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Sports
Vivienne Stephens has been adding a lot of ribbons to her collection of track and field prizes since she
moved to Blyth last August. The 15-year-old will be off to the Western Ontario meet in London this week
after setting a new record in the 100 m. at the Huron-Perth Conference last week.
Appleby, Souch,
Stephens lead teams
A strong contingent of local track
and field athletes led both F.E.
Madill Secondary School and
Central Huron Secondary School to
good showings in the Huron-Perth
Conference track and field cham
pionships in Goderich May 5 and 6.
Lori Appleby, RR 2, Blyth, won
both the shotput and the discus
throw in the senior girls level and
placed second in the javelin throw.
She helped Madill to an overall first
place finish in the meet against
schools from the two counties.
Steve Souch of Blyth won the 300
metre and placed second in both
the 800 and 1500 in the junior boys
division helping Central Huron to a
third place finish overall.
Vivienne Stephens sped to a new
conference record for CHSS when
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Blyth's Vivienne Stephens
travels in track's fast lane
Vivienne Stephens, the young
Blyth resident has travelled far
over her 15 years, moving with her
family half-way around the world,
but lately she’s been travelling fast
as a record-setting member of the
Central Huron Secondary School
track team.
Born in Jamaica, Vivienne left,
there at age four with her parents,
moving first to Saudi Arabia, then
Mexico and then back to Jamaica
as part of his job with Pillsbury, the
multinational company, before
moving to Blyth last August where
Mr. Stephens began work with
Howson and Howson Ltd.
Iv was while in Saudi Arabia,
while she was in elementary
school, that Vivienne first started
running. During four years spent
in that country she began piling up
wins. She didn’t get as much
chance to run, however, when the
family was transferred to Mexico
for less than two years and again
when she returned to Jamiaca. In
Jamaica she took part in track
competitions within the school and
went to one other track meet a year.
After starving school last fall at
CHSS she joined the impressive
contingent of Blyth-area members
of the track team working out over
the winter. She started off well
placing second in the 60-metre
sprint at the University of Western
Ontario’s All Comers indoor meet
on January 18.
She quickly began breaking
school records for midget girls and
bringing home medals and rib
bons. At the Forest City Prep
Invitational meet in London in
April she became the first female
trackster in the history of Central
Dateline
Thursday, May 14 - Huron 4-H
Poultry Club Meeting, Barry
Cleave’s, Varna 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 14 - Huron 4-H
Conservation Club, OMAF Board
room, Clinton 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 16 - Huron 4-H
Judging Workshop, John McIn
tosh’s, RR 5, Brussels, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, May 20 - Huron
County Junior Farmers, OMAF
Boardroom, Clinton 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 23 - Huron County
4-H Judging Competition, Clinton
Arena, Clinton, 9 a.m.
Huron to crack the 13 second mark
in the 100 metres running the
distance in 12.9 seconds.
Last week at the Huron-Perth
Conference track and field cham
pionships in Goderich she again
ran the 100 in 12.9 seconds to set a
new conference record in the
event. She also won the 200 metre
on the same day with a time of 27.1
seconds. She also teamed up on the
schools team and during the
season has also had good results in
the long jump, winning the event at
a meet at Westminster Secondary
School in London in April.
Although she has always felt the
100 metres was her best event, her
coach feels she is actually making
more progress in the 200 metre, an
event she doesn’t enjoy as much.
She says she was very surprised
by the sudden success she has had
since taking up the sport again.
This week she and other area
athletes such as shotputer and
discus thrower Lori Appleby of
F.E. Madill Secondary School and
fellow CHSS runner Steve Souch
will be taking the next tough step
up the competitive ladder. They’ll
be taking part in the Western
Ontario Secondary School Associa
tion meet at Little Stadium,
University of Western Ontario on
Wednesday and Thursday this
week.
Vivienne knows she has her work
cut out for her because she will be
facing two runners who beat her
earlier at the London meet. This
time, she says, she hopes to be able
to find that little bit of extra speed
that will bring victory. If she pulls it
off she’ll move one more step
toward the final goal of the
all-Ontario meet.
In the long range Vivienne just
hopes to be able to continue to run
and improve. Her personal future
is a little up in the air following the
sudden death of her father earlier
this year but if all goes well she
hopes to be back with the team
again next season to continue the
swift progress she has made
toward being one of the best
athletes around.
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