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Physically, he said, he knew he didn‘t have much of a chance and the searing thirtysomething temâ€" peratures only made things worse. Lareau took over the match, he explained, when he got up a break and "could see I didn‘t have anyâ€" thing there I could use to hurt The fifth annual 300â€"mile Lake Ontario challenge, sponsored jointly by the Oakville Harbour and Port Credit yacht clubs, ran into rough seas and a rough start this year. The winning yacht â€" Sandstorm from Toronto‘s National Yacht Club â€" eventually crossed the finish line in two days, 17 hours, 33 minutes and nine seconds. "I spent most of yesterday getâ€" ting my leg worked on." Boaters found anything but dead calm in Lake Ontario race The two opponents kicked off the quarterâ€"final set by breaking each other‘s serve twice before Lareau slowly took command for an easy 6â€"2, 6â€"0 win. Wostenholme, who had won his first two matches in straight sets (7â€" 6, 6â€"4 over Hubert Karrash and 6â€"4, 6â€"0 over Brian Ahlberg), ran out energy, and for good reason, too. It turns out the last time he played a competitive match was, quite literally, the same time, last year when he, again was bounced out of the Sun Life Nationals in the quarterâ€"finals â€" on that occasion by Andrew Sznajder. While he was reasonably happy with the tournament as a whole, he agreed he just didn‘t have it on Friday. "There was no spring in my legs, I couldn‘t run down the balls, there was no zip in my serve." In the unrelenting midâ€"day sun, the ninthâ€"ranked Wostenholme was no match for the tournament‘s numâ€" berâ€"one seed, Sebastien Lareau. It certainly showed on Friday when the Oakville tennis veteran was finally bounced out of the Sun Life Nationals at Mississauga‘s Ontario Racquet Club. Same time, next year. It could easily sum up Martin Wostenholme‘s playing career, of late. No same time, next year for Martin Wostenholme So why hasn‘t the Oakville athâ€" ‘ AND RECREATIO While he may have retired from his pro career, he feels he still has a lot he can contribute to Canadian tennis off the court. He made it clear he would be Indeed. He‘s tennis director at exclusive Fisher Island, near Miami, a facility that was rated number one in a recent survey in Tennis Magazine, he said. lete played more matches? "I have another career," he quipped. It was one of only 14 yachts to finish the race. The best local times were Partout from the Oakville Yacht Squadron which finished in a time of three days, five hours, 45 minutes and 40 seconds; and Xposed from the Bronte Yacht Club which took three days, five hours, 50 minutes and four seconds. Oakville‘s Martin Wostenholme As for his own playing career, he said he‘s giving thought to some overâ€"30 matches "since I‘m eligiâ€" ble now." As for another shot at the Canadian national championships, however, the 31â€"yearâ€"old athlete conceded there will likely be no same time, next year. pleased to hear from any upâ€"andâ€" comers. "I scold the Canadian players for not picking up the telephone." When the race started on June 24 off the Port Credit Credit Yacht Club, sixtyâ€"two yachts, including entries from Quebec City, Syracuse and Youngstown, were registered. However, a minor twoâ€"boat collision and the disqualification of another yacht which misâ€" took the spectator fleet for the race officials, whittled the field back to 59 boats. Joe Denes, 23, used the meet as part of his preparation for the Trials, as he competed in four events and contributed the largest share of the 153 points gathered by the club. While setting no new personal records, he was one of the busiest athletes in the meet, running between events in the four hours of the competition. He was fourth in javelin, fifth in discus, sixth in pole vault and seventh in 110m hurdles. Garth Coleman, 22, was only 10 cm. from the Trials standard in long jump, finishing fourth at 6.70m. "Neil Evans, 19, used the meet as preparation for the World Junior Trials in Oftawa this week. He finâ€" ished fifth in pole vault, sixth in hurdles, and 11th in long jump. Andrew Lang recorded a personal best time of 15.7 seconds in placing fourth in the tyke boys 100â€" metres and Chris Martin registered his best time in the atom boys 400â€"metres (one minute, nine secâ€" onds). Derek King, 26, won the 400M in 50.47, his fastest time of the year, despite cold, windy condiâ€" tions and a tight hamstring. King is chasing a 48.5 standard to join clubmates Joe Denes and Dave Vilieon in Victoria for the Commonwealth Games Trials at the end of July. Evans had three personal best performances during the 10â€"event, twoâ€"day competition, running the 400M in 52.40 seconds, the 110M hurdies in 20.818 and throwing the javelin.36.98M. Malcolm Syme was second in the mite boys 200â€"metres in a time of 38.6 seconds and was third in the 100â€"metres in 16.42 seconds. Tanya Rank achieved two third place finishes â€" in the atom girls 800â€"metres (2:40.7) and 1500â€" metres (5:30.6). In other action, Lisa Lang just missed a medal, placing fourth in the atom girls 100 metres. In the same event, Dianna Banks just missed the finals, finishing fourth in her heat. Also