www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday May 19, 2007 - 31 Jersey boy Eastview wins two relays, third overall at Ortwein Continued from page 34 BARRIE ERSKINE / OAKVILLE BEAVER DRAW WINNER: Manchester United Soccer Schools (MUSS) held a draw for an autographed Wayne Rooney soccer jersey following the MUSS spring soccer camp at Oakville Sports Centre. Twelve-year-old Jo Bicudo won the shirt, which was presented by MUSS Canadian director of coaching Robin van der Laan. MUSS will also hold week-long courses this summer at Appleby College and Mississauga's Hershey Centre. Dolphins eighth at team provincials In its first year competing at the Division 1 level, the Dolphins Swim Club finished eighth at the provincial team championships recently in Ottawa. The Dolphins, who moved up to Division 1 this season after dominating the Division 2 championships last year, had targeted a top-10 showing out of the 20 teams vying for an all-Ontario title. Members of the team combined for 22 medals, 40 top-eight finishes and 22 club records. Sinead Russell led the way with four medals, including gold-medal efforts in the 100-metre and 200m backstroke as well as the 200m freestyle. Olivia Sbaraglia had a gold (50m backstroke) and three silver, while Conor Russell collected a gold (200m freestyle), silver and bronze. Colin Russell, in his first competition following shoulder surgery, won the 50m freestyle and added a silver in 400m freestyle, and Lauren Dixon earned bronze medals in 100m and 200m breaststroke. Michelle Gervais and Bronwyn Evans also contributed to the team's showing by posting top-eight finishes in several races, earning points for their club. The Dolphins also competed at the Ralph Hicken Invitational and the North York High Performance Meet this month. Sinead Russell won 11 of the Dolphins' 23 gold medals at the Ralph Hicken meet, which was hosted by the Mississauga Aquatic Club, and added a bronze. Conor Russell finished first in six of the seven races he entered, claiming a silver in the other, with Dixon (two) and Cameron Russell (one) also striking gold. Gervais and Evans collected silver medals and Cassandra Pedro, Linda Wang and Sbaraglia earned bronze. In relay, the girls' 15-and-over team of Alexandra Van Ommen, Isabelle Nat, Olivia George-Parker and Sinead Russell finished second in the 200m medley. Three Dolphins teams won bronze, including the 13-14 girls' 200m freestyle (Jacqueline Baillie, Sara Pearson, Sinead Russell and George-Parker), the 1314 boys' 200m freestyle (Peter Kruzyk, James Richards, Joey Weatherill and Cole Van Ommen), and the boys' 15-and-over 200m medley (Matt Clark, Alex Kruzyk, Cameron Russell and Richards). At the North York competition, Dixon won five events and placed third in two others. Conor Russell, Sinead Russell, Cameron Russell, Evans, Pedro and Pearson were other medal winners. least one event. The school also won the intermediate girls' relay. Eastview Public School, the other local school to compete in the meet that features the eight largest schools in Halton, finished third. Leading Eastview were Tommy Hong (first in intermediate boys' 200m, long jump and triple jump) and Rachel Burton (first in senior girls' 200m and shot put). Others from Eastview to win events were Alex Lancaster (junior boys' 200m), Austin Wright (junior boys' 1,500m), Alex Robertson (junior boys' triple jump), Berkin Cetin (intermediate boys' 1,500m), Simon Harmgardt (intermediate boys' shot put), Kendra Grittani (senior girls' 400m) and Cooper Rush (senior boys' high jump). In relay action, Eastview won the