Photo finis hin Kantakis by one second The fourth annual Skeena River Challenge bicycle race from Prince Rupert to Terrace on Aug. 19 saw the top two riders place one second apart at the finish line. It was Terrace’s Chiron Kantakis, the winner in a record time of four hours, 22 minutes, 25 seconds. He edged out junior rider Jussi Jaakkola of Kitimat in the drive to the finish. Kantakis beat the old record by about six minutes. Last year he placed third in junior men's division, but was 10th overall. The 1989 winner — Mike Chris- tensen — was not around to defend his title. Just like last year, the top bikers finished in a-pack. Runnerup Colin Par. in. senior men was timed in 4:22:35. Third-. place finisher Glen Buchanan of ‘Telkwa was further back at 4:23:40. Kitimat bikers placed one-two- three for junior men. Jaakkola’'s time was. 4:22:26, followed by Jerome Valdez in 4:34:30 and Ian Rheault in 4:41:10. Juneau, Alaska’s Karl Klien won the master’s division in 4:22:45, It was his third win in three tries. Al Brunet of Prince Rupert was next at 5:35:33. For the women, Telkwa’s Terry Hatfield came in first at 4:35:15. Cheryl Steele of Rupert was next at 5:18:58. Liz Horne of Telkwa took third, two minutes behind Steele, The race attracted 46 riders for the 100-mile route along Highway 16. Nine competitors failed to finish the race. Two were knocked out by road mishaps. A male rider caught a wheel and veered left into the side of a passing car. He suffered a cut left arm and lots of bruises. A female rider slipped a pedal and fell on her shoulder. She suf- fered a broken collarbone. Mountain bike ‘bash’ on holiday weekend. Kitimat is hosting its first annual mountain bike races on Sept, 2. a7 It’s called the mountain bike ’bash’ and is co-sponsored by Norco and Schooley Sports. It’s a two-stage race, The first stage is a lap race on the cross-country ski trails. The’ second is a-hill climb on the ski hill road. There’s two categories — sport and ‘expert, and the entry fee is $15. It starts at 10 a.m: at the Kitimat InfoCentre. You can enter at Schooley Sports. Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 29, 1990 B3 allenge come CoE LRAT CTT i, 3a Par” After. recovering enough strength to stand up in front of a camera, the s senior rand j junior men’ $s - winners in the Skeena River Challenge bike race ’ posed for us. They are Jussi Jaakkola (left) and Chiron Kantakis, Coho derby ready: to fly The fourth annual Kitimat ~ coho fish derby attracted almost _ 800 anglers last year, and or- ganizers are hoping -to have at least that many: for the fifth an- nual event on the September 1 ‘weekend in the Douglas Channel and Kitimat River. ‘