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PAGE 20, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1984, WHITBY FREE PRESS Gold medal came at end of three year ordeal, but Anne Ottenbrite proved she's got what it takes CONGRATULATIONS AMEI MIDWAY MOTORS LIMITED 1300 DUNDAS ST. E. WH ITBY 668-6828 WELL DONE AN-NE HWY. NO. 12 WHITBY OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WELL DONE ANNE! opetroleum products Becoming an Olympie champion doesn't hap- pen overnight. For Anne Ottenbrite, the climb to the gold began three years ago at the Canadian Sum- mer National Cham- pionships when she took fifth place in both the 100 and 200 metre breaststroke. That was in July, 1981. Her first two first place finishes in national competition came in August, 1981 when she won both the 100 and 200 metre breaststroke. • At the Canada Cup meet held in December of that year, Ottenbrite continued her winning ways taking the same two events in im- pressive style. She got her first taste of international com- petition in January, 1982, when she com- peted in the U.S. Inter- national short course meet when she set a Canadian senior record in the 200 metre breast- stroke with a time of 2:31.68 despite the fact that she only earned fourth place. She placed ninth in the 100-metre event and was part of the 4 by 100-metre medley relay which also set a Canadian senior record with a time of ewholesale and retail 1517 DUNDAS ST. E., WHITBY TELEPHONE TODAY 668-3381 PROMPT, COURTEOUS SERVICE 4:45.05. In March, 1982, the then 16-year old Otten- brite took the 100 metre breaststroke in the Canadian Winter Nationals. Four months later, she set a Common- wealth record in the 200 metre breaststroke of the World 'rials with a time of 2:33.23 when she won first place. She also, set another Canadian senior record in the 100- metre breaststroke at the same event with a first place finish . in 1:11.57. In August of that year, Ottenbrite set two new Commonwealth records in both the 100 and 200 metre breaststrokes at the trials for the Com- monwealth Games which were held on Oc- tober, 1982 in Sydney, Australia. Once again, the Lyn- deview Dr. resident set new Commonwealth records in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:32.07. In that first place finish she also set a Commonwealth Games record. She set a games record in the 100 metre breaststroke heat while coming second in the final. As part of the 4 by 100 metre medley relay she also won first place, again setting a games record. In the Hapoel Games After Anne Ottenbrite's winning performance at the 1982 Common- wealth Games in Sydney, Australia, the Town of Whitby held a reception in her honor at the Whitby Municipal Building. She was presented with a bouquet of flowers by Regional Councillor Tom Edwards. Free Press Staff Photo in March, 1983, Otten- brite won first place in p10 both the 100 and metre breaststroke. Two months later at the Canada-Great Britain-U.S.S.R. meet she took another first place in the 200 metre breaststroke. Two months after that, in July 1983, she set two more Canadian Senior records with a first in the 100 and 200 metre breaststroke events. She was disqualified from the 200 metre breaststroke at the August, 1982 Pan. American Games but made up for it with a fir- st place finish in the 100 metre and a second place showing as a member of the 4 by 100 metre medley relay team. Then in January of this year, Ottenbrite came third in the 100 metre breaststroke at the U.S. International and second in the 200 metre. At the Canadian Win- ter Nationals, also held in January, she came in first at the 100 metre setting a new Canadian Senior record with a time of 1:09.54. Another new senior record was set in the 200 metre event at the same meet. Finally in March, Ot- tenbrite earned two second place finishes at the East Berlin meet. After that was the Olympics in Los Angeles and everyone in Whitby knows what happened there. But to get there it took guts determination and hard work. But it_ paid off with not one, but three medals - a gold, a silver and bronze - showing the whole world that the quiet girl fròm Whitby is one of the best there is in the pool. CONGRATULATIONS TOONEOFOUR FAVORITE STUDENTS ANNE OTTENBRITE HENRY STREET HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF '84 THE DURHAM BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT....