Wh-itby Free Press, Wednesday, May-26. 1993, Page 21 Whi"tby- swi*mmer to take on Canada's best Backstroker Ashleigh Crowder, 14, of the Whitby Iroquois Swfrn Club, will ho a top znedal contender when she conipetes against the nation's bestyoung swimmers this week at the 1993 Kinsmen/Kinete Cup, Canada's youth swimming chanipionships. Crowder ranks first and second respectively among Canada's youth swimmers in the lOOm and 200m backstroke events. As well, she was a member of Canada's 4xlOOm medley relay team, that recently won a bronze medal at the Eight Nations International youth meet held in Dortmund, Germany last month. The strong Canadien team won the overall teain titie at the competition. The Kinsmen/K[inette Cup runs from May 27 to 30 at the Etobicoke Olympuni. In order t. qualify swimmers must have met a national timé standard and, for girls, be born in 1978 or later, anc. or boys, bo born in 1976 or later. Another Whitby swmmer, Eric Van Dijk, is ranked flrst in 100m reastrke for Canadian youth swimmers. Other Whitby club swimmers included in the ranking are: Lisa Del Mastro, 100m freestyle; Lindsay Crowder, 100m and 200m butterfly; Ashbeigh Crowder, 200m individual inedley; Brendan Masterson, 200m backstrolce; Aaron Lo, 100m butterfly and 200m incividual medley. MJOR- LAC-eS Poor start for Redmen irooklin Redmen have opened the major lacrosse season with two straight losses. Redmen Iost 18-13 to the defending Mann Cup champion Brampton Excelsiors last Thurs- day and then endured a 15-2 thumping fromn the Fergus This- tdes Priday night. John T avares had six goals and four assists and Troy Cor- dingley two goals and seven ass- ists to lead Brampton against Redmen. Greg VanSickle had thire goals and five assists for Red- men. Mike Magee, Mike Harding and Larry Downer each scored two goals for Redaien while Tom Wreggitt, Steve Dyment, Jason Richards and Gary Crawford each had agoal. Redmen were short-staffed for the game in Fergus, adding four members of the Whitby Warriors junior A team to boîster the depleted lineup Downer anTd ichards had the only goals for Redmen, who play Peterborough tonight at Luther Vipopnd arena in Brooklin. Next action for Redmen is not until June 9. COMPETITORS in the open boys' 4x400m relay race at the LOSSA track and field championships last week. Top finishers compete again this week in Oshawa in the Durham-York competition. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whitby Free Press Warriors reboimd wi*th winM Whitby Warriors rebounded from a drubbing et the hands of St. Catharines to defeat Sarnia 8-7 in junior A lacrosse action lest week . A third-period goal by Jonas Derks, his second of the gaine to go along with three assists, pro- ved to ho the winner aginst Sarnia on May 20 as Warriors won their second game of the seeson. The previous night, a short- ste ffed Warriors squad went into St. Catharines and lost 22-4 to the defending Minto Cup charo- pios "egot hammered by a good team," seid Werrors coach Wayne Colley about the teem's third oss. Whitby had 13 players for the gaine and Colley was unable to summon help froni the Whîtby midget teain thet had a prectice scheduled for the saine night. Jason Luke and Jason Pepin each scored five goals for St. Catharines Athletics. Luke added three assists. Rick Badowich scored twice for Warriors while Matt Shearer and Jamie Wibbiamns eech hed a goal. Against Sarnia, Warriors goa- lie Mie Wye was outstanding, and helped the offence with three essists. Shearer scored three goals and had an assist, Jason Crosbie had a goa and three essists, Sean Gifiai'd had a goal. Jeff Cox had two goals for S arnia. "he guys kept it together and pbayed reasonabby well," said Colley. Kitchener visits Whitby on Thursday night and Witby pleyýs in Scarboroughi on Sunday nigh t. Whitby high school students had severel first-place finishes, including three record-breaking performances, at lest week's LOSSA treck and field competi- tion in Oshawa. Esi Benyerku of