in Oftawa, Neil Evans, 19, worked his way to the top 10 of Canada‘s best junior decathletes as he finished in that position at the Canadian Junior Championships for decathlon on June 30. He competes next on July 24 as he aims at a berth in the Ontario Summer Games. DIVISION ‘3‘ CHAMPIONSHIPS The Athletiques International Track and Field Club became Division 3 Club Champions at the recent inaugural ‘President‘s Cup‘ in Kitchener. His time of nine minutes and 19 seconds broke the previous record by two seconds. Oakville Legion athletes gained four other medals at the meet. And for Garth Coleman, 22, the game is now down to five cm., the amount he is short of the standard to go to the Commonwealth Games Trials in Victoria, B.C. at the end of July. Coleman set a seasonal best of 6.75M, just short of the 6.8M required, and finished 12th among Canada‘s best jumpers at the Francophone Games Trials in Ottawa last weekâ€" He has one more chance to make the stanâ€" dard before the entry deadline of July 22, when he competes at the Ontario Senior Championships in Kitchener on July 16. In his very first attempt at the event, Spencer McLean achieved the near impossible and smashed the Ontario record for the 1500M walk in the atom boys division at the Ontario Outdoor Track and Field Champlonships on June 19. McLean walks into Ont. record book Coleman hopes to inch his way to games Long jumping is often a game of centimeâ€" One of the world‘s longest freshwater shortâ€"handed yacht races, the twoâ€"person teams steamed off for the 300â€"mile trip around the marks at Oakville, Niagara, Main Duck Island, back to Niagara and then to the finish at Port Credit. Conditions were far from pleasant. There (See ‘Everyone‘ page 19) Nenad Pljevalicic, 13, took home bronze in each of his two events, clearing 1.65m in high jump and 4.67 in long jump. In the older age group, Mart Kaljurand, 17, eamed his third ever Legion silver medal as he finâ€" whec{ second in the long jump with a flight of 5.50m. First and second place finishers in each event are now considered for entry into the Ontario Championships in Kitchener July 8 and 9. The winâ€" ners at that meet are eligible to make up the Ontario Team that will be sent to the national camp and comâ€" petition which is being held this year in Ottawa. Richie Barrett, 15, went into the meet concenâ€" trating on only one event, with the the goal of doing well enough to deep advancing. His 38.8m discus toss was good enough to accomplish his immediate goal. His next goal is to win the Ontario Legion title in Kitchener on July 9. Craig Robertson, 15, entered his firstâ€"ever club competition and came away with two medals. He eamed the silver medal behind Barrett in discus, with a 25.64m toss, a silver in shotput with a P.R. of 8.71m and fourth in javelin with a personal record of 27.76. Sean Milligan, 15, also recorded a personal record in winning the 15â€"andâ€"under boys javelin with a throw of 37.54m. He went on to eam the entire set of medals after a silver in pole vault and bronze in triple jump. Second in the girls race walk was Keely McDermott, 10, who recorded a personal record of 10:49.4, as did James Russell, 10, taking the boys title in 11:16.5. Coleman and King get another shot at their respective standards in Ottawa this weekend as they take part in the trials for the Francophone Games being held in Paris, France next week. DISTRICT ‘B‘ CHAMPIONSHIPS Iwonka Kossek, 14, was not.sure what her chances were going into the recent District ‘B‘ Championships in Ridgeway, but she came home with three golds, leading the charge toward was eventually a total of 15 medals, including eight gold. Kossek won the 15â€"andâ€"under girls shotput with a personal record of 9.14m, and took home matching medals from the discus toss and javelin throw. Leana Marchand, 11, chopped 28 seconds from her personal record for the 1500m race walk, winâ€" ning the event in 10:10.0 to defend the title won by Athletiques member Lia Kaljurand last year in 10:14.2. Brother Andrew Lang finished a strong third in the tyke boys 100â€"metres in 15.5 seconds. All results were personal best performances. Anyone youth, aged 7 to 16, interested in joining the club should phone Geoff Francis at 847â€"2709. Lisa Lang won the atom girls division of the 100â€" metres in the fast time 13.3 seconds and then went on to collect the silver medal in the triple jump with a distance of 8.78 metres. HIGHLIGHTS OF OTHER MEETS At the Royal Canadian Legion District B meet held in the Niagara Peninsula last Saturday (June 25), Alana Juvenas recorded three top four finishes in the girls underâ€"15 age category despite giving three years away to most of the competition. She soared 1.3 metres in the high jump to colâ€" lect a bronze medal and recorded times of 5:34.7 for the 1500â€"metres and 2:42.3 for the 800â€"metres â€" each result a personal best. Amanda Bowen, running in the 100â€"metre dash also won bronze, posting a time of 12.85 seconds. Also last Saturday, the brother and sister team of Andrew and Lisa Lang won gold, silver and bronze medals between them at the Burlington Invitational Track Meet. Quaker State Quality everuyfime‘ 260 Speers Road