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Is Gillies fast-tracking his way to the Olympics? By EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer SPORTS & LEISURE 27 Independent & Free Press, Thursday, February 17, 2011 development team and he's set a lofty goal of making the next Winter Olympics in Russia, when he'd be 18, or the following Games in either France, At this rate, former Georgetown resident Corey Germany or South Korea. Gillies is going to fast-track his way to the Winter He is currently in Innsbruck, Austria for a couple Olympics. of weeks of training with some of the top EuroHurtling himself down an icy bobsled track face- pean competitors his age. first, reaching speeds of about 145 km/h, As the lone Canadian male skeleton the recently-turned-15 Gillies has become athlete there, he was the fastest finone of Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton's top isher in all three practice runs during young prospects after only being involved his first day of training on the course in the sport for a year and a half. that will be used for next year's Ken and Monique Gillies moved to Youth Olympics. Calgary in the fall of 2009 in order for Before this winter is through, son Corey to train at the site of the 1988 Gillies has a training trip planned Winter Games and the Grade 10 student for Whistler, B.C. and will likely is already posting times that aren't far off visit Georgetown for a couple of that of adult World Cup competitors. days while heading to another As the youngest racer in the field of 18, event in Lake Placid, N.Y. COREY Gillies finished ninth at the World Junior The 5-foot-6, 146-pound Gillies GILLIES Championships in Utah last week, competsaid one of his biggest challenges is ing against fellow pilots as old as 23. just managing his time, with 20 "For sure, that was the best finish of my career hours a week of on-hill training, his dryand I felt it could have been a lot better," said the land workouts and school to juggle. former member of the Halton Hills Gymnastics "That's been very hard, trying to Centre. get homework done after training "I was sixth after the first run and then on the and then every night I have to take second, my sled broke and my helmet came (loose), my sled apart to dry it out and then so I was a lot slower than I wanted to be. But it was tape it back together again," he added. a great experience." "There's never enough time to get everyGillies is a member of the Slide 2014-18 national thing done, but it's all worth it." High school roundup Christ the King Jaguar Taylor Farkas broke up a rush by Bishop Reding defender Sarah DiGiallonardo during their Halton high school varsity girls' hockey contest Monday at the Alcott Arena. Samantha Green wristed in the winning goal with only 1:17 left in the third period in CtK's 4-3 victory. Also scoring for the Jags were Hilary Cosmo, Irene Kiroplis and Jessica Hannan. CtK's girls will play a Tier I quarterfinal game away from home next Thursday (Feb. 24). Photo by Eamonn Maher CtK posts perfect mark A 4-1 victory over the previously unbeaten Nelson Lords on Monday afternoon completed a perfect 9-0-0 regular season for the defending Halton Tier I champion Christ the King Jaguars in high school boys' hockey action. Brendan Krivec scored twice for the first-place Jags, with Dylan Hannan and Cody Gresswell adding single markers. CtK begins its Halton Secondary School Athletic Association playoffs with a home game today (Thursday) against eighth-place Lester B. Pearson. The back end of the two-game series will also be played at the Alcott Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 2:45 p.m. In Tier II play, the Georgetown Rebels posted their 10th straight win including tournaments with a 9-1 trouncing of Milton on Tuesday to place first in the division with a 7-2-1 mark. See REBELS, pg. 28 0.9% finance for up p to 60 months & Lease ase for 4 48 8m months on at 0.9% both o.a.c. WINNER EVENT EVERYONE'S A Honda ALL NEW 84 month finance at C 2011 CIVI 2011 CR-V 2.9% 9 905-874-3021 O.A.C. www.georgetownhonda.ca Serving Georgetown for over 30 years! 316 Guelph Street, Georgetown wn 905 905-873-1818 873 1818 HONDA