OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, July 16, 2009 · 18 Record-setting performance helps OAK defend title The Oakville Aquatic Club left little doubt it was serious about defending its Junior Provinicial Long Course Championship. Annie Harrison, Marni Oldershaw, Mika Spencer and Sharalynn Missiuna set the tone early on, breaking the 13-14-year-old girls' provincial and national age-group record in the 4x50-metre relay. They set a new standard of 2:00.56 at the meet, held in London last weekend. OAK would go on to score 9,880 points, well ahead of the runner-up Toronto Swim Club, which had 8,691 and miles ahead of the third-place Nepean Kanata Barracudas, who finished well back with 3,856. "The meet started off with some great swims, including a national age group record by the 13-14 year old girls in the 200 medley relay," said OAK coach Laura Nicholls." It was fun to watch all of the OAK swimmers step up and race fast." It would prove to be the beginning of a busy weekend for Spencer and Missiuna. Spencer went on to win gold medals in the 200m freestyle and 100m butterfly, a silver in the 200m individual medley and bronze medals in the 50m freestyle and 200m butterfly. She was also a part of three more gold-medal winning relays. In total, Missiuna won five golds, a silver and a bronze in relays as well as four individual medals -- silver in the 50m and 100m freestyle and bronze in the 200m and 800m freestyle. Also busy were Mack Darragh and Kent Kikot, who were both part of eight silvermedal-winning relay teams. Darragh also claimed three individual golds (200m individual medley, 100m breaststroke and 200m backstroke) and two bronze medals (100m backstroke and 100m butterfly). Kikot won silver medals in the 200m butterfly and the 100m and 200m freestyles and added a bronze in the 50m freestyle. Matthew Mac helped OAK claim four relay silvers in addition to his six WINNER AND STILL CHAMPION: The Oakville Aquatic Club defended its Ontario junior long-course champiindividual medals. He onship in London. The club earned 16 gold medals on its way to the overall title. earned silver medals in Other gold medalists at the meet included: White, Wilkins, Dan Rona); 12-13 boys the 100m, 200m and 400m freestyle and the Julie Calvert (200m breast); Vera Johansson 4x100m free relay, bronze (White, Pajovic, 100m backstroke and added bronze medals in the 100m butterfly and 200m backstroke. (100m fly; bronze, 50m free); Jay Lansiquot Rona, Gour); 14-15 boys' 4x50 medley, free Reid Scarrow was also on four silver- (50m breast); Peter Serles (100m fly; silver relays, 2 silver (Darragh, Scarrow, Serles, medal relay teams and won silver medals in 200m fly) and Tera Van Beilen (200m breast), Kikot); 14-15 boys' 4x100 medley relay, silver the 100m and 200m breaststroke and the girls 13-14 4x50m free relay (Missiuna, (Darragh, Scarrow, Kikot and Jack 400m freestyle as well as a bronze in the Bridget Jordan, Johansson, Spencer); girls Cavanagh); 14-15 boys' 4x100 free relay, 13-14 4x100 free relay (Spencer, Julia bronze (Kikot, Darragh, Ryan Maccarone, 200m freestyle. Sinkovits, Johansson, Missiuna); girls 15-17 Scarrow); 16-17 boys' relays, 3 silver (Dyson, 4x50 medley relay (Harrison, Van Beilen, Darragh, Kikot, Lozano). Also making finals and earning points for Calvert, Missiuna) and girls 15-17 4x100 medley relay (Spencer, Holly Olsen, Erin OAK were Hannah Burgess, Abbey Saunders, Assman, Missiuna); 16-17 boys' 4x100 medley Meghan Clark, Emily Hunt, Alexandra relay (Brody Dyson, Darragh, Kikot, Miguel Kalman, Alex Karam, Mackenzie Hamill and Cameron Byrne. Lozano). "The team championship win at provinOther medalists included: Miguel Lozano (2 silver, 2 bronze); Olsen, Nicole Bullock, cials was a true team effort," said Nicholls. Annika Grewal (1 silver, 1 bronze); Olivia "Every OAK swimmer at the meet had an Sinclair, Veronica Davis-Freeman, Dylan important role in bringing OAK to the top of Kent (1 silver); Jack Cavanagh, Gamal Assaad the meet. The win at Provincials shows the (2 bronze); Dyson, Graham Fink, Mitchell depth in the program. It shows that all Gour, Evan White, Connor Wilkins (1 swimmers at all levels are rising to the chalbronze); 11-and-under boys relays, 4 silvers lenge." The long course title caps a year in which (Alex Karam, Lansiquot, Laim Charbonneau, Mac); 12-13 boys 4x50 medley and free relays, OAK also won the regional, provincial com2 silver (Gour, White, Wilkins, Dejan Pajovic); petitions, the Central Region summer team 12-13 boys 4x100 medley relay, silver (Gour, and Central Region long course titles. CANLAN ICE SPORTS OAKVILLE CONTINUES TO PROVIDE THE BEST SUMMER CAMPS IN THE GTA. NOW IN OUR 12TH YEAR! HOCKEY TIPS FOR TOTS POWERSKATING HOCKEY SKILLS & DRILLS SUPER 6'S & 7'S HIGH PERFORMANCE HOCKEY SKILLS GIRLS ONLY HOCKEY SKILLS & DRILLS GOALIE CAMPS MULTI SPORT CAMPS ELITE LEVEL CAMPS A's late rally falls short against Brants The Oakville A's bats woke up a little too late to overcome a four-run deficit as they lost 4-3 to the Burlington Brants in Monday's Central Ontario Baseball Association Major League game. Burlington scored twice in the third inning on a pair of sacrifice flies and it remained that way until the Brants added two more in the top of the eighth. Oakville's bats finally came to life in the final two innings. They cut the lead in half in the eighth and climbed within one in the bottom of the ninth but could not push the tying run across the plate. The loss, the A's first in four meetings with the Brants this season, dropped Oakville to 13-7 on the season. They sit three games back of the Andrews Division leading Erindale Cardinals. Conrad Bach had the A's lone RBI on the night, bringing home Oakville's ninth-inning run on a fielder's choice. Gord Robertson was tagged with the loss for the A's. He gave up 10 hits and four runs over eight innings while striking out six. Alex Hawley pitched a scoreless ninth. Burlington pitchers, led by starter Dan Nauth, held Oakville to just four hits. The A's next game is Monday at Oakville Park against the Dundas Chiefs.