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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday July 13, 2007 - 41 Kicking it north of the border Athletiques starts season on right foot Several Athletiques International Track and Field Club athletes recently began their outdoor seasons on the right foot. Michelle Baptie-Sanchez won all three of her events in the Women's-40 category at the Ontario Masters Championships in London, setting personal bests in the 100-metre, long jump and discus. Ana Maria Neilson, hampered by a work-related injury to her elbow, still managed to finish second in the Women's-45 javelin. Meanwhile, at the Legion District Championships, 14year-old Chandrika Dawkins set three new personal bests en route to placing second in the 80m hurdles, sixth in the 200m and seventh in the 100m. Colleen Hennessey, a double-finalist at last month's provincial high school championships, earned silver in the 3,000m and added a fifth in the 1,500m. Peewee Stamps 5-1 The Burlington peewee Stampeders, featuring a sizeable contingent of local players, will visit Mississauga this weekend in a game that has major playoff implications. The Stampeders (5-1) need a victory Sunday to finish second in the Central Ontario Minor Football League standings and secure a bye in the playoffs. The team, which did not play last week, is on a three-game winning streak, having defeated Huronia (16-0), Etobicoke (62-6) and Toronto (35-0) in recent action. Local talent on the Stampeders roster includes Kaleb Sang, Christian Downey, Matthew Montgomery, Caleb White, Michael Malo, Brendan Meagher, Jake Berrick, Anthony Berry, Fabian Desantis, Mikhail Joukov, William Martins, Tim O'Shaughnessy, Daniel Paradis, Zack Secord and Alex Tremblay. DEREK WOOLLAM / SPECIAL TO THE OAKVILLE BEAVER VETERAN ROOKIE: Oakville Sports Hall-of-Famer Steve Christie (19) made his Canadian Football League debut Saturday at Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium, helping the Toronto Argonauts to a 30-5 rout of the host Tiger-Cats. Christie, playing in his first professional game since 2004 after a 15-year career in the National Football League, went 2-for-4 on field goal attempts in his return. The Oakville Trafalgar High School alumnus was successful on 32- and 10-yard boots, coming up short on 40- and 47-yard attempts. His CFL career, as expected, was a short-lived one, as the Argonauts activated injured kicker Noel Prefontaine for yesterday's game against the Edmonton Eskimos and released Christie. Oldershaw's 10 golds help OAK to second place at provincials Led by the dominance of Marni Oldershaw, the Oakville Aquatic Club (OAK) swam to a secondplace overall finish at the Aquatrainer Jr. and SWAD Long-Course Provincial Championships in Nepean. Oldershaw earned gold in all the races she entered, winning six individual gold and four relay gold. The 12-year-old also set or helped set new club records in all 10 events. Mika Spencer, Bridget Jordan and Annie Harrison joined Oldershaw to break Canadian records in both the 4x50-metre and 4x100m medley relays for girls age 11-12. Along with Holly Olsen, OAK's 12-year-old girls now own four Canadian medley records, having recently set two national short-course standards. In total, OAK won 60 medals (30 gold, 15 silver and 15 bronze) at the meet, and set 25 club records. Forty-two of the club's swimmers competed at provincials, with 35 of them posting at least one top-8 finish. Other individual gold-winners included Mack Darragh (four), Curtis Samuel, Mitchell Gour and Spencer (three each), and Tera Van