Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 13, 1979, p. 29

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I 171 Sports Week Wednesday June 13 Page Ian takes two golds Clark only led the and metres events or short spans of time in the 0FSAA Track and Field Championships but they were at the right times as he ended up with two gold medals Clark used a kick which was not evident last year to win both the events the all Ontario championship held at Centennial Pork last Friday and Satin- On Friday the metres event was held It was not run until the evening so the This Week Swedish visit pages 38 Junior Rebels champions page Delrex wins big match page Athlete dinner June page 44 was perfect for the SET PACE Clark let Dennis Stark of set the pace for the race The Belleville runner who has been Clork main adversary or years now held the lend forlwo and a half of the three laps Stark relfnguished the lead until approximately met res remained in the race and he again took over he top spot At the lop of the stretch it was Stark still In the lend Clark right on his Clark took over the lead with for the first time with only yards left He crossed the finish llnea yard ahead of Stark I did not have any strategy going into the race Clark said I had decided that if the pace was fast enough would hang in third of fourth spot The lime for Clark in the event was 3 which will stand as a new record for the meet It tied the lime had al the qualifying meet in Niagara Falls Ihc week before was surprised when I heard the lime was that good Clark said The pace did not seem to he all that fast to me It was Clark Inability to out kick Stark that cost him third place at last years OrSAA meet That was about the first time have becnsuccesafullnoulkicklng Stnrk Clark said The Georgetown runner is much bigger physically he was at last years OFSAA meet in Kingston It was basically the same story in the metres event held the next day except the conditions and Clark mam competitor were different Ths race was run in mid afternoon and the heal was stifling Clark said he felt lousy before the race began but he figured most of other runners felt same way Dave West in Toronto was Clark s main challenger In this event had f for the 1 but he passed on to save himself for the a race he figured to do better at set the pace for much of the early part of the race briefly to a slew of other runners Again Clark was content to hang in third of fourth spot for the majority of the race Going into the last straight away Clark toon the lead for the first time crossing the Continued from Page 9 Ian Clark left school took the lead J In the metre race at the Track and Field Championship and held on to take the gold right of had the lead through most of the race but although he gave It all he had to be content with second place Clark time for the event or and will stand as a meet record Herald photo by Tony Panaccl

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