Athletiques runner sets 25 • Thursday, February 11, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER • www.oakvillebeaver.com provincial U14 record Athletiques International runner Burlington resident, was the top Sura Yekka continues to get faster. seed. Brennan needed a personal- The 13-year-old finished second best time of her own to edge out in the 400-metre run at last week- Yekka. end’s Legion Indoor Championships Yekka wasn’t the only Athletiques Mark O’Donnell John Gilbert Bob MacKinnon Tom Fergus Dick Grimm at York University, crossing the line member to win a medal or set a per- in a personal-best time of 58.34 sec- sonal best at the Legion meet. onds. Rachel Bronzovich accomplished Hall welcomes new members tonight Yekka’s time also set a new both, placing third in the 15-under provincial record for under-14 girls, girls’ 800m with a time of 2:28.10. The Oakville Sports Hall of Fame will officially in the town. eclipsing the previous mark of 58.59 She also set a personal record in the induct six new members at a banquet tonight A former U.S. Marine and graduate of Yale seconds set by Patricia Mayers of 400m, placing fifth with a time of (Thursday) at Oakville Conference and Banquet University, Grimm played a large role in Oshawa in 1998. It was also nearly 1:02.42. Centre. bringing the Canadian Open PGA Tour event three seconds better than her previ- Stephanie Guhl won bronze in Here are brief bios of this year’s induction to Glen Abbey. He spent countless hours coax- ous personal best, set at another the 15-under girls’ shot put with a class: ing golf’s biggest stars to play in the tourna- meet last month. personal-best heave of 6.25 metres. ment and remains friends with many of them “There was no doubt that she was Claire Segeren earned bronze in the Andrew Hurd (swimming) to this day. going to go under 60 seconds, but 17-under girls’ 800m, finishing ih Oakville Trafalgar grad Andrew Hurd repre- Grimm served as governor of the Royal whether she went under the record 2:34.50. sented Canada at three Olympic Summer Games, Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) from 1969- depended on how aggressively she Krysia Brudnicki came fifth in helping the national freestyle relay team finish 1974. The RCGA relocated its headquarters to ran the race,” said Bruce Burton, the 15-under girls’ 3,000m with a fifth at the 2008 Games with a Canadian-record Oakville during that time. Yekka’s coach. “So we sent her after personal-best time of 13:03.00. time. He was appointed an honourary life governor of the top seed.” Alyssa McGraw, 14, was eighth in the Hurd also enjoyed a stellar collegiate career at the RCGA in 1975 and was inducted into the Christian Brennan, a 15-year-old 200m in 27.82 seconds. the University of Michigan, where he swam a leg Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1993. for the school’s NCAA champion 800-metre relay John Gilbert (badminton) team and was a six-time all-American. www. com The Oakville Aquatic Club product won gold John Gilbert developed many excellent bad- and set a Canadian record in the 800m freestyle minton players during his distinguished coach- at the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships, and was ing career. HURRY! recognized as Canadian swimmer of the year in Students of the Sudbury native combined to $ * 2005. win more than 70 provincial championships, six RECEIVE up to 3500 IN REBATES He retired from competitive swimming follow- Canadian junior titles, seven national crowns and on high efficiency ing the 2008 Olympics. four Commonwealth golds. Gas Furnace Gilbert also built an exceptional badminton Tom Fergus (hockey) program at the Oakville Club during his 20 years &Central Air Tom Fergus scored 235 goals and added 581 in Oakville. In addition to developing players, Immediate Installation & Service assists during his 13-year Gilbert also passed along his knowledge to many Do not pay for career, including seven seasons with the Toronto of today’s top coaches across the country. 6 months* Maple Leafs. 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He Mark O’Donnell has presided over the was elected to the Board of Oakville Speed Skating Club since its inception Directors of the Ontario in 1985, developing the club into one of the Hockey Association in 1974 most respected speed skating organizations in and served as chairman from the province. 1984-1986. Under O’Donnell’s influence, the club secured At the national level, he is more ice time, safety mats and better equipment credited with a positive change for its members. of direction by setting up bet- The Oakville Speed Skating Club now features ter communication between more than 160 members, leading all clubs in par- the Canadian Hockey ticipation and success. The club became inde- Association and all of its pendent of the town’s Parks and Recreation pro- branches. MacKinnon brought gram in 2001 and continues to develop provincial- Hockey Canada and the ly-ranked skaters. Canadian Amateur Hockey Association together as one Dick Grimm (golf) body. Since moving to Oakville in 1948, Dick Grimm Bob MacKinnon passed away has been instrumental in increasing golf’s profile in 2002 at the age of 64.