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Michell outdistances all in Parker run

After slogging through wet and
windy conditions, Peninsula Track
coach Tom Michell taumphed in
the Basil Parker annual cross
country run, Saturday.

Beating a field of 116 competi-
tors, Michell covered the 10-
kilometer course through Central
Saanich in 35 minutes and 28
seconds — nearly two minutes
ahead of the runner-up.

“I was pleased to win, espe-
cially since I beat the guy who I
came runner-up to last year. He
was runner-up this time around,”
Michell said.

Easily outpaced by Michell was
Rob Harmsworth from Victoria,
who placed second with a 37:04
time.

Race organizer Fiona Clark said
the 24th annual race had been
postponed from the week before
due to a snow storm.

However, the runners in Satur-

day’s event, which started at Cen-
tennial Park, were not to be
deterred again. Middle-aged! run-
ners and younsters joined the more
competitive athletes in braving a
strong headwind and rainy
weather.

The top female finisher from the
area in the ten-kilometers race was
Prairie Inn Harriers member Diana
De Pol, who won the Masters
Women division, with a 55:13
time.

De Pol’s daughter, Andrea, also
upheld the family’s proud running
tradition by racing to victory in the
girls’ (14-15 year-olds) 6.5-
kilometer event with a 30:49 time.

Peninsula Track and Field Club
runner lain Brambell won the
boys’ (16-17-years-old) 6.5-K
race, with a 26:55 time.

Finishing second in this division
was Stelly’s Secondary student
Ryan McGimpsey, with a 29:18

time.

Sean Lyon, from the Peninsula
Track Club, finished third, with a
29:45 time.

Mark Holloway, also from the
same club, placed runner-up in the
boys (14-15 years-old) division,
with a 28:41 time.

Placing seventh in the 6.5-K
Tace was another Peninsula Track
runner, Kyle McGimpsey. His time
was 39:26.

In the recreation mens’ 6.5-K
event, Parkland Secondary student
Danny Lally came out on top, with
a 30:49 time.

Pipped at the finishing post by
Lally was runner-up Wayne Coul-
son, from North Saanich.

Though Coulson posted an iden-
tical time to Lally, the latter was
given the decision by race judges.

Chris van Gurp, from North

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Precision gives edge fo local skater

by Valorie Lennox
The Review

A passion for precision on ice is
taking local skater Jackie Denton
to the Canadian precision skating
championships in Montreal March
Dis

Denton skates with Reflections,
a 21-member junior precision
team based at the Juan de Fuca
Recreation Centre in Colwood.
The team placed first at the B.C
Championships in Vernon Feb. 16
and 17.

The Juan de Fuca Recreation
Centre’s senior team, the Cadil-
lacs, also took first place in the
B.C. Championships and will rep-
resent the province in the national
competition.

The difference between a junior
and senior team is the number of
members on the ice, not the age of
the skaters, Denton said.

A junior team has a maximum
of 20 skaters on the ice at one
time. Skaters on the team range
from 13 to 33 years old.

Denton, now 19, has been figure
skating since she was seven years
old and began precision skating
five years ago.

The senior team at Juan de Fuca
has 27 members and 24 perform
on the ice at one time. That team
has been together since 1982.

In precision figure skating, a
group of skaters perform a syn-
chronized routine to music, similar
to an ice show chorus. Precision
skating competitions have been
held in Canada for 10 years.

Although the sport is new,
Denton said it is growing quickly.

REFLECTIONS ON ICE, the Juan de Fuca based precision
skating team demonstrates the form that won them the
B.C. Championship and a place at the national
championships March 27. Brentwood skater Jackie

Denton is amember of the feam.

“It was new to me five years
ago.” At the last auditions for the
Juan de Fuca teams there were 200
applicants, she said.

Many precision skaters used to
do individual skating and have
skated for years. Time restraints
forced Denton to choose between
figure skating and precision skat-
ing when she was in grade 11.

She chose precision skating.

“T like the team atmosphere and
the spirit and being with everyone.
I just really enjoy skating.”

She practices two to three times

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a week for two-and-a-half to three-
and-a-half hours at a time.

For many precision skaters, the
sport offers a chance to remain
active in skating even if they do
not want to continue skating com-
petitively as individuals.

This will be the fifth time
Denton has competed in the
national championships. It is the
fourth time for the Juan de Fuca
senior team and the second time
for the junior team.

In Montreal the Victoria area

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