PAGE 16, W}IITY FREE PRES-S, WEIJNiEbAY, AUU:i 31, 19tid One More Goes To Seoulý ~4 Lr~ h. ~ By Mike Johnston Yet another athlete will repre- sent Whitby in the water at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. But unlike swimmer Lori Melien, Terry Paul will do bis racing while lying on his back. Paul, 24, is the coxswain of Canada's four-man, 2,000-metre rowinlg team. His parents moved te, Whitby from Peterborough four years ago. It was in Peterborough that Paul got bis start in rowing. "I was real]y small," recaîls Paul, who now stands 5 feet, 5 inches tali. He was in Grade 9 at Peterborough when a teacher mentioned to bim that, because of bis size, he would make a good coxswain. He tiied it and liked it so much he bas been doing it ever since. Besides conducting race strat- egy, Paul says bis job is to judge the technical maintenance of the boat. "It is ail done by feel. If tbere is sometbing wrong with the way the boat is behaving, I figure out wbat it is and bave the guys correct it," says Paul, who usually makes those decisions wbile a race is underway. He gives instructions tbrough a microphone which is hooked up to small speakers alongside the rowers. Paul's team is comprised of Rob Marlanil of Mississauga, Jobn Houlding of London, Harold Backer of British Columbia and Bilan Saunderson of Toronto. He says the team has been together for two years and last year tbey placed fourth at the world cbampionships held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since then, tbe team bas known tbey would be represent- ing Canada at the Olympics. The team has travelled te, Floida for training and has en- tered a number of regattas including the Royal Henley Regatta in Henley on tbe Thames, in England, tbe oldest regatta event in the world. They placed first and were awarded their medals by Princess Margar- et. Paul, who grew up in Peterborough, says the Soviet and East Greman crews will be Canada's competi tion. At the world cbampionsbips, Paul's crew placed fourth with a time of six minutes, 40 seconds, rowing against a strong head- wind. With a tailwind, Paul says bis crew can cover the 2,000m distance anywhere from six minutes, three seconds,, to six minutes, 10 seconds. He expects a time of 6:02 will win a medal at the Olympics. 'We will be working on moving tbe boat really efficiently. We are really focused on winning," says Paul, adding tbat the crew is expected to win a medal by the Canadian Olymipic Association. 'We are tbe priority team,<' says Paul, who now weighs 118 lbs. He bas to weigh no more than 110 lbs. for the Olympics but he says he can lose tbat eight pounds witbin tbree days. As for Seoul, Paul describes tbe rowing facility as "a big swimming Pool." He recently graduated from Brock University witb a degree in pbysical education and he plans te continue rowing for at least two more years, entering botb the world cbampsionsb-ips and the Commonwealth Games before be leaves the sport be bas been involved in since Grade 9. t J ~ ~ 4~ - ~ - ."',, -~.- -~- - ~N:s V ?~ TERRY PAUTL of Whitby is shown in bis role as coxswain for one of Canada's Olympie rowi ng tears.- At top left he is with crew meinhers, iavora. and at left with coach Boris I 77