Beilen, Zack Chetrat and Brody Dyson (one apiece). Part of relay-winning teams were Evan White, Connor Wilkins, Mackenzie Martyn, Mack Darragh, Jack Cavanagh, Kent Kikot, Reid Scarrow, Gour, Harrison, Oldershaw, Jordan and Spencer. A total of 74 teams competed in the four-day competition at the 50m Nepean Sportsplex pool. Etobicoke won the meet with 1,485 points, followed by OAK (888) and Toronto (811). Following is a list of all OAK finalists at the meet: Individual Girls 10-and-under: Meredith Johnson (silver in 200m back; bronze in 50m back; 4th in 100m back; 6th in 100m free), Hannah BurgessDines (6th in 50m back; 8th in 100m back) · 12-year-old girls: Marni Oldershaw (gold in 100m back, 200m back, 100m breast, 200m breast, 200m IM, 400m IM), Mika Spencer (gold in 50m free, 100m free, 200m free; silver in 400m free, 100m fly, 200m IM), Annie Harrison (silver in 100m back; bronze in 200m back, 400m IM; 4th in 100m fly; 5th in 200m IM; 8th in 200m fly), Emily Hunt (7th in 100m fly, 200m fly) · 13-year-old girls: Clara Armstrong (bronze in 100m breast; 4th in 200m breast) · 14-year-old girls: Tera Van Beilen (gold in 200m breast; silver in 100m breast; 8th in 400m IM), Erin Assman (4th in 400m IM; 5th in 200m fly; 6th in 100m fly), Veronica DavisFreeman (7th in 200m breast) · Boys 11-and-under: Mitchell Gour (gold in 50m back, 100m back, 200m back; bronze in 400m free; 4th in 200m IM; 6th in 100m free), Evan White (silver in 100m breast, 200m IM; bronze in 100m fly; 4th in 100m free; 6th in 200m free; 7th in 100m back), Connor Wilkins (4th in 50m fly; 7th in 100m fly) · 12year-old boys: Mike Seifert (6th in 100m fly, 200m fly) · 13-year-old boys: Mack Darragh (gold in 200m breast, 200m fly, 200m IM, 400m IM; silver in 100m back; bronze in 200m back), Kent Kikot (bronze in 100m fly; 5th in 50m free; 6th in 200m fly; 7th in 200m free), Jack Cavanagh (4th in 200m breast; 6th in 100m breast), Reid Scarrow (5th in 100m breast, 200m breast; 6th in 50m free; 8th in 100m free) · 14-year-old boys: Alex Plotnikov (6th in 200m breast) · 15-year-old boys: Brody Dyson (gold in 200m back; 4th in 200m free, 800m free; 5th in 100m back; 6th in 400m free), Miguel Lozano (silver in 100m fly; 4th in 100m free; 5th in 200m free, 200m fly; 7th in 400m IM; 8th in 200m IM), Dylan Kent (6th in 200m back) · 16-17-year-old boys: Curtis Samuel (gold in 1,500m free, 200m IM, 400m IM; silver in 800m free; bronze in 200m back; 8th in 200m free), Zack Chetrat (gold in 200m butterfly; bronze in 200m free, 100m fly; 4th in 400m free, 100m back; 5th in 200m back), Cam McLellan (8th in 100m breast, 200m breast). Relay 11-12-year-old girls: Annie Harrison, Marni Oldershaw, Bridget Jordan (gold in 4x50m free, 4x100m free, 4x50m medley, 4x100m medley), Julia Sinkovits, Avery Longmore, Emily Hunt, Sharalynn Missiuna (7th in 4x50m medley), Michelle Carrabetta, Avery Longmore, Emily Hunt, Julia Sinkovits (8th in 4x100m medley) · 11-and-under boys: Mitchell Gour, Evan White, Connor Wilkins, Mackenzie Martyn (gold in 4x50m medley, 4x100m medley; silver in 4x50m free, 4x100m free) · 12-13year-old boys: Mack Darragh, Jack Cavanagh, Kent Kikot, Reid Scarrow (gold in 4x50m medley, 4x100m medley; silver in 4x50m free; 4x100m free) · 14-15-year-old boys: Miguel Lozano, Graham Fink, Kent Kikot, Brody Dyson (silver in 4x100m free; 6th in 4x50m free), Brody Dyson, Alex Plotnikov, Miguel Lozano, Graham Fink (silver in 4x100m medley; 5th in 4x50m medley) · 16-17-year-old boys: Curtis Samuel, Luke Kikot, Cam McLellan, Zack Chetrat (bronze in 4x50m free, 4x100m free, 4x50m medley, 4x100m medley).