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Durward hits gold at
the Pan-Am games

FORT DURWARD ot) Narth
Vancouver captured a gold: medal
Saturday at the Pan-Am junior
athleties championships in
Jamaica.

Durward clinched first place in
the 1.300 metres with a surge of
speed near the finish line to finish
at 4:24,

In the 800-metres, Durward
finished sixth with a time of 2:09.

Another North Shore resident at
me Pan-Am juniors, Suzanne
LeNobel, finished eighth in’ the
10,000 metres.

Meanwhile, leading up to the
Pan-Am juniors, the jargest-ever
contingent of NorWesters athletes
qualified to compete at the Cana-
dian junior championships in
Winnipeg (the Pan-Am qualifier).

OF the 10 athletes from
NorWesters who qualified for
junior competition, eight reached

+ tinaly, after heats and semi-finals.

Winds conditions caused slow
times for part of the meet. Al-
though James Leistiman | came
fifth in the 400-metre Hurdles, his
time Was two secends slower than
his personal best.

dane Oddy and Durward alse
battled the wind. The women’s
800-metres turned out to be a face
tical race with a fast start that
ground to a halt with none of the
girls wanting to take the lead and
set the pace.

Oddy led for most of the way
only t0 be passed in the closing
seconds and then finished fifth,
while Durward came secend. In
the 1.560, Durward came first.

LeNobel's second-place finish in
the 10,000 metre earned her a spot
on the Canadian Pan-Am team.

Lindsay MeLaren, a newcomer
to national competition, won a

bronze medal in the 3.000 metre.

Seorimy opersanab bests were
sSeott: Uhitchener and Brian Jet-
fries on pole vault and Erin Bell
in heptathlon,

Haurdler Diana Oshorne — per-
formed below her potential but as
recovering from torn knee liga-
ments, an injury sustained duri
the 1990 BUC. seniors chimpion-
ships. Also on the road ta cecas-
ery after her E990 season was in-
terrupted by lness, Anne Drews
performed well in) the S00 and
1.800 metre.

Chis weekead, four NorWesters
athletes are heading for the senior
national championships in’ Mon-
treal.

Warren) Barker. Durward,
Osborne and decathlete Luke
Meyer, who trains in Toronto
under coach Andy Hiygins, will
compete July 25-28.

NEWS photo Mike Waketield

WEST VANCOUVER heavy hitter Kyle Chalmers lets loose on a ball during rnajor little league ac-
tion Friday night at Chris Zuehlke Park. In this North Shore District Tournament quarter-final of
71- and 12- -year-olds, West Vancouver defeated Forest Hills 12-3 to advance to the semis while
Forest Hills is relegated to the ‘‘B’’ side of the tournament. The winner of the district tourna-
ment, who goes on to compete at the provincial championship, wil! be decided this week.

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NEWS photo Nouil Lurente

FIVERS PITCHER Paul Robinson fires a ball Sunday during the
North Vancouver Men's Slow Pitch Softbail League Tourna-
ment at Kinsman Stadium. Sixteen teams competed in the

two-day tourney.

Warriors put the

brakes on

THE BUDGET Brake and
Muffler Warriors defeated the
L.A. Tavern Dawgers 12-6 on
Sunday to win the North Van-
couver Men's Slew-pitch Soft-
ball Tournament, held at
Kinsman Stadium,

The two-day tourney capped
a 28-game season for the tep
16 teams in the league.

In the tournament quarter
finals, the L.A. Dawgers clip-
ped the Budget Warriors 3-1 in
a tight defensive battle.

The Warriors then outscored
Jack Lonsdale’s 7-6 in a closely

Dawegers

fought game that went into ex-
tra innings. in the bottom of
the eighth inning. Warrior
Steve Heggie hit a sacrifice fly
which scored Terry Nuyten for
the winning run.

The championship game
once again paired the budget
Warriors and the L.A.
Daweers. Heggic, the Warriors
pitcher, held the Dawgers to six
runs and no home runs while
Dawgers pitcher Russ Pengelly
allowed 12 runs and five home
runs.

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