: em Review — Wednesday, November 15, 1989

_ Terrace flavor i in Alberta college volleyball

teprinted with. permission |
from the Grande Prairie,
Alta. Herald Tribune —

One of them wants to change

“ the’ name of the teame to the.
Grande Prairie British Columbia a

Wolves,

-Five-of them live in Ruther-

ford House and the other down

the ‘street.

They all came from the same
high school in the same B. C.
town. ~

at the Grande Prairie Regional
College athletics department
_ realized they’d have to rebuild
the men’s volleyball team from
the floor up, the Wolves’ re-
cruiting machine rolled down
_ the highway.
One stop proved particularly
fruitful on the trip.
“Thanks to the call of the

When Leigh Goldie and Co. 0

Wolves, Terrace, a city of about
20,000 in northern B.C., lost six
while the Swan City gained five
volleyball players and a team
manager. :

First-year players Garret
Hidber, Grant Lavadrey, twins

‘Mark and Brice Kneid, Ben

Foote and manager Cheryl
Blanes —

Bruce, the youngest of the Kneid

brothers — make up a big part.

of Gordon Montford’s all-
rookie Wolves volleyball team.

Call it the Terrace Connec-
tion.

Not the first high school ath-
letes from that particular B.C.
town to come to the GPRC after
high school, — badminton
player Surinder Dhaliwal and
women’s volleyballers Lisa
Dams and Monica Rauter were

- “all excellent friends _
except for Cheryl,’’ claims

here last . /year. — ” Montford’s |

recruits all came out of Cale-
donia Secondary High School i in
Terrace.

Bruce Kneid.all played on a team
from Terrace that finished sec-
ond in the B. iC, provineials last
year.

Lavadrey and Mark Kneid
played on that same team the
year before.

And, contrary to what Bruce
Kneid would try to have you
believe, all of the players were
and still are “excellent friends”
with manager Blanes.

Get used to them. The six will
have alot to do with the men’s
volleyball team’s performance in
the Alberta Colleges Athletic
Conference fray over the next
couple of years.

Moen ready to waittwo
years for next go at lronman

Gary Moen expected to place
in the top half of the 1,255 com-
‘petitors at the Hawaiian ‘Iron-
man’ Triathlon on Oct. 14, but
he was actually on the borderline
of placing in the top third of the
‘gruelling three-sport event.

_ Moen finished in 420th place,
and he: told’ us that was fine
far as he was concerned, His

time was ‘approximately 10.

‘hours and 25 minutes, The win-
ning time was eight hours, nine
minutes.

__.I did the swim (approximate-
‘ly two miles) in one hour and
two minutes,” he told us by

_ phone upon arriving home on

Oct. 23. ‘*The bike ride, which

_ .Was-more than 100 miles, took
me five hours and 40 minutes.

“It took me three hours and

-§4 minutes. to complete the
marathon run, and that was the
toughest portion for me because
it seemed so long and boring.”

He told us the weather didn’t
help his effort. It was very hot
and muggy, thus draining the
strength even more than normal.
Accidents seemed to be a normal

. occurence,
. “Someone got hit by a van
‘while biking through town, and
‘another guy had a mongoose
tangle with his front wheel.
Those were about the most
serious mishaps.””
. The race went pretty well as he
expected, ‘There were a few
surprises with the winds. We got
some tail winds where head
winds were expected and vice
versa. And the heat increased
even into late afternoon.’’

Just competing in the race
made you a winner.

“Bach finishing competitor
got a special T-shirt and a
medal. We also got a souvenir

_ package containing items such
‘as running shorts and singlets,

‘hats cand posters, stuff like
that.”

“We asked Gary if he felt he

was in top condition for the

event.

“7 was in Iny best shape ever,
but I learned I: need more ex-
* perience to help me ease through
_gueh ‘a: lengthy course * ‘with less
_ strain. Mec:
“He feels he would do ft al

if the chance comes up.

“At first I thought ‘no, never
again’, But after thinking it over
and realizing it was such a great
feeling afterwards, it’s tempting
to go at it again, I’ve had many
thoughts on how I should have

done’ things’ different, ‘and feel —
that putting them into perspec-

tive could help me much closer-
to the top.”

In the past they had a cutoff .
number for invitations to return. :
next year. However, Gary says °

they now use a lottery system
whereby you go through races

elsewhere to qualify with.
- main island of Hawaii.

specified times.

“They used to have a cutoff -

time of 17 hours for the race,
but that no longer applies.”’

He told us that the top 100 are
invited back in 1990, He’d have

. to earn a place at a similar event

through qualifying.
He said he wouldn’t go back
next year simply because the

race is something you have..to-
_ plan your complete year around,

In two years’ ‘time he'll likely try
again.
“It was a faiitastic, emo-
tional, two-week: ‘trip with lots of
highs and lows.’

