons for their outstand- ing play, .especially net- » minder Jaime Moran. -*“They had the best goal- tending. Their goalie made some absolutely fabulous saves. He robbed Davey and then Ivan in the last five min- utes of the game,” he said. The River Kings did well with their penalty killing, but spent so. much time on it that when the third period” | arrived, the team was “dog- tired” he said. As for their next meet- ing with Kitimat later ‘this month, Hendry already knows what the team will do » differently. “Win,”he said. He looks forward’ to RIVER KINGS WEBSITE PHOTO playing: the Steelheads this* weekend." > “Obviously | think. we'll do fine. They have a good, improved team this year but so do we,” he said. >» “There’s a fot of tough. games coming up. The, guys will have to bear down a little.” The River Kings g0 angling. os for the Steelheads in Smithers this Sat. and travel to Macken- zie to hunt the Moose in a dou- bleheader next weekend before returning home for. a rematch against Kitimat Nov. 17. 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