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Wednesday, May 10, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER D1 See m e before you purchase or lease LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Every Friday & Saturday! Ladies' N ight Every Friday (re a l ^ a n l e l G lenleven C hrysler C H R Y S L E R · D O D G E · J EEP S p o r t s t f e t a b Town Centra 2388 Royal Windsor Dr., 845-7575 E iS iT w FRIDAY, MAY 12 & SAT., MAY 13 at 10pm 844-8703 METEORS An Oakville Beaver Feature Editor: NORM NELSON Phone.845-3824, ext 255 Fax:337-5567 E-mail:nnelson@ haltonsearch.com Schempp wins Pre-Novice Ontario gymnastic title Going into her first provin said. Deslippe said Schempp cial gym nastics com petition, young A ngela Schempp's earned her victory through hard biggest fear was "standing out" work. "At the first of the year, she with a poor perform ance, according to her coach Andrew was probably the weakest com D eslippe, o f the O akville petitive athlete in the club," Gymnastics Club. said Deslippe. While Schempp But Schempp spent 20-24 hour£ was definitely the a week practicing centre of attention in the gym and her during the Artistic Youth Provincial com m itm ent paid off with a win at Championships at the Glen Abbey the provincials, Recreation Centre, said Deslippe. Schempp's short last weekend, it was not due to a term goal is to poor performance. m ove up into a The Oakville higher level of com petition -- gym nast excelled during the two-day Pre-Novice 3 -- in com petition by the 10-year-olds topping two of her category next year. four events to win Her long term the Pre-Novice 1 goal is t9 compete Angela Schem pp (nine year olds) at the national category against 40 competi level. tors. In the Pre-Novice 1 (9 year She was the first Oakville olds) category, O akville G ym nastic Club m em ber to Gymnastics Club team mem win a provincial championship bers Elyse McIntyre finished in seven years. 33rd and M ikaela Rodgers Schempp placed first in the placed 38th. Beam and Floor events, third in Claire Merry, o f the the Bars and 14th in the Vault Oakville Gymnastics Club, fin event. ished 24th in the Pre-Junior 2 "It was a pleasant surprise," (11 year olds) category. said Deslippe, who is also the Allison Schinkel was 19th in program director for the a pool of 45 athletes in the O akville Gym nastics Club Junior 1 (12-13 year olds) cate (home o f the Antoinettes). "Her gory and placed fourth in the goal going into the competition Vault event. It was the second consecu was just to compare herself tive year the Oakville against the other athletes." While she was nervous and Gymnastics Club has hosted worried about making a bad the Artistic Youth Provincial perform ance, Deslippe said Championships for competitors Schempp actually excels under 12 years of age and under. pressure. The competition saw 347 "The more pressure you give gymnasts compete in 11 cate her, the better she performs." he gories. Photo by Peter C. McCusker Photo by Barrie Erskine Oakville Gymnastics Club member Claire Merry competes on the beam during the Pre-Junior 2 (11 year olds) event. Oakville Gymnastics Club member Mikaela Rodgers performs her Floor routine during the Pre-Novice 1 (9 year olds) competi tion. Photo by Peter G. McCusker A record 197 runners set of at the start the Invidiata Team-YMCA of Oakville 10k Run on Saturday. The event combined with a 5k Family Walk and lk Challenge for under-12-year-olds and Special Olympians helped raised $4,100 for the Oakville YMCA. Kenyans dominate YMCA 10k run The annual Invidiata Team-YMCA of Oakville 10k Run added featured an international flavour on Saturday with positive results. For the first time in its history, the YMCA run featured entries from Kenya -- a legendary pow erhouse in long-distance running circles -- and the visiting runners didn't disappoint. Kenyan runners finished first in both the male and female overall competitions, with the male entry setting a new record for the Oakville YMCA 10k run. David Kiptarus, a Kenyan runner currently training in Hamilton, was the first overall male runner with a time of 31:12. He finished ahead of Paul Osland, of Oakville, the former record holder, who recorded a time of 32:58. Andreas Carlborg, a runner visiting from Sweden, finished third with a time of 33:28. On the woman's side, Miriam Wangari, another Kenyan runner training in Hamilton, was the over all female winner with a time of 36:18. Adela Flista, of Hamilton, was second with a time of 36:24, and Margaret Wilson, of Hamilton, was third with a time of 40:22. f The Oakville YMCA 10k run featured the largest ever field of 197 entrants -- double last year's registration. Net proceeds from the run, plus the concurrent 5k Family Walk and the lk Challenge for under12-year-olds and Special Olympians, totaled approximately $4,100. Complete Invidiata Team/YMCA of Oakville 10k* Run Results: Open Female (no age grouping): 1. Miriam Wangari, 36:18, Kenya (visiting Hamilton); 2. Adela Flista, 36:24, Hamilton; 3. Margaret Watson, 40:22, Hamilton. Open Male (no age grouping): 1. David Kiptarus, 31:12, Kenya (visiting Hamilton); 2. Paul Osland, 32:58, Oakville; 3. Andreas Carlborg, 33:28, Sweden (visiting Oakville). G randmasters-Female: 1. Pat Mack, 1:06:22, Oakville (the only entrant in that catego ry)Grandmasters-Male: 1. John Varley, 44:48, Oakville; 2. Rudy Benko, 46:20, Oakville; 3. Ken Robertson, 50:39, Oakville. M asters-Female: 1. Jenny Dold, 45:58, Oakville; 2. Judy Rooney, 52:22, Oakville; 3. Janice Flynn, 55:16, Oakville. M asters-M ale: 1. Glen Marttila, 34:51, Burlington; 2. Edward McColm, 36:12, Oakville; 3. Brian Richards, 38:03, Mississauga. Female-15-19 (no entrants in this category) M ale-15-19: 1. Luis Munoz-Palco, 44:09, Oakville. Fem ale-19 and under: 1. Kristy Black, 46:58, Oakville; 2. Katy Logan, 1:26:02, Oakville. Male-19 and over: 1. Jon Piptone, 37:50; 2. Richard Garton, 39:05; 3. Chris Reynolds, 40:15. Female-20-24: 1. Antoinette Finelli, 55:28, Oakville; 2. Nyssa Black, 56:25, Oakville; 3. Kate Booth, 57:10, Oakville. Male-20-24 (no entrants) Fem ale-25-29: 1. Kari Denison, 49:34, Oakville; 2. Catherine Hynds, 50:02, Oakville; 3. Charlene MacMillan, 52:06, Oakville. M ale-25-29: 1. Jamie Veeneman, 43:11, Oakville; 2. Gareth Allison, 50:58, Oakville; 3. Andrew Macrae, 52:06, Oakville. Fem ale-30-34: 1. Martie Dunning, 41:03, Mississauga; 2. Sheryl Heddie, 44:58, Flamborough; 3. Connie Dyksterhuis, 50:06, Oakville. ( S e e `10k' p a g e D2) y Photo by Peter C. McCusker Kenyan runner M iriam W angari won the woman's competition.