The race took place on, the

‘Appreciation’ spiel.

tries are limited to one or two

The annual Terrace Curl-
ing Club’s ‘“‘Appreciation”’
Bonspiel is coming up on the
18th and 19th. It’s an event
whereby supporters — or
companies and businesses —
who sponsor events and
prizes throughout the curling
season are invited to take
part in a ‘free’ spiel. It’s
strictly for fun, and you curl
only four ends per game. En-

teams per company. If
there’s an overabundance in
‘entries, limits on entries may
have to be imposed. It starts
at 7 p.m. on the 18th, con-
tinuing through to Sunday.
Included is a dance Saturday
night at 9, complete with
snacks. Phone the rink
manager at 635-5583 for en-
try information.

Mini-volleyball

Terrace elementary schools
have turned the month of
November into volleyball
month. They have afterschool
rep teams involved in an inter-
school schedule featuring nine
girls’ and 10 boys’ squads of
Grades 6 and 7 players. Most
games are running Mondays to

Smithers tops

‘As expected, Smithers domi-
nated the Northwest zone high
school cross-country races held
Nov. 4 at Smithers. They won
each division, but Terrace com-
petitors came iri with good ef-

forts for medal-winning places.

Megan Reid-came up with sec-

orid place ia junior. girls, while -

Katherine Robson. grabbed third

Thursdays, with each team play-
ing up to five sets against dif-
ferent opponents. The league,
will wind up with boys conduct-
ing a tourney Dec. 1 and 2 at
Thornhill junior high school.
The girls tourney.goes Dec. 2 at
Skeena junior high school.

cross-country

in senior girls. Chad Edmonds
was third-place finisher in senior
boys. A muscle strain prevented
favored David Shepherd from.

making the top three. He wound -

up fourth. Out of three boys’
teams, the Caledonia squad took

second place. Next on the agen-" |

da is B.C. finals at Victoria on

‘ the 18th...

Part of the attraction: used to:
lure the players here was money.
Their tuition will be paid for and —

: . further scholarships and_ bur-
Hidber, who plays the middie, ‘
. Foote, : asetter, and power-hitter |

saries are available to them.

Blanes, who was going to play

women’s volleyball until ten-
donitis in her arm forced her. off

the floor, receives $480 for her |
--teams,? says Lavadrey about

duties as manager.of the team.
“If I didn’t make the team

(resulting in a Joss of funding) I

would have gone right home,”
says Hidber.

“I think it’s good that we’re
sticking together,’’ says Mark

Kneid. ‘‘Our parents thought it -
- was great,’’ adds Blanes.
“They think we'll all-help take -

care of each other.”

And they do. Good friends in-

Terrace, the six continue their
lives together here in GP..

. It?s good here,’’. says Mark .
-Kneid. ‘‘I like the nightlife.”

But volleyball and partying
aren’t the only thing on the
minds of the six. They’re here

.for an education as well, and

they all agree the college is giv-
ing them an excellent chance to
acquire one.

“It’s a lot better than going to”

a university,’” says Foote. ‘“‘It’s

a. smaller scale and more

teachers to help.”’

Blanes, Mark ‘Kneid’ ‘and
Lavadrey all are studying

physical education while Foote’s "

taking commerce, Bruce, Kneid
is in science and. Hidber is in
business.’ °

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The Eagle: has Landed

- But- athleti 4
reason the: ‘Terrace’ to’ ‘GP:

line has been. so. beneficial. “It’s

: here, Vancouver, . where it’s too

expensive, or some smaller B.C.
interior college, where the teams
are like high school for these

-*They: ‘have like rec-league

other possible choices such as
Prinice George’s New Caledonia.

~“T guess it’s.the quality of the
volleyball program and the
academics,’’ college athletic
director Goldie says. ‘“‘Every-
thing adds up to us being avery

‘attractive proposition.”’

When it comes to volleyball,
these guys are pretty cocky.
They haven’t had as much as a
look-see at any of their competi-
tion in the ACAC — they get
their first this weekend at the
league pre-season tournament at
Grant MacEwan — yet they feel
preity positive about their
chances.

“We figure. we'll be pretty
competitive even though we’re

all rookies,’’ says Mark Kneid.

“For a team of rookies we're
pretty experienced.’’

Life couldn’t be too much bet-
ter for the Terrace Connection
right about now. They’re
together and they’re on their
own, doing what they like to do.

“TI feel sorry for a lot of my

‘friends who went somewhere
else after. high school,’’ says
" Blanes. ‘‘Itjs like we never had

to say goodbye.”

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