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46 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday August 1, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Athletiques runner wins youth girls' Legion title Athletiques International runner seconds better than her previousColleen Hennessy proved her elite best effort -- that was good for abilities once again recently, win- fourth place. ning gold in the youth girls' 3,000Segeren also set a new personal metre run at the Ontario standard in the 800m, Legion Championships in completing the race in Kitchener. 2:36.23. Hennessy, who won silIn field, Michelle Baptie ver in the junior girls' Sanchez shattered her per1,500m and bronze in the sonal best in discus, 3,000m at the provincial recording a throw of high school champi21.08m to win the 40-44 onships in June, posted a age group at an elite meet time of 10:41.84 at the Colleen Hennessy in Stouffville. Sanchez's Legion meet. She will now previous best was 17.51m. wait to see if that time will earn her Also, at the Asian Community a selection to the upcoming Games at York University, Eric Canadian Youth Championships in Fram won the youth boys' high Sherbrooke, Que. jump by clearing 1.70m. Other members of Athletiques He and Segeren plan to compete also fared well at recent meets. at a meet in Flint, Michigan this Claire Segeren ran two personal- month. best times at the Minor Track Anyone interested in attending Association provincials in Oshawa, an Athletiques practice is invited to including a 5:16.77 performance in phone Bruce Burton at 905-220the 1,500m distance -- nearly eight 1323, after 8 p.m. MIGHTY MITES: The Oakville Mites won the title at the 22nd annual Teddy Bear softball tournament in Niagara Falls. Mites enjoy Teddy Bear picnic Members of the Oakville Mites will have to wait for another weekend to see one of the natural wonders of the world. In Niagara Falls recently to compete in the 22nd annual Teddy Bear Tournament, the young members of the girls' softball team were too busy winning the championship to actually see the Falls in person. Oakville edged the Lou Gehrig Curtis Lasers 5-4 in the extra-inning tournament final, led by the ace pitching work of Maddie MacGrandle. MacGrandle, who threw a no-hitter in the opening game of the tournament. allowed only one hit and struck out 22 in the eight-inning contest. The victory avenged a 5-2 round-robin loss to the Lasers, Oakville's first tournament round-robin game loss of the season. In their other games, the Mites hammered Brampton 20-5, squeezed past Chatham 6-4 and blasted Halton Hills 16-0. Other highlights of the weekend included centrefielder Allison Chan throwing out a runner at third base, catcher Katie Jaeggin throwing out a runner stealing, a pickoff play from MacGrandle to second baseman Sarah Benn, a perfect 12-strikeout outing by Ciara Papaioannou against Halton, and the stab of a hard line drive by first baseman Nicole Lemieux in the final. Local soccer players in CBC documentary Two Oakville girls will be featured in a CBC Television documentary, titled Girls of Summer, about female soccer players aspiring to make the national team. Angelika Uremovich and Caroline Szwed are among the four players in the documentary, which aired last night (Thursday) on CBC and will be repeated Saturday at 10 p.m. (CBC) as well as Wednesday at 5 p.m. (CBC Newsworld). Clarkson champs THIRD TOURNEY TITLE: The Oakville Avalanche under-13 boys' rep `B' team posted four straight victories to win the championship at the recent Clarkson International Soccer Tournament, the team's third tournament title of the season. Members of the team, which edged Clarkson 3-2 in the final, are Michael Sahai, Sebi Smakosz, Sean Delacourt, Ryan Burns, Chris Bogias, Jon-Anthony Cangemi, Scott Birkbeck, Matthew Dingwall, Sebastian Sciarra, Tyler Burns, Scott Mackie, Michael Panza, Dylan Richardson, Keiran Stevenson, Daniel Capstick and Rodrigo Mercado. Paul Delacourt and Nick Bogias coach the team. 162 MIDDLETOWN ROAD, FLAMBOROUGH $1,675,000 A unique 6000 sq ft French Country Home on 16 acres. 2+2 bedrooms, inlaw suite, wheelchair friendly, elevator. Forget driving 3 hrs to the cottage. Beauty, comfort, privacy ­ a dream come true! www.tanishall.com Sales Representative TANIS HALL ROYAL LEPAGE STATE REALTY, BROKERAGE 905-648-4451