SPORTS

Runner inspires WV woman

WEST VANCOUVER | resident
Denese Izzard is following in her
mentor’s footsteps — quite liter-
ally.

inspired by the feats of masters
track athlete Hans Weickardt, Iz-
zard, 52, is quickly accomplishing
her own.

After reading in the North
Shore News about Weickardt’s
world class performances, Izzard
asked Weickardt, 77, for guid-
ance.

The two athletes, who train
with the NorWesters Track and
Field Club, set to work.

After eight months of training,

Sprint
earns
triathlete
victory

NORTH VANCOUVER’S f:ici:
Montgomery won the Vanesu:<-
International Triathlon on Sunday
with a sprint to the finish line.

Montgomery, 25, edged
France’s Isabel Mouthon by five
seconds with an overall time of
two hours, three minutes and 28
seconds.

The VIT course — 1.5-
kilometre swim, 38K cycle from
English Bay to UBC and back and
an Ji-kilometre run around
StanJey Park — is the same course
as the Teleglobe English Bay
World Cup Triathlon that Mon-
tgomery was forced ta abandon
two weeks ago because of a flat
tire on the cycling leg.

Meanwhile, triathlon newcomer
Leslie Diver, 29, of North Van-
couver, finished [7th overall. The
VIT is only Diver’s second full
course triathlon and her fourth
tiathion ever. Her time was
2:31.07.

in the men’s event, West Van-
couver’s Colin Dignum finished
19th overall with a time of
2:05.27.

On Aug. 4 at the Teleglobe
World Cup Triathlon in Toronto,
Montgomery finished second after
American Karen Smyers.

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{zzard won the masters mile at the
Harry Jerome Classic last spring
and then one week later she won
the 100 and 1,500 metres in’ her
age group at the B.C. Masters
Championships.

Most recently, lzzard and
Weickardt travelled to Finland for
the World Amateur Veterans’
Track and Field Championships
last month.

A record number of masters
athletes — 5,052 — came from 53
nations for the championships.

However, hampered by a sore
foot, Izzard fell aut of medal con-
tention,

Weickardt,

the 1989 world

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champion in the 400 and 800
metres, said an injured hamstring
prevented him from repeating his
performance.

“Pm sorry that | couldn’t bring
home gold as [I used to,’? says
Weickardt. “I gave the others a
chance this time. 1 will be back at
the next world championships in
two years, watch out!"*

ivzard and Weickardt are hop-
ing to organize a masters track
and field group on the North
Shore. Anyone interested in a
masters group (women 35 years
and older; men 40 years and
older), should contact: Weickardt
at 980-7374.

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