Father Leo J. Austin broke two records in junior girls events. She edged Veronica Dyer of McLaughlin in the 200m run and had a record time of 24.9 seconds for the distance. She elso won the 100m sprint with a time of 11.8 seconds, esteblishing a new mark for the event. Julie Braham of Trafalgar Castie School was third. Dyer, meanwhile, won both the' 80m hurdles and long jump. Adrien Woodbey of Anderson CVI won two events in junior boys competition, establishing a record in the triple jump.. Woodley was far ahead of the competition with a distance of 14.04 metres for the event. He also won the long jump and was second in ilni hurdies, although both he and winner Dion Trowers of Pickering had a time of 13.8 seconds for the event. Other double winners from Whitby were Pennie Santiago and Stephanie DufTy, both of Anderson CVI. Santiago won the senior girls' javelin and long jup while Duffy won the junior girs' 800M and 1500m runs and was second in the 3,000m. Dufry stiffest com petition came froin Melissa H opkins of McLaughlin who finshed just behind Dufi'y in the 800m, was alrnost nine seconds behind Duffy in the 1,500m and was four seconds aheed of Duffy in the 3,000m. Sharron Ferdinand of Trafal- gar won the shotput for junior Whitby figure skating club wins award Ater organi- zing the hi9hiý successful 1993 <~ Suaife Eastern Ontario figure skatinq sectional champîonships in November last year, the Whitby Figure Skating Club was recently named the 1993 SunLife appreciation award winner by Sun Lif of Canada. The award was designed to recognize the section that made an exceptional contribution to the 1993 Suniîfe figure skating sectional prograni by best promoting the competition. "A great deal of turne and effort went inte pronioting the event end to ho selected over the other 12 sections across Canada is a tremendous accomplishment and something that we are very proud of," said Joanne Hanrahan, publicity/program chair of the sectional competi tion. 'The monetary prize that eccompanies the award wibl ho used to purchase equipment or supplies for skater devebopinent in the Whitby Figure Skating Club." girls while Netalie Goring of Anderson was second in javelin. Henry Street High School's well-known 'JBs' figured in the top three in senior boys' 110m hurdles. Jason l3rumley wes second and Jason Baccbiochi third, behind first-place Kyle Robinson of Pick- ering,iÀ, the event. Bacchiochi also a second-place finish in the long jump, behind Anderson's Andrew Channer. Channer was second in the triple jum p and third in the event was Jon Hopkins of Henry. Brian Davis of Pickering won the event. Tim Amber of Henry won the open boys' steeplechase. Cort Fowler of Anderson was second in 800m and third in 400m for senior boys. Kerry Wishart of Henry was second in senior girls' 400m hur- dles and Cynthia Cruz of Trafal- gar third in 3,000m. In midget boys competition, Mark Swain of Anderson won the 300mn hurdles and was second in both the 400m and 100m runs. He finished behind Dennis Thomas of Anderson in the 400m event. Cristian Carroll of Henry was third in 800m. Greg Smith of Henry was secon in both the junior boys' 1,500m and 3,000m -- both won by Kyle MeLean of Paul Dwyer. Mike Simpson of Anderson was third in junior 400m. Brent Giles of Henry was second in junior high jump -- both he and first-place winner Jason Brady of Pickering leaped 1.78 metres. Merg Sharpe of Henry was third in both long jump and triple jum p for midget g is. Alan Thrasher of Whitby, a student et Harwood, won the JOm ambulatory event in the competition for disabied athlctes. For the first tirne, OFSAA is including evcnt-s for diablcd ath- letes. Picke'ring easily mon the over- ail teamn competition, McLaugh- lin second and O'Neill third. Anderson was second in the boys division. The Durham-York (DYSSA) cham p insiip is bcingheld todaiy and ý,i1ursday et Civic Fields. The OFSAA (provincial) cham- pon shi's will be held at Civic Fields June 4and 5. Woodley break .. LOSSA recordis