| - Bluebacks. make Splash in P.G. Contributed ‘Terracé Blueback swimmers Aimee Peacock, Clint ‘Sheppard and Garth Coxfard compéted in. Prince George Mar. 8-10 for the 1991 B.C, Swimming ‘ Cham- ’ plonships. mers did our town. proud! « “Clint Sheppard; earned. himself two bronze medal in the. boys age 10-and-under freestyle telay and ‘in the. ‘medley: relay. He teamed up with Dallas Bishop and Nathan Kearly from Kitimat. as. well as teammate -Garth Coxford, Sheppard . also put in great swims to place sixth in the 50-metre breaststroke.and sixth - in the 100-metre butterfly. Since this was Clint’s first “B.C. provincial-level meet, things look good for his future in swimming. Garth Coxford had a great weekend in the pool as well. Coxford swam fast enough to win silver in his 50-metre freestyle -and 200-metre in- dividual medley (2:56, 78) as Gymnasts compete Contributed Thirteen local gymnasts represented the Terrace Peaks Gymnastics Clib at Prince George’s 1991 Invitational — an exciting ‘competition that drew 130 competitors from across the province. Terrace’s team — in just their third competition of the season — amassed a grand total of 29 event ribbons for place, and four all-round medals. In the divisional ‘A’ midget competition (under 10 years), ‘the Peaks entered four girls in a field of 15 participants, Eight- yéar-old Shannon Chalupiak, in her first meet of the season, walked away with the all-round silver medal (31.25) on the strength of her first-place bars performance, as well has her fourth on the vault, fifth.on the floor, and sixth on the beam. - f Kelly. Julseth, 9, placed fifth in aggregate standings (29.65), collecting third-place ribbons on both vault and bars. | -Eva Mateus, also 9, came in seventh all-around (28. 80). She had a second on the beam and a fourth on vault, '. Nine-year-old Corisa Berlin took eighth all-around (28.70), coming in sixth on the vault and seventh on the bars. -In the divisional ‘A’ argo competition (age 10-11), the Peaks entered 11-year-old Felicia Arbuah, who was com- peting against a total field of 20 gymnasts. : Arbuah had an excellent day, taking the first place gald medal These three? ‘swim- j “and. ninth well as bronze in. his 100-metre butterfly) (1:20:17) and | 100-metre. freestyle. "He missed third in his 400-metre freestyle by a tenth of - 1-a Second: Coxford joined Shep-' -"pard’in ‘the relay wins. Both “boys will still be in the same ape “group for the summer provin- ‘cials arid-can be expected to do - well there, .~ Aimee’ Peacock had a very rewarding weekend, improving 75" per. cent of ‘her times and placing ‘fifth in both her breaststroke swims (100-metre and 200-metre). Her time of 1322.8 is less than a second and a half. away from qualifying her for the junior nationals in Quebec in May. She also placed seventh in her 200-metre in- “dividual medley with a 2:37.24 in her 50-metre freestyle. The Bluebacks will take a lit- tle bit of a break over Easter but will come back for. their next meet in Kitimat Apr. 19-21, in the aggregate awards, scoring 32,95. She took a first on both vault and’ bars, and followed those successes up. with a third on -her floor : routine and a fourth on the beam. - Divisional ‘A’ tyro competi- tion (age 12-13) saw the Peaks’ Leah Graham, 12, compete against afieldof 15. 0 Graham had a good day, coming in fourth all-arowrid - scoring .32.6..Qn_ her events, Graham took a third on both- vault and floor, a fourth on beam and a sixth on bars. The Peaks entered seven gym- nasts in the Provincial ‘B’ age - 12 and up competition. A total of 25 gymnasts were competing. Medais were awarded for tyro. (age 12-13) and open (age 14-and-up) categories in the ag- gregate awards, Leading the Peaks’ team was Heather, Albright, 14, who, en- _joyed a great day taking the: se-, cond place open silver medal in- all-round scoring with her total: of 34.13, Not only was that the second highest score in the open class, it was the second highest score of all 25 competitors. Albright took a second on beam, seventh on the bars, and an eighth on vault. Kirsten Holkestad, 14, took a third on floor, and a seventh on beam, finishing her all-around with 32.28. Thirteen-year-old Trina Mateus came away with the tyro _ third place bronze medal in the aggregate awards, scoring 32.60, along with a seventh Tin 5 CANADIANS CAN'T BREATHE PROPERLY ‘fee FS oy But you can beat the odds on lung disease. (ere Weight: Sibs.302 Sox: Pareata: Claudia Tait & Ed Moo 15% OFF Tweedy a Saturday ls Grab Bag Day KITES ETC. March 20 26 = S85-6236 - province, Ra Be aa ’ BLUEBACK SWIMMERS Garth Coxford, Aimee Peacock and Clint Sheppard picked up a fistfull of medals at the B.C. Swimming Championships in Prince Gearge. . t ' We're celabrali ing a decade | in Terrace, and would Ike to show our Qppreciation to our ~ Customers by. offering a Qfaat meal at an’. unbelievable Price! STEAK — AND oee . Purchase One Steak And Lobster Meal. 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