LACROSSE... The
much-anticipated
game between the top
two teams in West
Lacrosse Association
standings takes place
tonight at Lonsdale
Arena.

League-leading
North Shore Indians
(12-6-1) take on the
second-place Maple
Ridge Burrards (10-
6-1) at 8 p.m.

SOCCER.,. North
Shore sclect teams
have won three of the
six berths to the
nationals decided in
provincial final action
last weekend in
Kelowna.

The North Shore
U-17 boys team won
their B.C. final in
dominating fashion
with a 5-1 win.

The U-15 boy
Selects also advanced
to the nationals with a
5-1 victory, while the
U-17 girl Selects
team beat their oppo-
nents 4-1.

Also winning their
provincial final was
the North Shore's U-
16 girl Selects squad.

(See stories and
pics in an upcoming
issue of the News).

SWIMMING... The
Chena Swim Club
placed sixth overall
and. their women’s
team scored fifth
overall at the B.C.
Provincial
Championships last
weekend in
Vancouver.
Michelle Landry
placed Ist in the
800m Free and 3rd in
the 400r:. Free.
Alexandra ~ Leziy-
Miller was 3rd in the
200 Breaststroke and
the 400 Individual
Medley. Kathleen
Stoody was Ist in the
100 Breaststroke.

NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

The hug of victory
DAVID Sage hugs girlfriend Sarah Evans after winning the Fourth Annual West Vancouver Seaside Classic at
Ambleside Beach last Sunday morning. The 23-year-old Vancouver man covered the three-kilometre distance
between Dundarave Pier and Ambleside Beach in 25 minutes — without a wetsuit. Second place overall went

Vancouver’s Pau! Dragon (in a wetsuit in 35 minutes), Women winners were Andrianna Sciyemel (40 mins.,
wetsuit) and Debbie Collins (42 mins., no wetsuit). Ferty eight swimmers entered — 26 finished.

ighth
annual
Trail
Uitra
results

AT the crack of dawn
last Saturday, 137 run-
ners from around the
world participated in the
eighth annual running of
Canada's largest “trail
ultra,” the  Knee-
Knackering North Shere
Trail Run.

Rossland resident and
champion —_ cross-country
skier Johan Kruus won the
overall event in five hours
It minutes — his first run-
ning race since high school.

First Masters (over 40)
runner Peter Ladner was
second overall (5:13) mak-
ing this years’ finish the
closest in race history.
Kevin Vallely (5:13).
Frank Wolf (5:15), Paul
Quinn (5:21) and Keith
Wakelin (5:25) followed.

Nicky Hastings, of
Vancouver, was the first
woman and {ith overall
with a time of five hours 45
minutes, Second woman fin-
isher Nola Patterson (6:11)
shattered her own Masters
record by 7 minvtes. Saily
Marcellus, of Delta, was
third female (6:27).

A short two weeks after
completing the Westeri
States 100-mile Endurance
Run in California in under
30-hours, Ron Nichol!, Ren:
Adams and Robert Solorie
were back competing on the,
trails.

David Brown, of West
Vancouver, was the only fin-
isher to have competed in all
eight ‘Knee-Knackers’ to -
date.

The Lindell Beach's hus-
band and wife team of Nola
and Brian Patterson earned
first and second finishes
respectively in the over-40
masters division. Greg
White, of San Diego, beat
the clock by a hair, finishing
a scant one second before
the official race finish.

Unusually hot weather
took its toll in the form of
slower average times and
severa! cases of heat
exhaustion. Only t2 starters,
however, did not complete
the race within the 10 hour
time limit.