OAK swimmers find medals Down Under Oakville Aquatic Club swimmers Mack Darragh, Julie Calvert and Tera Van Beilen combined to win 10 medals for Canada at a recent meet in Australia. Darragh earned medals in five of the six events he competed in, including a gold in the 16-year-old men's 400-metre individual medley. He added silvers in the 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke and 200m backstroke, and collected bronze in the 100m backstroke. Van Beilen won three silvers in 16year-old women's competition, finishing second in the 100m breaststroke, 200m IM and 400m IM. She was also fourth in the 400m freestyle. Calvert won a silver in the 16-yearold women's 200m breaststroke and a bronze in the 400m IM. The local trio was part of a 20member Canadian team, comprised of 12 juniors and eight youth-aged swimmers. OAK head coach Alex Wallingford was the team's apprentice coach. 31 · Friday, February 5, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.oakvillebeaver.com Tera Van Beilen, Mack Darragh and Julie Calvert (left to right). Buzz products draw Major attention at lacrosse draft Seven former members of the Oakville Buzz were selected in last week's Major Series Lacrosse draft in Whitby. SPORTSBRIEFS Dan Macrae and Sean Gillies had their names called in the first round, with Macrae going to the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks and Gillies to the Brooklin Redmen. The rest of the former Buzz players were selected in the third round. Spencer Taugher was picked by the Ajax-Pickering Rock, Gary Muzzin went to the Peterborough Lakers, Jon Hagel was selected by the Six Nations Chiefs, Chris Moulson was chosen by Brooklin and Justin Wilson-Kirby went to KitchenerWaterloo. Major Series Lacrosse is a Senior A box lacrosse league that features some of the best indoor box players in the world. Many of the rosters feature players who play professionally over the winter in the National Lacrosse League. men's challenge. Part of the process to select competitors is fan voting, which began Monday and concludes Feb. 15. Voting can be done online at www.ncaa.com/frozenfourskillschallenge The Frozen Four Skills Challenge will be held April 9 at Detroit's Ford Field. Nardozzi headed south Loyola student John Nardozzi has accepted a soccer scholarship offer from Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois. Nardozzi, the assistant captain of the Oakville Gunners under-18 team, will study business administration and management while also playing defence for the Tigers. Olivet Nazarene won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) tournament championship last season. Over the last couple years, Nardozzi has helped the Gunners win a Disney-Chelsea Showcase Copa Championship, a Coupe de Quebec-Ontario Cup championship, an Ontario Youth Soccer League title and a Schwann V-Elite USA Cup crown. Nardozzi will be joined at Olivet Nazarene by Gunners teammate and Kitchener resident Aleksander Radosevic. Skills challenge finalists Two Clarkson University hockey players with local connections are finalists to compete in this year's NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge. Oakville resident Carlee Eusepi is a finalist in the women's division, while former Oakville Blades sniper Matt Beca is a candidate for the Reduce Reuse Recycle