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OkillSports18SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2011Jones turns in best-ever finish at WCS triathlon competitionComing off three straight victories in June, KyleJones has continued to turn heads this month.The 26-year-old Oakville triathlete turned in a 12th-place finish, his best-ever result in a WorldChampionship Series event, last weekend in Hamburg,Germany.Jones finished the race inone hour, 44.59 seconds, 51seconds behind winner BradKahlefeldt of Australia. His pre-vious-best finish in a WCS eventwas 16th.It went well because it isnteasy to do what we did, racingback-to-back with the time trav-el from Edmonton to Hamburg,Jones said. This year has beenKyle Jonesall about little progressions. Ithelped me a lot going to thoseContinental Cup races and getting a few wins undermDAN HO / SPECIAL TO THE OAKVILLE BEAVERy belt. Im racing with more confidence than everbefore, and the next step now is to get into that groupSAFE AT HOME: Oakville Whitecaps player Adam Sarafinchan (right) slides into home plate, beating the tag of a High Park Braves oppo-of the top eight or 10 guys who are fighting for spotsnent, during the championship game of the District 1 Little League minor championships Friday at Cornwall Park. Oakville routed the Braveson the podium.12-1 to qualify for the provincial championship tournament.Jones battled through a rough 750-metre wetsuitswim in Hamburg before heading out onto the rela-tively flat bike course loaded with nine tight turns.10U Whitecaps headed to provincialsAfter a fast pace on the bike, Jones made his move onthe field in the final lap of the run.The pressure of playing must-winat the provincial championships, which their next at-bat, keyed by hits by JackIt feels great to have this result, said Jones. I needgames didnt faze the Oakville 10-underwill be hosted by Glebe Little League from Swanson and James St. Louis as well as anto keep improving in all disciplines, but I really need toWhitecaps.July 30-Aug. 4. Teams from Thunder Bay RBI by Emily Baxter. Nicholas Jaegginfocus on the run right now and find the 15-20 secondsOakville won its final three contests atto Windsor will compete in the tourna-contributed some solid defensive play asin the splits that I need to get into that top group.the Little League District 1ment.the Whitecaps pulled away.Just six days earlier, Jones was in Edmonton for achampionships last week atThe team came together Our players were determined not toThe team came World Cup race. He equaled his best World Cup result,Cornwall Park, including aand played to its full poten-leave this game in the hands of the pitch-together and playedfinishing fourth.12-1 rout of High Park in thetial, said Oakville head ers and were all anxious to get to theto its full potential... At that race, Jones was among a group of six whochampionship game, tocoach Sean Seguin. Even plate. With 100 per cent focus and execu-emerged from the water together. They remainedThey fought hardqualify for the upcoming all-in our only loss to High tion, and the players feeding off eachtogether throughout the bike. Early in the run, theevery game, doingOntario minor tournamentPark, the players kept their other and rallying each other before eachlead group split in two with Olympic medalist Bevanin Ottawa.heads high and were excited plate appearance, the 12-1 outcome was,anything they could Docherty of New Zealand and Aurelien Lescure of After opening the Districtto meet them again in the simply put, a matter of what this team isto score or save a France pulled ahead. Jones, Canadian teammate Simon1 tournament with a pair of later rounds. They fought capable of, Seguin said.run.Whitfield and Hunter Kemper of the U.S. stayed closedecisive victories, thehard each game, doing any-We as coaches were not surprised bybut down the stretch, Kemper moved ahead to take theWhitecaps fell 3-2 to Highthing they could to score or the large margin of the win. Our players 10U Whitecapsbronze medal.Park in their third game andsave a run. Everyone, play-were excited for this last game to prove tocoach Sean SeguinJones finished in 1:47.06, 12 seconds behind Kemperfaced elimination in theers and coaches, contributed High Park, and themselves, that a motleyand just 19 seconds behind Docherty, the race winner.double knockout competi-every game.bunch of all-stars from Oakville couldJones also ended a 10-year run by Whitfield, whotion. But Oakville stayed alive with a 9-7In the District 1 championship game, compete against the defending districthadnt finished behind another Canadian in a racewin over Ancaster, then edged High ParkOakville pitcher Dylan Whittaker went champs.since 2001. 1-0 to hand the Braves their first loss of the distance, allowing just three hits and Oakvilles previous victory over theJones is currently in France for a training campthe tournament before pounding Highan unearned run. After the Braves opened Braves came in much more dramaticbefore going to London for the next WorldPark in the title game.the scoring in the first inning, the fashion. With the tying run on third baseChampionship Series race August 7.The Whitecaps will represent District 1Whitecaps answered with four runs in See Many, page 19