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he consummate hockey captain? Some say Mark Messier for his bull-headed determination. Some say Wayne Gretzky, with his quiet, professional touch. You could even finger Dougie Gilmour, the hard-working, hyper-intensified leader of the
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For the Waterloo Warriors, their captain is Steve Smith, the fourth year Kitchener native who replaces the graduated John Wynne as the man to lead the Black and Gold back to the promised land this season. The shoes Smith must fill loom large. Last year, Wynne ended the Warrior season as the foremost player in Canada. This season, thi VCiarriors don’t look to Smith for such lofty expectations, but they do look to him for leadership. Clutch play. And inspiration. Number Nine provides that and much more. Last weekend, Smith scored the winning goal with five minutes to play to slip past Western 32 in London, and then set up
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Peter Brearley’s game-winner Sunday to cap a wild 7-5 victory in Windsor. Warrior coach Don McKee happily emphasized the worth of SF iith’s coolness under pressure. ‘&Let me tell you about Steve Smith,” recounts the coach. % our first league game against Ryerson, Steve gave away the puck and Ryerson scored to make it l1. In overtime, who was there to set up the winning goal and make amends? That’s what Steve Smith does for this hockey club.”
Teammate Chad Palmer agrees with McKee. “Steve is a leader, a prototype of John Wynne,” observes the third year rearguard. ‘“The players look up to Steve and listen to him when he speaks. Not only is he a good role modef as a person, but he is also an excellent hockev, player.” Smith has also had his share of adversity during his university career. In his second season, a chronic knee injury kept him out of the lineup, and while the Warriors prepared for their upcoming games, Smith would remain behind to skate, sometimes by himself, at Columbia Ice Field. Least season, Smith played a major role in helping the Warriors in their OWAA title run. He is a playoff-type player, thriving in the close games, and leading the way to victory. The 4-O Warriors, looking for a return trip to the CIAU title, know this much about their team: they will not fold in face of stiff competition and adversity. They will not choke because their leader, Steve Smith, won’t allow it to happen. That is the consummate hockey captain.
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ast weekend the Waterloo Swimmers set out on a three day swimming expedition in search of worthy opponents to show off their expertise in the pool. The first stop was Friday in Kingston, where the Warriors defeated Queens and RMC while the Athenas finished a close second to Queens. First place finishes on the women’s side were achieved byAmy Jarvis (first, 200 free; first, 50 free; second, 100 breast), Vai Walker (first,400 IM; first, 100 free; third, 100 back), and Sheryl Sanders (first, 200 back; second, 400 free). On the Warrior side, number one finishes were swam by Andrew Moffat (first, 400 IM’; second, 200 fly), Anthony Tham (first, 100 fly; first, 100 back), Jay Cull (first, 800 free; third, 200 free), Maneesh Shanbhag (first, 100 breast; second, 200 free), Ian Washbreastook (first, 50 free; first, 100 free), Chris Nagy (first, 200 IM; second, 200 back), and John Milne (first, 200 breast). Having a full complement of swimmers, the Warriors were able to assemble first class relay teams of Tharn, Washbreastook, Jonas Freeansson and Milne to take the 4x100 freestyle relay and Jon Secord, Milne, Nagy and Freeansson to take the 4x100 medley relay. After this strong first leg of the trip, the Waterloo team then
headed for Montreal where they met the challenge of a talented McGill team on Saturday. Here the Athenas rose to the challenge and out-touched the McGill women’s team bv one point. Leading this victorv was Sanders (first, 100 back), Jennifer Pells (first, 100 fly; first, 200 fly), Deanna Hlywka (first, 200 back; third, 50 free), Tereza Mace1 (second, 400 free; third, 200 fret), Walker (second, 200 IM; second, 200 breast) and Melanie Wilson (third, 200 IM). The women’s relay teams complemented the individual swims by winning both the 4x200 free relav and 4x100 medley relay. The McGill men’s team proved to be a good match that called for some fast swimming on the part of the men that finished onIy 7 points behind. Powerful men’s racing was demonstrated by Milne (first, 50 free; third, 100 free), Washbreastook (first, 100 free), Tham (first, 200 back; first, 200 LM), Nagy (f’irst, 100 fly; first, 100 back), Shanbhag (second, 100 breast), Trcvor Dcnstcdt (second, 200 fly), Moffat (second, 400 free; second, 200 breast; third, 100 breast), Freeansson (third, 50 free; third, 200 free), Steve Dibiase (third, 400 free),
With two meets under their belt, the Waterloo team packed up and headed back to Ottawa to take on Ottawa and Carleton on their home turf without disappointment. Here the Warriors clobbered both opponents a in a Herculean performance, while the Athenas pummeled Carleton, finishing a close second to Ottawa. The Warriors dominating team was lead by Tham (first, 100 back), Moffat (first, 200 IM), Milne (second, 200 IM), Jon Secord (second, 200 back), Freeansson (third, 100 fly), Rohmann (second, J 00 breast), Nagy (first, 50 free), Denstedt (second, 1500 free), and Diabiase (third, 1500 free) Both the 4x100 medley and free relays were easily won bv the men’s team. On the Athena side, strong perfclrmances were demonstrated by Hlywka (first, 100 back; third, 100 free), Pells (third, 200 free), Mace1 (second, 100 LM; second, 100 fly) Jarvis (first, 200 back), Sanders (second, 100 breast), and Walker (first, 200 fly; third, 50 free). And, like the Warriors, the Athenas cleaned up in both the 4x100 medley and free relays. These three meets were the biggest tests yet for the Waterloo swim team, which rose to the
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