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Sports Oakville Beaver SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax 905-337-5567 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2008 23 SWIMRESULTS Age Group National Swimming Championships, Calgary, AB Individual medalists/finalists 13-year-old girls: Marni Oldershaw (gold in 50m back, 200m back, 200m fly, 200m IM, 400m IM; silver in 100m breast, 200m breast; 4th in 50m breast), Mika Spencer (bronze in 100m free; 4th in 200m free, 400m free; 5th in 50m free; 6th in 200m IM), Bridget Jordan (7th in 50m breast) · 14-year-old girls: Annie Harrison (gold in 200m back; silver in 100m back, 200m IM; bronze in 400m IM; 4th in 50m back) · 15-yearold girls: Tera Van Beilen (bronze in 50m breast; 4th in 100m breast, 200m breast; 7th in 400m IM), Erin Assman (silver in 200m fly; 8th in 100m fly) · 14-year-old boys: Mack Darragh (gold in 100m breast, 200m breast, 200m IM, 400m IM; bronze in 50m breast, 100m fly, 200m fly, 400m free), Reid Scarrow (bronze in 100m free, 200m free; 5th in 200m breast; 7th in 100m fly), Jack Cavanagh (6th in 200m breast) · 15-yearold boys: Kent Kikot (6th in 200m fly; 8th in 50m fly),· 16-year-old boys: Brody Dyson (6th in 50m back; 8th in 100m back, 200m back), Miguel Lozano (8th in 200m free, 50m fly) Relay medalists/finalists 13-14 girls: Gold in 4x100m medley (Marni Oldershaw, Clara Armstrong, Annie Harrison, Mika Spencer), 5th in 4x100m freestyle (Sharalynn Missiuna, Oldershaw, Harrison, Spencer) · 14-15 boys: silver in 4x100m medley (Nathan Lang, Mack Darragh, Kent Kikot, Reid Scarrow), 8th in 4x100m free (Jack Cavanagh, Darragh, Scarrow, Kikot) Other OAK competitors Veronica Davis-Freeman, Katie Fox, Emily Hunt, Holly Olsen, Cassandra Pedro, Cameron Byrne, Dylan Kent, Cameron McLellan, Peter Serles, John Steadman K ! OOINE iscover the B L N O Crosswinds Experience D PURE GOLD: Thirteen-year-old Marni Oldershaw powers through the water at last week's Age Group National Swimming Championships in Calgary. The Oakville Aquatic Club athlete finished the meet with six gold medals. Oldershaw's six gold paces OAK at national swim championships By Jon Kuiperij medley, until she has to specialize in a specific event. Mack Darragh also enjoyed an excellent meet for OAK, winning gold in the 14-year-old boys' 100m and 200m breaststrokes as well as the 200m and 400m IM events. Marni Oldershaw got her back back. The 13-year-old Oakville Aquatic Club (OAK) swimmer, Darragh added four bronzes and a silver in the medley displeased with her backstroke performances this season, relay. Annie Harrison was the club's other multiple-gold rediscovered the stroke at last week's Age Group National Swimming Championships in Calgary. Oldershaw won the winner, finishing first in the 14-year-old girls' 200m back and joining Oldershaw on the victorious 50-metre and 200m backstroke events at the 4x100m medley team. meet, two of the six gold medals she earned to "I'm always OAK's fifth-place finish came in spite of lead OAK to a fifth-place finish in overall team aware that it's the fact it was missing its top two male swimcompetition. not just my age I mers, Zack Chetrat and Curtis Samuel, who "The 200m backstroke win was really satis- need to be were preparing for this weekend's Tri Nations fying," said Oldershaw, who added individual focused on. I look Cup international meet in Quebec City. victories in the 200m butterfly, 200m individ"It was a great opportunity to swim against ual medley and 400m IM as well as earning at the times done the rest of the country," said OAK coach Alex relay gold in the 4x100m medley. "I've been a by older girls and Wallingford. (Coach Christy Yaremczuk and backstroker since I've been really little and faster people." I) are very proud of the way the OAK swimthis year it hadn't been looking too good." mers raced, regardless of their heat or seedOldershaw's father (Dean), uncles (Scott Marni Oldershaw ing situation. It was also nice to see the kids and Reed) and grandfather (Bert) have all competed in the Olympics, while her cousin (Mark) will upbeat and supporting each other right to the final day, paddle in this year's Games in Beijing. Based on her suc- despite it being a very long and demanding four-day comcesses at nationals, Marni seems well on her way to con- petition." OAK finished with 26 medals. Other highlights for the tinuing her family's Olympic tradition, but she isn't comclub at the meet were Erin Assman's silver-medal finish in placent. "I can't always be happy with just a win," she said. "I'm the 200m butterfly (she was fourth with 20 metres to go always aware that it's not just my age I need to be focused before surging to the finish) and Reid Scarrow's bronzeon. I look at the times done by older girls and faster peo- winning efforts in the 100m and 200m freestyles. Harrison's win in the 200m backstroke also continued ple." Oldershaw said she will continue to train in all differ- a family tradition. Her mother, Melinda, competed in that ent strokes, particularly because it helps her individual event for Canada at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR Twilight Golf Every Day After 3:00 pm 2008 Green Fees · Weekdays (Mon. to Thurs.) · Weekends (Fri. Sat. 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