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www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, March 5, 2010 · 32 OT swimmers golden at OFSAA was number one. "What a great way to end her high school career," the OT coach said s Rachel Petford raced toward after Petford earned her seventh indithe finish in the senior girls' vidual OFSAA medal, five of them 100-metre backstroke, Kathryn gold. "She's so determined and such Stearns-Brown couldn't bear to watch. a great leader on our team. We're "I had to turn my eyes away, it was going to miss her." so close," the Oakville Trafalgar swim Petford's medal was one of 14 coach said. earned by Oakville swimmers during Petford had already suffered one the two-day meet that concluded heartbreak at the Wednesday in Ontario Federation of "(Rachel Petford is) Etobicoke. It was also School Athletic so determined and one of three gold Associations (OFSAA) such a great leader medals earned by swim championships, Oakville Trafalgar. missing a bronze medal on our team. We're Clara Armstrong by three-tenths of a sec- going to miss her." defended her title in the ond in the 100m indijunior girls' 50m vidual medley. Now the n OT swim coach breaststroke. Even Grade 12 student, who Kathryn Stearns-Brown though her time was had won the provincial almost a second off the backstroke title the previous three OFSAA record she set last year, years, was waging a battle to the fin- Armstrong still cruised to victory, ish with Robin Holloway of Bishop 1.47 seconds ahead of Oakridge's Strachan and Ali Smith of Abbey Laura D'Ariano. The next day, Park. Armstrong added her second medal "She was really upset (after the of the meet, winning a bronze medal medley)," Stearns-Brown said. "So I in the 100m individual medley in a told her to turn that anger into the time of 1:12.89. backstroke." "She was fourth (in preliminaries) Now Petford was doing it, but it and I asked her if she had anything was going to be close. As they hit the left in the tank for the final," Stearnswall, the times of the top three, sepa- Brown said. "She said she did. That's rated by .76 seconds, flashed on the the kind of athlete she is." board. In a time on one minute, Petford and Armstrong would 11.10 seconds, Petford, once again, then team up with Sarah Johnson By Herb Garbutt OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF A GOLDEN DEVILS: Oakville Trafalgar swimmers Sarah Johnson, Rachel Petford, Clara Armstrong and Samantha Mehltretter teamed up to win gold in the senior girls' 4x50-metre medley relay at OFSAA. and Samantha Mehltretter to win the senior girls' 4x50m medley relay. Swimming the first two legs, Petford and Armstrong gave OT the lead, Mehltretter -- an individual qualifier in the breaststroke -- maintained the advantage and Johnson brought it home with the freestyle. OT narrowly missed another relay medal as the girls 4x100 freestyle relay finished fourth. But there were plenty of other medals earned by Oakville swimmers. Appleby College's Annie Harrison knocked more than three seconds off her prelim time to finish second in the senior girls' 200m freestyle, finishing in 2:05.89. She also won a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke. Jillian Bekker of White Oaks earned a silver medal in the senior girls' 100m freestyle. She also finished fifth in the hotly-contested 50m free where second and sixth were separated by just two tenths of a second. Iroquois Ridge's Brody Dyson was one of only two swimmers to break the one-minute mark in the open boys' 100m backstroke, turning in a time of 58.49 to win the silver medal. Abbey Park's Mika Spencer won a pair of bronze medals, finishing third in both the open girls' 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley. See Oakville page 34 With 37 Years of Experience, We Offer Summer Soccer at its Best 14 weeks of play* Includes end of season games Includes end of season games All age divisions for youth and adults are available (U4+) All age divisions for youth and adults are available (U4+) Registration is open from March 8 to the start of the season. Space is limited. Register in person at the Oakville Soccer Club. Proof of birth required. * Men's Open Age plays for 15 weeks, U4/U5 plays for 10 weeks 1520 Pine Glen Road (Dundas and Third Line) 9:30 a.m. ­ 10:00 p.m., Monday ­ Sunday. For more information, please visit our website at www.oakvillesoccer.ca