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Valley Athlete Given preves j : ' College Scholarshi e ollege Scholarship & . _ BY PETER LAPINSKIE it is her flawless technical style that : l i .»~ * w Of The Observer makes her a winner. _ ’ ‘ %" #5 . Z@l COBDEN â€" Sylvia Gould shakes "Sylvia is technically skilled to a P f **~ . °O Seee her head and wonders if it is all just a _ high level in three separate events, & | * > . â€" TWd p dream, Her long hours of hard work in / which is a rarity in this era of _ Lt .. d ‘ track and field have paid off with a _ specialists," Mr. May said. He noted e C s ~ future she never thought possible. that she was usually the smallest girl : i mssn For the past two years, Sylvia _ at the allâ€"Ontario meets she attended 3 e fl Gould has represented Opeongo high _ but came out on top because "her oo school in track and field as no athlete _ technical perfection and leg speed § "* se has done in the school‘s 17â€"year _ gave her the edge over the bigger, « £ _ history. In this, her fifth and final year _ stronger girls," said. Mr. May. / hk }% at the school, she wrote the finalchar In university, Sylvia will be comâ€" # p sh:. 3 uP i aae ter to an illustrious track and field _ peting against young ladies three and m C S e ‘%, ? i ~"< career. She was first in the county. . four years older than she is, some of > o gte ‘--;é&°§i;h af 7 n s f among senior girls in javelin, discus _ them on or training for spots on Olymâ€" : f J * * _ o ow and shot put and set records in winning _ pic teams. She is not intimidated by 4. 3O 3 C ipesge. the javelin and discus events at the Otâ€" _ this fact and knows she can become : ; 1 e dlkai 5 M"‘:\w tawa.Valley championships. At the allâ€" _ even better. '«”‘m(é\ yA M f " Ontario meet, she won the senior girls‘ "I will train harder than I ever had s . / i javelin event with a toss of 4216 _ in my life and will work on those areas a f 2 i metres, was third in discus and fourth _ of my development that need it the â€" f \ % in the shot. most to remain competitive," Sylvia 6. A h While competing at the allâ€"Ontario _ acknowledged. e g / f meet in Etobicoke, Sylvia caught the It is rare any young athlete from % â€" im y . S eye of Joyce Morton, ladies‘ track and _ Renfrew County gets an athletic . Ade it 7 l field coach at Tilinois State University. _ scholarship to an American university i x\ zm 4 l | Ms. Morton was at the meet to scout _ for any thing other than hockey. Sylvia a yfi;‘ prospective athletes for her team next _ Gould is an exception to the rule â€" a 3 . 6 :o B year, and while Sylvia was an unknown _ rare breed who could be a thoroughâ€" { â€" es . d ) . quanitity to her, she soon became inâ€" _ bred. R esc P i. 4 terested in the Opeongo student after _ emmas ; is aaue \\ ”’&éfi "f 1 id watching her winning javelin throw e we rs" h a" a1d 4§¢ j is and displaying her varsatility with . | 5 0 o > p / iB . d strong showings in her other two evenâ€" ; v % P * 2 ‘3{" â€" ts. t*â€"% < â€"_ P o 4 the ¢ & .. | A meeting with Sylvia and her F d \4. i d AS 4 \ parents, Arthur and Phyllis Gould of s a l . 3y P 0 &n Foresters Falls, was quickly arranged es . Pss ~ wA ,i. | f?‘ B Prk and Ms. Morton offered to fly the S : sR es y .~;~1 4 " 39 family down to the university. There . MWW _ y p 6 ~â€" o a0 f \ es | she took Sylvia and her parents on a _ [ 5x« * ol t ... waleoee . 