‘Contributed . - ; the. best. of Terrace’ $ Blueback. swimmers capped an impressive competitive season _ with some “Lower Mainland meets. , Four Blueback swimmers — Vince Gair, Lisa Gardiner, Tori Mackenzie ” and: Denise Vanderlee — - qualified to go to the -B.C.* Junior. Provincial. Championships, ’ held in. Vic- toria. June “23-25, ‘and swam with the province’s best. “He also earned a sixth-place in the boys 200-metre individual medley. Gair raced to first place in his specialty — the 100-metre backstroke and got the silver.in the 50-melte “event. He also earned a sixth-place i in the boys 10-and-under . 200-metre in- dividual medley.. ©. Gardiner, swimming - at the bottom of her age group, was still talented enough to place ~ seventh im the girls 11-and-12- year-old 200-metre backstroke. Tori Mackenzie placed fifth. in the girls (13- and 14) 50-metre. backstroke. | _. The. veteran of the .group, Denise Vanderlee, placed fourth in ‘the age 15 and 16 girls 200-metre butterfly. She also “ Bl uebac Oumetre an¢ and 100-metre butier!- y. . perience for these athletes, who ‘eventually- want to find. themselves at the B.C, Provin-. clal Championships. This year the Bluebacks swam exceptionally well at the B.C, Championships, held at the... ‘Vancouver Aquatic Centre July: 6-8. Most of the swimmers who '10-and-under ' qualifed’ went down to Van-. couver a’ few days early to get - acquainted with the 50-metre pool; this was. what everyone - had been training all year for! The first day of competition went well: Aimee Peacock plac-. ed eighth in her: 100-metre breaststroke event, Garth Cox- ° ford placed fifth in his 50-metre butterfly and sixth in his 50-metre freestyle event and was the only nine-year-old to make the ‘finals out of the boys 9-and-10 age category. Jocelyn Coxford swam an in- ‘credible lifetime best time of 2:41.1 to place second in the girls 1l-and-12 200-metre but- terfly. Both Dave Vanderlee™ and Tori Mackenzie swam best times to improve their overall The meet was a learning ex--- inale “) placed sixth in the’ 200-metre placings i in their age groups. backstroke elghth in : the ‘The next day saw Garth place eighth in the 100-metre freestyle, while Aimee "placed seventh inthe 11-and-12. girls 100-metre freestyle with a best time of 1:07.56. Jocelyn con- tinued to be in the butterfly top ‘ranks and.grabbed a third place in the 100-metre event with an incredible time of 1:14.56, Aimee redeemed herself in the breastroke - by. stroking to a third-place and. bronze medal. In the final day of this long B.C, Championship meet, Dave Vanderlee moved from 20th- place up to 12th in his 50-metre butterfly by -dropping two seconds off his time. Garth - Coxford swam the ‘200-metre individual medley in 3:05.03 to put him with the top swimmers in . the province, Jocelyn. : Coxford once again claimed bronze in‘the 50-metre _ butterfly. ‘with a time of 33.7 seconds .and- Aimee Peacock ’ stuck in “there for a bronze finish‘ ‘in’ her - 200-metre in- ‘dividual medley race. * All of the swimmers felt pro- ud to post such astounding’ times and everyone realized the © improvement they've had over the year. CORE BOAR]) Men's Slo-pitch . League Scores: oe July 23 - "2 Terrace Inn 7, SKB Wreckers 0 Terrace. Inn 10, Bill’s Plumbing 7 “e Suly 25 - . KB Wreckers 19, Bili’s Plumbing 12 errace Inn 9, Rudon Rowdies 8 Men's Slo-piteh League Standings: ‘Team - WL Pct GBL ” -2Terrace Inn 203. 870 - “SKB Wreckers 166 .727° 3% *Rudon Rowdies 12°13 480 9 “! Westpoint - 8.9 A71 9 “Mic Froese Trucking3 12 .200 13 UBIIs Plumbing. 4 20.167 16% ang “Terrace Speedway : ” Winners: July 25 and 22 Sportsman "No. 6 — Albert Weber (2 race wins), PLUS ~ FREE with every: No. 66 — Herb Quast (2), No. 5 -—~ Joe Borovec, No. 40 — Danny O'Brien Hobby Stock ‘A’ No. 081 -— Brent McCarron (3), No. $56 — Blain Kiuss (2), No. 927 — Jules” LaFrance «. ‘Hobby Stock ‘B’. No, 81 -— Brent McCarron (3), No. 081 — Kerry Rosa (2), No. 669 — Ron Harris : | Street Stock ‘A? No. 556 — Dave Reinhardt (3), No. "88 — Clayton Kerr (2), No. 007 — Leon Lefebvre, . Street Stock ‘B’ No. 888 — Clayton Kerr (2), No. 556 — Dave Bruce, No. 556 — Dave Reinhardt, No. 717 Don Anderson ‘C’ Class Hobby No. 927 — Wanda Friesen (2), No. ' 036 — Jedn Pearson, No. 669 — Dawn Tomas ; . |. 4? Class Street No. 007 —‘Jayline Cline (2), No. 556 — Leslie Quast, Na, 717 — Roxanne Taylor . Jamboree * Purchase ofthe AND , "NORCO CHEROKEE... commivarion CATEYE | boc & CABLE | ‘Battery Head Lamp = sozar yarur Toll Free 1-800-772-0804" coe ‘Prince. uriedt ve ; = 9°} | Sportsman — No. 5, Joe Borovec _ Hobby —_No, 081, Brent McCarron Street — No, 536, Dave Bruce Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 1, 4990 — Page BS COME TO THE B.V. FALL FAIR.