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Legend right on track
The Maple Ridge Secondary
School track now goes into the B.C. record books for
65-year-old men for the 100 metre and 200 metre after
the dashing performances of Herb Gee on the weekend.
The 65-year-old Gee,
formerly of Maple Ridge, thrilled the large crowd by
running the 100 metres in 13.47 seconds and the 200
metres in 28.16 seconds. This just narrowly missed the
Canadian records.
The records were set during
at the second annual Eagle Classic Track and Field Meet
over the weekend, when competitors scorched the track
during two warm spring days.
But the outstanding meet
performance trophy was awarded to someone much younger
than Gee.
Nine-year-old Natalie
Auersperg of Golden Ears Athletics won all five events
she entered, which were the 100 metres, 200 metres, 800
metres, high jump and long jump.
Her 100-metre time of 15.02
was the seventh fastest time ever recorded in B.C. for
her age category, and her 200-metre time of 31.66
seconds was the tenth fastest time ever in B.C. for her
age.
The Golden Ears Mile
trophies to the fastest milers of the day went to Jake
McGeough and Paige Harrison, both from the Vancouver
Thunderbirds track club.
Olympic high jumping legend
Debbie Brill was at the track Saturday afternoon to sign
autographs and was honoured during a ceremony.
She presented the Debbie
Brill trophies to the top high jumpers, Florence
Clifford from South Fraser track club in Surrey, and
Jordan Clark from the Norwesters Club in North
Vancouver.
Host club Golden Ears
Athletics won the trophy for the top team at the meet.
published on 05/16/2006
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