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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday September 2, 2006 - 23 Canoeist Nicholson wins six gold at sprint nationals Van Koeverden adds five as Burloak finishes second Burloak Canoe Club place second for the second straight year. Burloak earned 21 gold medals. Oakville's Mallorie Nicholson narrowly "It was a really good result," said Oldershaw, missed a clean sweep, winning five individual who helped the club's cause with a silver medal gold medals at the Canadian Sprint in the men's masters K-1 1,000m. "Because of CanoeKayak Championships in Regina. the distance, we didn't take a lot of people but Nicholson took first in five of we knew our entries were pretty "That was an awethe six individual events she high-caliber." entered and set new Canadian some performance Van Koeverden, who left records in four of them. Only a sil- by Mallorie. You Monday for China to compete in a ver medal in the senior women's can't do too much national team regatta, won the C-1 1,000m kept her from sweep- better than that." senior men's K-1 1,000m in ing the junior and senior 200m, 3:31.363. He also placed second in 500m and 1,000m events. the 200m. Burloak Canoe Club "That was an awesome per- coach Scott Oldershaw The Olympic gold medalist was formance by Mallorie," said also a part of four winning Burloak Canoe Club coach Scott Burloak crews. He teamed up with Oldershaw. "You can't do too much better than Chris Pellini to win the senior men's K-2 that." 1,000m by 5.5 seconds. Nicholson would get that sixth gold by Pellini and van Koeverden were also memteaming up with Alana Bliss to win the junior bers of the K-4 200m and 1,000m champion women's C-2 500m. Burloak crews. Adam Oldershaw and Brady A bigger motivation for Nicholson than the Reardon joined them for the 200m, a close gold medals were the Canadian records. The race they won by three one-hundredths of a 19-year-old had been anticipating a showdown second. Reardon and Ryan Stepka then helped with Nova Scotia's Sara Lawlor but Lawlor them to a convincing five-second victory in the retired prior to nationals. 1,000m. "I didn't get a chance to beat her, but I did That quartet, as well as Adam Oldershaw, beat her records," Nicholson said. then brought Burloak a victory in the C-15 Nicholson set a new standard in the senior 1,000m. Other members of that crew were C-1 500m with a time of 2:14.257. But even Chris Andison, Jamie Andison, Paul Bryant, with a record time she had to hold off Liam Fisher, Scott Fisher, Hunter George, Mississauga's Christine Wessman at the finish Bennett Kanuka, Thomas Thrall, Jordan van to win by four-tenths of a second. Veen and Dean Oldershaw. Nicholson and Wessman again battled for Mark Klevinas and Mark Oldershaw swept the senior 200m title with Nicholson posting the senior men's C-2 races, taking first in the the victory in a record time of 50.49 seconds. 200m, 500m and 1,000m. Oldershaw added two firsts in the C-1 500m and 1,000m as well Strong rival is motivating as a second in the 200m. Nicholson said having a strong rival like Paul Bryant also had a big day, winning the Wessman helps motivate it her. junior men's C-1 1,000m and finishing second "We compete against each other at all the in the C-1 500m. Bryant and Scott Fisher took local regattas. Usually I'll win one, she wins gold medals in the junior men's C-2 500m and one, and it goes back and forth like that," she 1,000m and added a silver in the C-2 200m. said. "We have a really strong division and Fisher added two more golds, teaming with that's a huge advantage when you go to nation- Jamie Andison, Klevinas and Mark Oldershaw als. There are six or so girls at every local to win the senior men's C-4 200m and 1,000m regatta who are in the top six at nationals." Other top finishes at the nationals are listed Despite Nicholson cutting 12 seconds off below: her 1,000m time from the junior race, Adam Oldershaw, Adam van Koeverden (second, senior men's K-2 Wessman ended her bid for a sweep by winning 200m); Chris Andison, Bennett Kanuka, Thomas Thrall, Jordan van Veen (second, senior men's C-4 1,000m); Klevinas (second, junior the senior 1,000m. men's C-1 200m; sixth, C-1 500m); Hunter George, Brady Reardon Nicholson dominated the junior races, win- (third, junior men's K-2 1,000m); Alana Bliss, Nicole Wong (fourth, women's C-2 1,000m); Glen Benison (fourth, men's ning the 1,000m by five seconds and setting juvenile 1,000m); Liam Fisher, George, Adam Oldershaw, van masters C-1 Veen records in the 500m (2:17.022) and the 200m (fourth, junior men's K-4 1,000m); Lizzy Bates, Mariane Fraser (fifth, senior women's K-2 1,000m; seventh, juvenile women's K-2 (51.025). 1,000m); Bates, Fraser, Delaire Nicholson, Tessa Oldershaw (sixth, Nicholson said that other than her four juvenile women's K-4 500m); Chris Pellini (sixth, junior men's Kgold-medal performance at last year's Canada 1 200m); Jamie Andison (sixth, junior men's C-1 200m); Fraser, Tessa Oldershaw (seventh, juvenile women's K-2 200m); Brady Summer Games, her performance at the Reardon (seventh, junior men's K-1 1,000m; eighth junior men's Emily Bird (eighth, midget women's nationals was the highlight of her paddling. K-1 500m);Fraser, Tessa Oldershaw (eighth, juvenileC-1 6,000m); Bird, Bliss, women's C-4 She hopes to have a few more highlights when 500m); Ryan Stepka (eighth, junior men's K-1 1,000m); Scott she competes at the Pan American champi- Fisher (eighth, junior men's C-1 1,000m); Amelia Sparling, Nicole Wong (eighth, juvenile women's C-2 200m); Bennett Kanuka, onships in Mexico later this month. Thomas Thrall (eighth, midget men's C-2 1,000m); Paul Bryant, Thomas Thrall Nicholson's six gold medals, as well as five Adam Oldershaw, Brady Reardon, (ninth, juvenile(eighth, junior men's C-4 1,000m); Alana Bliss women's C-1 earned by Adam van Koeverden, helped the 500m); Thomas Thrall (ninth, midget men's C-1 1,000m). 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