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OAK swimmers earn medals at HOBB meet Thirteen Oakville Aquatic Club (OAK) swimmers won gold medals at the HOBB Finale swim meet Saturday at Iroquois Ridge Community Centre. Akram Ibrahim won two golds at the meet, which featured swimmers from the Hamilton Aquatic Club, Burlington Aquatic Devilrays, Brantford Aquatic Club and the host Oakville club. OAK's Johnathan Acton, Tyler Altenhof, Filip Gabric, Jonathan Nunno, Caitlin Bertrand, Ryley Gould, Ellen Kennedy, Morgan Poot, Laura Shaughnessy, Shelby Tapley, Abigail Udvari and McKenzie Wallace also finished atop the podium. Caroline Zhang (three), Colin Forrest (two), Daniel Lin, Aliyah Haffejee, Maegan Mustafa, Laura Van Laare, Amy Vickramasinghe and Vivian Xe earnd silver medals. Riley Wilkins (two), Andy Hughes, James Juhasz, Oscar Sharland, Carter Ward, Sarah Dinnin, Lara Olivier, Kathryn Schwindt and Madeline Snell claimed bronze. 25 · Thursday, June 10, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.oakvillebeaver.com GOLD IN THE WATER: Caitlin Bertrand of the Oakville Aquatic Club swims the 100metre backstroke at last weekend's HOBB Finale swim meet at Iroquois Ridge Community Centre. Bertrand was one of 13 OAK athletes to win gold medals at the competition. MICHELLE SIU / SPECIAL TO THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Jones top Canadian at ITU Triathlon series event Queen Elizabeth Park High School grad Kyle Jones delayed a visit to the hospital long enough to finish as the top Canadian at Saturday's ITU Triathlon World Championship Series race in Spain. The 25year-old has a blocked artery in his left leg, something that was discovered after he was forced to the sidelines with cramping in Kyle Jones his legs during his only other race this season. Jones considered having surgery before last weekend's race, but was cleared by doctors to compete in Madrid. "Given everything that has gone on over the last month, I have to be pretty happy with the way things went," said Jones, who finished 23rd with a time of 1:55:55. "In speaking with my coach heading into the race, our plan was to swim as hard as I can, stay in near the front of the group on the bike and keep relaxed in transition two and build into the run. I was able to do that, so it was a step in the right direction." Jones was well placed in the pack of 65 men coming out of the warm waters at Casa de Campo Lake and worked within the chase group to form one large pack of riders on the sixth lap of the difficult 40-kilometre trek on the bike through the streets of the Spanish capital. "The bike here is a crapshoot because it is a very tough course so I just wanted to stick to the plan and stay at the front," said Jones. "I didn't want to do anything crazy in the second transition and worked my way into the run. I had some pain in the first two laps but pushed through it, and then actually felt pretty good." Reigning world champion Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain won the race, finishing in 1:52:41. REDUCE recycle REUSE SUMMER SPECIAL 2 FOR 1 GET FIT and STAY FIT No Weights, No Machines, No Bull, JUST RESULTS! 905-828-7298 www.evolutionxt.com 3480 Laird Road Unit 8 Mississauga, ON, L5L 5Y4