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SP SRO | " Mike Patton 1.89 meters in high jump HS athletes strong track competitors Mike Patton of Port Perry High School clears high Patton tied last year's record of 1.89 meters, and this bar with ease en route to a third place finish in the year was just three centimeters off the winning jump. senior event at LOSSA event last week in Oshawa. by Danny Millar Port Perry High School track team enjoyed reason- able success on the first day of the two-day Lake Ontario Secondary School Associa- tion meet Friday, may 11 in Oshawa. ) The best Redmen per- former was senior sprinter Wade Oosterman who ran two superb 400 meter races. In the first heat he easily outdistanced his nearest competitor by at least ten meters and finished with a time of 52.76 seconds. In the final he came from behind to win with a slightly slower 53.27 time. This time was good enough to win first place overall. QOosterman has some history as an excel- lent sprinter and should be competitive in the LOSSA finals. Mike Patton, en route to finishing third in the high jump, tied last year's record of 1.89 meters. However, Murray Morgan of Dunbar- ton broke his own record and won with a leap three centemeters higher than Patton. Junior Jones from O'Neill ended up second for some unexplained reason. He had the same height as Patton but the Port Perry representative made fewer jumps. Patton was very impressive in his early attempts as he cleared the bar easily each time. He was elimated when he missed three times at the winning height. Gord Simmonds was the first Redmen to qualify for COSSA when he finished fourth in the senior javelin which was one of the first events held in the day long meet. Brett Oosterman, younger brother of Wade, made it to the finals of the 100 meter midget sprint. In his elimi- nation heat he ended up in second place, his time an impressive 12.23. Contro- versy arose around him in the final when he was awarded sixth overall in an extremely close race. He became upset as he felt he should have been awarded higher. John Mueller surprised some people when he quali- fied for COSSA on the strength of a third place in the midget boys Javelin. Probably the biggest surprise among the female members of the Redmen team was the performance handed in by Ilka Gotts- chalk. In her first heat she came in third and advanced to the semi-final of possibly the toughest, most competi- tive race of the day, the midget 100 meters. Unfortunately for Port Perry partisans she did not relish similar success in the semis and was eliminated. Gottschalk also advanced in the 400 meters before defeat. She was one of the busiest athletes in the red and white all day. Another Port entry in the girls' 100 meter midget sprint was Kira Cope who made it to the semis. She also was eliminated there like her teammate. No junior .girls advanced past the first round in the 100 sprint. Marg Csercsa made it to the finals of the 1500 meters via walkover. She ended up ninth here. Tracey Denby ran a strong race when she came in second in the elimination of the junior 400 meters. But, true-to the precedence set by her teammates, she fell short in her COSSA bid in the final. "The only two senior girls to reap the joys of even slight success were Carol Lane and Mary-Jean Ellcot who made it to the semis in the 100 meters. Hurdler Jon Howell made hand deri bir sec sd tit Brett Oosterman gives it the old school try in the long jump. [Photo by Cam Muir]. it to the finals via a fourth place in the heats of the junior 110 meters. He placed sixth in the last race with a 19.46 time. Brett Oosterman placed third in a very tight long jump competition. His jump of 5.24 meters was one centemeter less than that of second place finisher Russ Beverley of GL Roberts. The most crowd pleasing achlete of the day award had to go to Rob Huggins of the Redmen for his perfor- mance in the 2000 meter steeplechase. Huggins made a big hit with the fans as he consistently splashed and jumped around in the water hazard. On the final lap he even swam through it after doing a crowd requested "cannonball'"' into the swamp. The second half of the meet continued Monday. Watch next week's Star for results. Tennis registration shows increase by Danny Millar The Port Perry Tennis Club kicked off another season with their annual meeting on Monday, May 7th at the Town Hall. Secretary Diane Burt said there were "about 80" in attendance and understandably added, "We had a good turnout." The number of regis- trations is up from the same time last year. So far 144 tennis players have signed up. There are 66 senior women and 47 senior men. This comprises about three- quarters of the membership so far as there are 13 junior girls and 18 junior boys. At the end of last season there were 202 members. The entries have come from a variety of areas such No, it wasn't a swim meet, it was a track meet, but the competitors in the steeplechase got more than just their feet wet after clearing this hurdle, much to the amusement of some of the spectators. as Seagrave, Blackstock, Scugog Island, and Uxbridge as well as in Port Perry. There is even one member from Scarborough. Mrs. Burt made a very interesting comment on the nature of the sport in Port Perry. "It's the only thing in town that both male and females compete together in. That kind of recreation is important, I think." She noted that the other favourites in Port, softball and hockey, are an almost all-male domain. The club has hired a professional instructor, also from Scarborough, in the person Stan Murray. He will begin giving lessons on May 21st in one hour sessions for each level. There is also slated to be an Adult League designed to give "more competition for those who are ready for it," as Mrs. Burt explains. A Port entry will take part in the Kawartha District league and play once a week. A team of 12 will compete for Port each week in doubles and mixed doubles competition. No dates have been confirmed for the tennis club's annual tournaments. The court times for indivi- duals will be identical to those of the 1978 season. Monday. Tuesday, and Thursday evenings from 6-11 p.m. and Wednesday after- noon from 1-6 p.m. The costs seem to be reasonable. For a family it is $30.00 and for a couple $25.00. A single adults over 18 will be charged $18.00 but a single adult student will have to fork over $15.00. For those under 18 the pay rate is reduced to $8.00. A 3 AN i ot: NTT - « oH Lan rer nl ~~ EA