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f • • 1 f T H u R s D/ A y J u L y ' '' 1,. I \' •• t I f ' ~ • I' I f ' I .. • , ~ - 1 ... t • I •· • l ' .. ~ • 2 8 ' 1 9 9 4 LiHie League Champions With three straight lopsided victories, the Sayville Junior League team retained their District 35 Championship for a fifth consecutive year, the title they have held since entering the tournament as 9-year-olds. Sayville burled Central Islip, 12· 2,. then trounced Three VIllage twice, 19-1 and 13-0, to earn the title last week. The team, not shown In order, Included second basemen Rory K.uhn and Mitch Cangelosi, shortstop Craig Orskl, outfield· ers Mark Andersen, Kyle Kenny, Rob Neugebauer, Shawn Coffey and Michael Cox. The Sayville team Is managed by Frank Esposito, with help from Brian Coffey and Harry Jenkins. Suffolk County News/courtesy of Brian Coffey Sayville native to compete in world triathalon Mary .Ann Wallace, daughter of Sophia Ostrowski and the late Stanley Ostrowski of Sayville and a 1962 graduate ofSayville High School, has qualified for the Gatorade Ironman Triathlon World Championship on October 15, 1994 to be held on the Kona Coast in Hawaii. Now living in Aspen, Colorado, she becomes one of only 1,400 contestants worldwide to be in the race. Nearly 20,000 triathletes from more than 50 countries attempt to qualify for triathlon's most prestigious event. Mrs. Wallace qualified by winning first in her age group (50+) at the Evergreen High Country Triathlon in Evergreen, Colorado on July 10, 199.4. One of only 14 qualifying triathlons in the U.S., Evergreen is noted for its challenging course which includes a one-mile cold water swim in a 61-degree lake, a 55- mile bike ride climbing from an altitude of 6,000 feet to over 11,000 feet and an 11-mile trail run. Wallace was very active in sports while in high school, but only recently resumed her activities at the age of 43 after raising a family and teaching accounting and business courses at Western New York colleges while living in Williamsville, New York. She earned her B.S. and M.B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Buffalo Marathon. In 1991, she entered the Empire State Games held in Albany and won five medals in track and field, including gold medals for the 400- meter and 5,000-meter; silver medals for the 100- meter and 200-meter; and a bronze medal for the 1500-meter. She competed in her first triathlon in 1990 and has since competed in over 20 triathlons and has run 10 marathons, among them the New York Marathon, Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., and the San Diego and Napa Valley Marathons in California The Gatorade Ironman consists of a 2.4-mile ocean swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile run to be com- pleted within 17 hours. Training for the race typically requires 18 to 24 hours per week for six to eight months to develop the stamina and endurance need- ed to complete the 140.6-mile event. Wallace started running in Buffalo in 1987 and placed second in her age group ( 45-49) in the 1990 Moving to the Aspen area in 1991 with h~r husband, Edward, after his retirement from the State University of New York at Buffalo, they ef\ioy the area not only for its outdoor activities, but also for its sununer music feStival and other cultural offerings. • Chris Nellen wins Fourth Annual Frank J. Farrell Fire Island Freestyle Frolic . / by Anthony J. Howard they had swum longer distances before, including a recent five-mile swim across an Indiana lake, both The winds were gusting and the agreed Saturday's swim was their swells strong, but the 10 swimmers toughest ... We've swam longer dis- who competed in last Saturday's tances, but this was hard. Swimming in Fourth Annual Frank J. Farrell Fire fresh wateris.aloteasier,\Valerie · . Island Free Style Frolic across the The wind gusts and tall swe!Js~ e Great South Bay at least had the tide for some race-battering svmnfuing and working with them. unplanned drinking. \Thfs tastes terri- Departing from Fire Island Pines at 7 ble, and you can quote me on that,\ a.m., 10 distance swimmers navigated Chris Nellen said. the bay against the strong ·seas, rmish- The July 23 cross-bay swim, orga- ing at Bal'J)ort Beach. Though across nized by the Sayville Rotary Club, also the board most times were faster than helped raise $1,200 to benefit the Long last year, many of the swimmers said Island Maritime Museum in West they were hampered by the threatening Sayville, and other local charities. weather and rough water. Twenty-three swimmers were sched- Brother and sister lifeguards Chris (1 uled to swim the 4.32 miles from The hour, 48 minutes and 55 seconds) and Pines to Bayport Beach, but late -can· V&!erie (1:50:40) Nellen, of Sea C~iff, cellationsdepleted the field. finished first and ~ond, the fli'St time Frolic founde.r Frank Farrell, who .•.• , , • · ~- •••• ·, • tQe,.v. tul4 ~i>~R( Ill tb~ ~e. TltP\IP, . kRoeked a-full.22 minutes off his time from last year, said J:h{race was sched- uled for early ;n(jming to take advan- tage of the jneoming tide. \This year, as bad as the wind and waves were, the tim were better,~ Farrell said. \It was o windy» that when I picked up my ann out of.the water it felt like a.sail.\ Farrell explained that the tide came in from the southwest and helped to push .swinuners along towards Bayport Beach. -nte only problem was that it pushed us further to the northeast than we w~ted to go and we had te swim back to the beach,\ he said. Farrell fin- ished tbe race in 2:35:17. Last year's second place finisher, 55- y~ar-old Ron He~ of Stony Brook, rm- islled less than 17 minutes behind the first place finisher. Though he also shaved over six minutes off his time of last year, Helin felt that \the conditions are worse than they were last year.\ \It was tough to stay· on ·course (because of the tide), but as long as you have some navigation, you'll be all · right,\ Helin said, referring to the boats that set the course and kept swimmers on line. Other swimmers included Joe Bolze (2:11:26)~ Dick Pearson (2:24:05), Ken Bohman (2:25:57), Steve Cleary (2:26:07), John Conboy (2:37:55) and Kenny Erb (2:39). The 10 swimmers were all numbered and raffle chances selecting the top three finishers were sold for $10 each. OrganiZed by the Sayville .Rotary Club, halr' the proceeds were to go to the marit~e museum and other charities and the balance to the Winners. Btit no one had the winning combination of 1- 6~8 so the entire balance will be assigned to local causes by the Rotary's board of directors .. 8 •