intermediate boys' senior girls' and senior boys' races. The school won the intermediate boys' pennant. The Ortwein competition was the first of five meets the Halton District School Board is hosting this month. The Everett meet (a grouping of second-largest schools in the region) was held Wednesday and the Wallace meet (middle-sized schools) was contested yesterday. The Collier (second-smallest schools) and Gough (smallest schools) meets are slated for next week. Following is a list of all local topthree finishers at the Ortwein meet: Junior girls 800m -- 1. Alyssa Bull, EJJ; 2. Bethany Grear, EJJ; 1,500m -- 1. Alyssa Bull, EJJ; 3. Jacquelin Samuels, EJJ; Long jump -- 2. Jessica Doolittle, East; 3. Miranda Alksins, EJJ. Junior boys 200m -- 1. Alex Lancaster, East; 400m -- 2. Alex Lancaster, East; 3. Yousef Elsohemy, EJJ; 800m -- 2. Yousef Elsohemy, EJJ; 3. Michael Issard, EJJ; 1,500m -- 1. Austin Wright, East; Long jump -- 3. Jake Porier, EJJ; High jump -- 2. Edris Suleimanyar, EJJ; Triple jump -- 1. Alex Robertson, East. Intermediate girls 100m -- 1. Claire Droniuk, EJJ; 3. Danielle Black, EJJ; 200m -- 1. Claire Droniuk, EJJ; 3. Emily Poris, EJJ; 400m -- 2. Hannah Roche, EJJ; 3. Alex Wilson, EJJ; 800m -- 3. Leah Burke, EJJ; 1,500m -- 2. Hannah Roche, EJJ; Long jump -- 1. Claire Droniuk, EJJ; Triple jump -- 2. Hannah Roche, EJJ; Shot put -- 1. Alex Sagl, EJJ. Intermediate boys 200m -- 1. Tommy Hong, East; 2. Spencer Lee, EJJ; 400m -- 1. Spencer Lee, EJJ; 2. Matt Wowchuk, EJJ; 800m -- 2. Matt Wowchuk, EJJ; 3. Berkin Cetin, East; 1,500m -- 1. Berkin Cetin, East; Long jump -- 1. Tommy Hong, East; High jump -- 3. Gordon Elliot, East; Triple jump -- 1. Tommy Hong, East; Shot put -- 1. Simon Harmgardt, East. Senior girls 100m -- 2. Brittany Shales, EJJ; 200m -- 1. Rachel Burton, East; 3. Brittany Shales, EJJ; 400m -- 1. Kendra Grittani, East; 3. Nicole Gulantieri, EJJ; 800m -- 2. Nicole Gulantieri, EJJ; Long jump -- 1. Jessica Henry, EJJ; High jump -- 1. Cheries Cobb, EJJ; 2. Sam Cowell, EJJ; Triple jump -- 1. Brittany Shales, EJJ; 3. Jessica Henry, EJJ; Shot put -- 1. Rachel Burton, East. Senior boys 100m -- 1. Evan Carr-Hall, EJJ; 2. Dylan Tuske, East; 200m -- 1. Evan Carr-Hall, EJJ; 400m -- 1. Evan CarrHall, EJJ; 800m -- 3. Ben Cohen-Murison, East; 1,500m -- 3. Matt Gottschling, EJJ; Long jump -- 1. Aaron Jervis, EJJ; High jump -- 1. Cooper Rush, East; Triple jump -- 1. Aaron Jervis, EJJ; 3. Patrick Doyle, EJJ; Shot put -- 2. Sean Madanipour, EJJ; 3. Kyle Armstrong, East. Locals advance in Pitch, Hit and Run Eleven local residents were among the event or all-around winners in last weekend's first round of the Pepsi Pitch, Hit and Run competition in Oakville. Individual pitching, hitting and running winners, along with the all-around champion, from each age group qualified to advance to sectional competition, which will be held in Vauahgan. Winners there advance to the Toronto Blue Jays Championship at Rogers Centre, with the final round being the Major League Baseball Finals at the MLB AllStar Game in San Francisco. In 7-8-year-old competition, Jack Berczi and Andrew Ciuffreda tied for top pitching honours with Brampton's Rory Pollard. Berczi also won the running event. Troy LaCoste and Griffin Sanford were among the pitching co-winners in 9-10-year-old play. Robert Cant was top hitter. Michael Brooks won the allaround title in the 11-12 age group. Tyler Cassidy (pitching), Erec Kingston (hitting) and Joshua Brough (running) were individual winners. Andrew Filler won the allaround, pitching and hitting titles in 13-14. Kyle Hann was the running champ.