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Page 12 - Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, Jun. 13, 1979 WCl's GiseIle Kavanagh (second from left) stays close behind Huron Park's Jill Purola during Friday's 1,500 metres. Kavanagh finished second in this heat. eighth in the final. and a solid second in Saturday's 3.000 motfes as a first-year iunior. Although they produced no Ontario winners, Wa- terloo schools, especially WCI, should be proud of their track and field ac- complishments this year. Sending their largest ever contingent to OF'SAA in Toronto last weekend. WCI came home with its biggest point total since the provin- cial competition began. He's a happy guy sii By Rick Campbell Chronicle Sports Editor Toronto -- Shortly after he competed in the junior discus event at the Ontario Federation of School Ath- letic Association track and field meet Friday, Mike Hovey stood in the cool shade of the Etobicoke Cen- tennial Stadium stands and talked about his perfor- mance. It was clear he was nothing short of exhilarated. And so he should be. Don't ',,t,', too excited. the 17-year-old Waterloo col- legiate s Udent didn't pull off an upset and win the event. In fact he didn't even finish second. By Rick Campbell Chronicle Sports Editor But Hovey‘s third-place finish ranks along with team-mate Giselle Kavanagh's second-place finish in the junior girls 3,000 metres as the best individual ef- forts among the 13 Waterloo school entries. What some people don't realize is that OFSAA brings together the best athletes in Ontario. and only one can be the best of the best. Just as important is to record personal bests at a meet where intense pres- sure has been known to cruelly dash the hopes of even the most prohibitive favorites. That is what was so pleasing about Hovey's feat, Starting with the Twin City meet and advancing through the regionals to OFSAA he showed constant progress in his distances and Friday hurled the disk more than 2 5 metres farther than he had in previous 1979 competition Winner Rick Lam. of Burlington Oldershaw heaved the discus 50 80 metres. well short of the 53 18 record set in 1975 Hovey was a strong third at 45 86 At Twin City he threw 40.63. at CWOSSA 40 84 and at the re- gionals in Tillsonburg 43 32. all easy winners Hold those heads up high Giselle Kavanagh. a first- year junior, ran a superia- tive 3.000 metres in the op- pressive heat Saturday to finish second to Kate Wiley of Branksome Hall in 10:21. It was the best Waterloo performance at the meet. On Friday Kavanagh fin- ished second in her 1,500 metre heat and then was eighth in the final with a personal best 4:45. - “Giselle favors the longer distances." said WCI coach John Orchard. "She kept pace the whole 13.000) race and even had the lead in the last quarter but the other girl (Wiley! passed her in the stretch." Mike Hovey of WCI was third in the junior shot put with a competitive personal best of 45.86 metres. And the midget girls 4 x 100 relay team. aided by a dynamite last leg by Sheena Ross, won its heat and finshed fourth in the final in an excellent time iidvey has competed in the throwing events for all four of his years at WCI, but this was his first ap- pearance at OFSAA. "Taking everything into consideration, my goal here (OFSAAD was 44 metres," said the WCI grade 12 student. “If I didn't get at least that I would have felt that I hadn't done my best. But I did and I'm super happy about it." It was a whole new experience because in previous competitions it had taken only one throw for him to prove his superiority, This time. in a competition where the sixth-place throw was over " metres, Hovey was pushed to the limit in his six attempts. Three of them were out. but the 45.86 toss counted. "Looking back at the other competitions, I think it was a case of only doing (throwing) as well as I had to," said Hovey. who admitted he has been measured at 47.50 in practice. "Everyone (at WCl) just told me to expect a lot of good competition and I certainly had It here." A legality worked in Hovey's favor this year which he said in part attributed to his excellent finishes, For age classification purposes, Sept. l of every year is the age of record for competition throughout the year, Since Hovey's birthday did not fall until Sept. 7. his age of record was 16 which entitled him to another year of junior. And Mike Hovey wasn't offering any Super-happy people never do During Friday's competition, a stifling warm wind was in the face of the throwers, but Hovey dismissed the weather as a factor "When you come this far, you have to be ready for anything There are no excuses; of 51.3. Other members of the team were Renee Hoops, Mary Stobbe and Cathy Burke. Ross was second. in her loo-metre heat in 12.5 but ran the final shortly after her relay and finished fourth in 12.8.Saturday she scratched from the 200 to at- tend a wedding. Kelvin and Carey Lee failed to qualify in the open boys 400 hurdles and Kelvin was also eliminated in the senior 110 hurdles. Midget Phil Israel of WCI also per- formed well but not enough to qualify in the midget 100 hurdles. Three other Waterloo ath- letes also went to OFSAA in 3.000- metre competition. Orchard said that with such a good young nucleus. he looks forward to his squad setting even higher goals at OFSAA next year. Laurel's Clive Hamilton finished 12th among senior MIKE HOVEY boys in tr.ot while Bliievale midget Laurie Whorwood was 14th in 11:26 and senior Jenny Ord 12th in 10:47. “It was ideal weather for sprints and field events but not for the longer distan- ces." said Bluevale coach lan Atkinson. Times for many events during the competition were well off records and per- sonal bests as the heat wave turned Centennial Stadium into a veritable sauna.