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A previous meet at Shades Mills in Camâ€" idge saw an injury to Michaela prevent a Siblings Michaela 17, Kim 15 and 14â€"yearâ€" d Erin McClure, senior, junior and midget Three for . They‘vecome ‘tlose to it onâ€"a couple ible triple, while a sprained ankle to Kim , respectively, are each hoping to capâ€" 73;.] on the verge of a sweep at Thursâ€" aterloo collegiate‘s triple threat is Great Selection New or Recondztzo?{ed‘ Michaela, Kim and Erin of the Waterloo Viking crossâ€"country team. at a Bechtel Park run two weeks ago also preâ€" vented the possibility of a trio of victories. At Thursday‘s Chicopee run, while Erin breezed to victory in the 2.5km midget run in 8:22 minutes, 40 seconds ahead of her closest rival, Kim and Michaela stood on the side lines cheering their sister on to victory. With the WCSSAA championships soon approachâ€" ing, Michaela, who ran twice last week, admitâ€" ted that she felt tired and run down and wanted to be ready for WCSSAA. As for Kim, she is still nursing her ankle sprain. The trio, which sees Erin in Grade 9, Kim in Grade 11 and Michaela in OAC, is following in the footsteps of their older sister, Shannon, who now runs cross country for the Univerâ€" sity of Manitoba. "When Shannon ran at WC1 her success the Show! ohes. No : .+ ced n . io i hy : . o oi ie t uc 9 2. * : â€" 4g6 sX 4e > » "They all say ‘Oh, you‘re a McClure, you must be a good runner," said Erin, who, along with her sisters, give a lot of credit to Centenâ€" nial public school coaches Al Hart and Rick really caught our attention and we, naturally, started to take up running as well," said Michacla, who was also a figure skater. The three admit that running has helped them remain best friends. The sport‘s a comâ€" mon bond that holds them together. And when one is having problems on the crossâ€" country trails, the others are always there handing out words of encouragement. Being the youngest of the trio, Erin admits that the pressure she gets isn‘t from her sisters, but it‘s from those who know of the family‘s (Continued on page 26) The banguet also honored its outstanding swimmers, including its most outstanding swimâ€" mer Laura Nicholls, who represented Canada at the 1996 Olympics The Volunteer of the Year Award went to Valerie Nicholls for her 13 years of contribution to the club The Most Valuable Swimmer(s) Award went to siblings Jennifer and Shawn Bution for their conâ€" tinued success at the national and internauonal Top Master Swimmers were Vicki Gohi and Dietmar Sommerfeld, while the Novice Award tance champion, placed 24th at the Atlants Games this summer. The Award recogmizes the best internatuional result by a Waterioo Region athiete Butler, 2 backâ€"toâ€"back NCAA Drvision One muddleâ€"disâ€" Waterioo middleâ€"distance runner and 1996 Olympian Kathy Butler was the recipient of this year‘s Victor Davis Award of Excellence at this year‘s Region ol Waterioo Swim Club‘s Award McFarlane , 884â€"2074, Anne Hassen, 846â€"9008 The Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Track and Field Assoâ€" aation is accepting apphcants for coaches for the semor club (14 and over) Prionty will be given to coaches with muddle distance crossâ€"country and track experience Those interested can call head coach Bren: Men with Steve Himmeiman, Tomek Bartozak and Damian Jaworsks fimshing first to thard Adam Martuzalsks captured the Mim Men diviâ€" sion with Isaac Stuckhardt fimishing in third Jonathan Lavallee of Kitchener was second in Peewee Men, while Emuly Perc was first in Perâ€" McDonald and Kitchener‘s John Frasier firushed one 4wo in Veteran Beginner Men. it was a clean sweep for Kitchener cychsts in Junior Beginner Jean Ropchan of Waterioo was second on Senior Sport Women, while Waterloo‘s Patrick Ziggy Martuzalski of Kitchener and Chuck â€" Campbell of Waterloo were the top two fimishers $ in the Master Expert Men‘s division, while Heinz Hones and Phil Allen of Kitchener fimushed first and third in Master Sport Men division Waterloo‘s Uli Mayer and Stuari Connell were first and second, respectively, in Vereran Sport Men, while Scou Scheiter of Waterloo was third in Senior Sport Men. At the Ziggy‘s Okioberfest Mowntain Bike Race held in Kitchener on Sunday, KW Cychsts capâ€" sured cight of the 13 divisions. Josh Hall and Jefl Weber of Waerloo himushed one, two in the Pro Elite menis division SPOBT SH0RT S § Track and Field 12 Noon â€" 6 pa., incuding Hohidays 181 King S1. 8., Waterioo , or club administrator (Continued on page 27)