ATHLETE RESULTS

CANADIAN WOMEN DEFEATED BY U.S. IN HOCKEY EXHIBITION

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--The U.S. women’s hockey team avenged its defeat by Canada at the World Championships in April with a 4-1 victory in an exhibition rematch on the weekend in Salt Lake City.

Vicky Sunohara battles with Tricia Dunn (AP-Douglas C. Pizac)

Jenny Potter opened the scoring for the U.S. midway through the first period on a wrist shot that beat Canadian goaltender Kim St. Pierre. Despite several good Canadian scoring opportunities by Caroline Ouellette and Amanda Benoit Wark before the end of the first frame the U.S., backed by the goal tending of Sarah Tueting held off the attack. US sharpshooters rang up three straight goals -- one in the second period and two in the third -- to take a 4-0 lead. Canada’s Hayley Wickenheiser tipped home a shot by Isabelle Chartrand to prevent a shutout.

The two teams face off again on Tuesday, October 23 in San Jose.

CANADIAN MEN WIN RELAY SILVER AT SHORT
TRACK WORLD CUP

CALGARY, AB--Canada's highly-touted short track speed skating team capped its first World Cup event of the season by winning the silver medal Saturday in the men's 5,000-metre relay in Calgary.

The Canadian team wound up with three medals over three days of competition. Marc Gagnon of Montreal took silver in the men's 1,500 on Thursday and Eric Bedard of Ste-Thecle, Que., was third in the 500 on Friday. It was the first major event for Canada this season after the team skipped the opening two World Cups in Asia last month following the terrorist attacks in the US South Korea won the women's relay. The Canadian team ran into difficulties on the fourth lap and finished fourth. The Canadian skaters were Marie-Eve Drolet of Chicoutimi, Que., Tania Vicent, of Montreal, Alanna Kraus of Abbotsford, B.C., and Annie Perreault of Rock Forest, Que.

Alanna Kraus edges Christy Ren of Hong Kong(AP-Adrian Wyld)

In the women's 500, Kraus was eliminated in the semifinals but broke the Canadian record in the quarter final clocking 44.253.

Next on the schedule is the Olympic qualifying meet at Salt Lake City Oct. 25-28. Canada must have two skaters place in the top 32 overall to assure the maximum two entries per event at the Olympics and finish in the top seven in the relays to guarantee a spot in that event.

MORGAN & MCALPINE BRING HOME JUDO GOLD

LAS VEGAS-Canadian judokas won big in Las Vegas two weekends ago, earning 20 medals including five gold at the 27-country US Open judo tournament.

In men's 81 kilos, Keith Morgan of Calgary, seventh at the world championships this past summer, defeated American Brian Olson in the final for the win. In men's 100 kilograms and over, Trevor McAlpine of Lethbridge, Alta., was the winner defeating John Serbin of the US, for the gold.

Many of Canada's top judokas will face an international field at the annual Rendez-Vous Canada competition October 27-28 in Montreal.

WOMEN'S EIGHT FINISHES THIRD AT HEAD OF THE CHARLES

BOSTON, Mass--Canada's women's eight finished third out of 53 crews over the weekend at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Mass in the Championship women's eight event.

USRowing's crew was first in 16:01.69, followed by Princeton University in 16:10.84 and the London Training Centre, a boat of 2001 Canadian National Team rowers, was third in 16:17.759. The London Training Centre women's eight is Marilyn Taylor of Calgary, Alta., Nicole Borges of Mississauga, Ont., Pauline Van Roessel of Bow Island, Alta., Jacqui Cook of Burlington, Ont., Karen Clark of Delta, BC, Roslyn Mcleod of Burlington, Ont., Laura Middleton of Toronto, Ont., and Bonnie Fiala of Enderby, BC Cox: Sarah Pape of Toronto, Ont.

Many Canadian club rowers also participated in this fall tradition, the largest two-day rowing event in North America - full results can be found at www.hocr.org.

The regatta, held Oct. 20 to 21, 2001 on the Charles River, is now in its 37th year. "Head" races, a class of regattas, are generally three miles long - boats race against each other and the clock, starting sequentially approximately 15 seconds apart.

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WOMEN'S WATER POLO TEAM SUSPENDED PENDING REVIEW

OTTAWA, ON--The Board of Directors of Water Polo Canada, under the leadership of Brian Gardiner ( President) has decided to conduct an independent review of the Senior Women's National Team program. They will utilize the professional services of the Centre for Sport and Law for this program review.

Six of the 15 senior national team members quit two weeks ago, saying the federation ignored their complaints about harsh treatment from coach Daniel Berthelette and his assistant, David Hart. Players who resigned were Josee Marsolais and Renee Sauriol of Montreal, Jana Salat of Calgary, Marie-Luc Arpin of St-Lambert, Que., Marianne Illing of Ottawa and Susan Gardiner of Vancouver.

Effective immediately, the Senior Women's National Team program has been temporarily suspended until the review is completed. The Association expects the review to take 30-45 days and at which time the review recommendations will be presented to the Board of Directors. Water Polo Canada looks forward to a constructive review of the program, and is committed to resolving the issues facing it.