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A NORTH VANCOUVER skater
who originally did not even qualify
for the Junior Canadian Men’s
Figure Skating Championships ar-
rived home the overall individual
winner Friday,

_Norm Proft said the win was the
biggest in a career that has spann-
ed 10 years.

‘I was thinking of retiring, but I
decided to give it one more shot,”’
Proft said Friday night.

The 20-year-old skater, who
trains at the North Shore Winter
Club, finished out of the running
for the national championships
when he placed sixth in the
Western Canidian figure skating
finals held Jaiuary in Edmonton.
Only the top ‘our from that com-
petition quali ied for the national
championshifps, which were held
Feb. 2 to7 in Ouawa.

But Proft s.ipped into the na-
tional championships after four-
th-place finisher at the Western
Canadian finals Craig Burns
sprained his ankle and fifth-place
finisher Colin Epp opted to com-
pete only in the national champi-
onship’s pairs category.

Up against 14 of the country’s
best skaters at the national finals,
Proft finished the first day’s com-
petition fifth overall after figures.

He went on to finish second in
the short program and clinched his
overall win with a first-place finish
in the competition’s long program.

“I think my mental outlook was
different this time,’’ Proft said. ‘I
mean, I had nothing to lose. There
was no stress, no pressure.”’

Proft added that his coach Cyn-

thia Ulimark was one of the major
reasons for his national win.

Cap Blues split
y‘ball matches

THE CAPILANO Blues women’s
volleyball team split a four-game
series with other Totem Coilege
Athletic Association teams in a
Feb.. 7 tournament held at
Castlegar’s Selkirk College.

The Blues opened the nine-team
competition with a 15-3, 12-15,
15-13 loss to Vancouver Com-

munity Colfege, but bounced back
with a 15-9, 15-6 win over Royal
Roads Military College and a 15-4,
15-8 win over Douglas College.

Cariboo College whipped the
Blues 15-3, 15-2 in the team’s last
game.

The Selkirk tournament was the
last before the league piayoffs,
which are scheduled to be held
March 7 at North Vancouver's
Handsworth Secondary School.

The Blues, who finished fourth
overall, will open play against
first-place Cariboo College starting
at 10 a.m. in one semi-final match,
while second-place BCIT will take
on third-place VCC.

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