Sey Get erect cee 4 ‘ %. fe i w E i DOTY Ey SLR ERS IS FM WA AST aD AEROS sae A race in the Wo \e ORIENTEERS COMPETE IN WY PARK THE UNIQUE sport of orienteering sprinted into the wilds of West Vancouver’s Lighthouse Park Sunday and attracted a field of 78 competitors in five different race categories. Requiring as much navigational skill as physical endurance, . Orienteering sends runners through specified back-country courses outfitted with compass and detail- ed course map. The object of the game is to in- terpret features on the map, track down flagged checkpoints or *‘controls,’’? and be first to reach the finish line. By TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter Sunday’s Autumn Orienteering “*B” event began at 11 a.m. with a beginner, an intermediate, a long runner’s, an advanced and a longer advanced course for both male and female competitors. In the beginner’s course, Jodi Scott won the women’s section with a time of 25:26, while. Ian Walker took the men’s course in 17:15, Karen Barber finished first overall in the women’s intermedi- ate course with her 50:19 time. The men’s intermediate course was won by David Moir in 28:48. In the long runner’s course, In- grid Gutzmann finished the first in the women’s division with a time of 49:51. Ken Hicks was best in the men’s division with a time of 48:28. . Todd Barber took the men’s ad- ALL CATEGORIES FARE WELL honors exports - ye at NEWS photos Tom Burley LOOKING anything but lost, these beginner ‘‘orienteers”’ (above) set out with maps and compasses to find the first point on the map in Lighthouse Park. ‘Left , the Collins family prepares 2 map prior to setting out on the intermediate orienteering route. vanced division by completing the course in 45:16, while Lorna Stirl- ing ran to first in the women’s division with a time of 89:04. In the longer advanced course, suri Peepri finished first overall for the men with a time of 58:28. Pam Bendall ran the course in 91:53 and won the women’s divi- sion. In addition to Lighthouse Park, orienteering competitions are stag- ed at Stanley Park, the UBC En- dowment Lands and the UBC Research Forest. Sunday’s race was one of the last events of the orienteering season. Otters make waves at swim meet THE WEST Vancouver Otters dove into the team’s first swim meet of the season over the weekend and surfaced with impressive results at every age level. Richard Gate, the team’s 26- year-old coach, said Monday the meet, which was held Saturday and Sunday at Vancouver's Percy Norman Pool, ‘‘was a good one for us. We did very well.” Seventy-five Otters competed in the two-day event that attracted 334 swimmers from I! Lower Mainland swim clubs, Races were run in categories from novice to youth champion level. Of the competing Otters, 45 were 10 years old and younger. Some of the highlights for the West Vancouver team included Anna Marandi winning the 25- metre freestyle and Anita Danzig winning the 25-metre breast-stroke in the girls’ seven and eight-year- old division. Paul McMillan, meanwhile, finished second overall for the Ot- ters in the boys’ seven and eight- year-old breasi-stroke. In an outstanding individual performance, Otter Sara Stephen- son finished second in the 100- metre and the 200-metre freestyle, By TIMOTHY RE} News Reporter the 50-metre back-stroke, the 50- metre breast-stroke and the 200- metre individual medley girls’ nine and 10-year-old events. In the same division, Caroline Watt and Deborah Watt finished first and sixth respectively in the 50-metre fly and 25-metre freestyle races. Top Otters in the boys’nine and 10-year-old division included Sven Von Fersen, who finished second in the 25-metre breast-stroke, Steven Marshall, who finished se- cond in the 50-metre breast-stroke and Jake Russell, who finished fifth in the 25-metre freestyle. In the girls’ and boys’ 11 and 12-year-old categories, Megan Ravenscroft, Tara MacKay, Gina Elliott, Satly Tanaka, Kristian Von Fersen and Brett Creed all finished in the top 10 of their events. In the girls’ 13 and 14-year-old division, Cori Creed finished se- cond in three events and fourth and fifth in two other events. Seas NEWS photo Tom Burley ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD West Vancouver Otter Swim Club member Eric Martin speeds through the water in the 100-metre freestyle, Sunday, at Percy Norman Pool in Vancouver. Kathryn PeHlatt finished first in four events and second and third in two others, while Claire Mat- thews had two first-place and three third-place finishes. In the boys’ 13 and 14-year-old division, Noah Russell finished se- cond in the 100 and 200-metre back-stroke and fourth in the 200-metre freestyle swims. Adriana Schemel, meanwhile, took the girls’ 15 and over 100- metre fly. Gate, whose father George established Ocean Falls as a cham- pionship world swimming centre during the ’40s and ’50s, took over as Otter head coach last year.