0 ma is 1 i We z: ‘ wl | _ tour of the huge campus which covers un 4 .. ’3’"‘@ m ~: e “~L en mss . kR‘ "e 3 ] over 700 acres and offered Sylvia a full ht â€" ? n es § se x SA *TR ies 000 c ormnemmmemmrsmerg es 4& P | athletic scholarship. e e s o s s i. o ) ie o e o o es "I was a litfle scared about ac (1 | l Op O & <aie 2. (0@ t e ce es | cepting at first," Sylvia recalled, adâ€" [>~ 5 l k. hss % se y ,'5}5!,;.,_ hi o ds k | ding that her parents were also skepâ€" _‘ e e.s. * wae 3 E : | tical. However, after being reassured . | C * se d One of the most successful athletes to don the green and gold & by Ms.Morton the Gould family acâ€" se </ 0 Comng [ » 3 { \ cepted the offer and now Sylvia is // Opeongo has .been Sylvia Gould. For the second yeer in a tow she won | preparing to compete in track and field _ "‘ §7" ks the Outstanding Athlete Award and later on in the week won the prep £ th e 9 events next year against some of the / - * hraar ; o+ A y & f peetinimiersan ine world. § <€ R provincial championship in the senior girls javelin. Q + g | "In one way it‘s scary, but I‘m & SP5 =om really excited about it and I‘m looking *J forward to going now," Sy lvia said. 1 HIGHLY SKILLED While Sylvia‘s pathway to a Th besT U scholarship seemed obvious to many, e I n n T q r I o the softâ€"spoken young lady from 5 : acl : | Foresters Falls held little hope of Sylvia Gould throws the javelin just about as well as any high | :é:\t}:gllngug:sérgs?taile'sSh;urtm%ZnfiZxt-:? > school student in the province, and she proved it on the weekend. correspondence was scarce, anddshe Gould a grade 13 student at Opeongo High School, completed a was planning to get her postâ€"secondary‘ sys brilliant high sch j ® education in Canada before Illinois JA SS 19 ool track and field career as Sh.e won the senior State jumped into mep(i;ctull(\;,. > Sangean"" girls javelin event at the OFSSA Championships in Toronto. What makes Sylvia Gould one of the Her throw of 42.1 C ow most prolific track and field athletes t range . 6 metres topped all others in her division and the county has ever produced? Acâ€" establishe er as one of the premier athletes to wear OHS cording to Tom May, the man who has colours. coached her for five years at Opeongo, SYLVIA GOULD y ; ; s uie e Although Gould did not win either of her two other events, the V CaH Ai. . hn C shotput and discus, she did very well. 'S'he spun the discus 38.60m which earned her a thirdâ€"place i : finish while her mark of 11.40m in the shotput placed her fourth. | Despite competing against older athletes in the open ;;,,9171 : 3 steeplechase, Terry Burwell finished 11th in the finals. It appears s ? s that Burwell, who is in grade 11, has a bright future ahead of him yIvia GouUuId name on the track. s He se_t an Opeongo record in a heat leading up to the finals by 1_ C d e f registering a time of 6:05.14 minutes. O Gna 'an ea' ' ' Ross Stoppa also made it to the finals in the midget boys discus & 4 3 * § . : and came in seventh with a good throw of 43.56m Opeongo‘s High School‘s By the virtue of that, In one of its heats, the girl yYA athlete of the year, Sylvia Sylvia has been named to, i3 . the girls 4x400m (open) relay team smashed Gould, has been named to the national team," said. an Opeongo record with a time of 4:10.7 minutes. Team members the Canadia}n .Natlonal Opeongo High coach Tom are Shelley Burwell, Rachel Valiquette, Connie Afelski Junior Championship team. _ May, "‘She will be competâ€" McHale. & elski and Kelly Sylvia, who excels in ing against athletes from Melisie a § . javelin, discus and shotput the U.S., Mexico and NDA e 3280 compelod in the funior girts sGom: race and events, placed second in Japan. _ Burwell was in the midget girls 400m and 800m runs, but the juniors at the Canadian Sylvia is presently attendâ€" |_ unfortunately neither made the finals though both :. ~bu National event in Victofia, ing training camps in The same sturdy effort was put forth b ran well. B.C. on July 13. Victoria. funet boy$ ieveln.. ands T. ;’ MO y Steven Cartman in the | i ynda Marquardt | j i discus. quardt in the midget girls > se e ie on oo o entinpiinie. ... io on onl