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Sunday, April 11, 1999 Times Colonist Editor: Dave Senick 380-5344 SCOREBOARD D2 COLOUR COMICS D3 BASEBALL D7 SOCCER D8 SPORTS VICTORIA SPORTS AWARDS lew Bowden, Reid: masterful in the Ironman Triathlon partners sweep DAVE MARTINASSOCIATED PRESS Second- and third-round Masters leader Jose Maria Olazabal goes under the microscope at the 1 8th tee at Augusta National Shark bares his teeth (Masters -v By Cleve Dheensaw Times Colonist sports staff Peter Reid and Lori Bowden promised themselves if either ever won the Ironman Hawaii men's or women's world championship, respectively, they would get married. That they did last fall at Cattle Point, with the Pacific as a backdrop. On Saturday night at the Princess Mary, Ironman champion Reid and Ironman women's No. 2 Bowden capped a truly memorable public and personal 1998 by being named Victoria's male and female athletes of the year at the 32nd annual Victoria Sports Awards gala. After being named B.C.

athlete of the year and the Norton Crow Award winner as Canada's male amateur athlete of the year for 1998, Reid's claim to the Victoria male athlete award was a slam dunk in balloting by the Greater Victoria sports media. Reid beat out fellow nominees Rob Short, one of the best field hockey players in the world who led Canada to the top-eight at the 1998 World Cup and the Victoria Selects to the B.C. crown; and Steve Dixon, an NCAA golf star at Xavier and Canadian amateur team member at the 1998 world championships. It was second-time lucky for Reid, who was nominated for 1997 but lost to UVic Vikes basketball star Eric Hinrichsen. The same did not apply to Short, who was also nominated in 1995 but lost that year to current Dallas Mavericks NBA player Steve Nash.

The last five of 32 Victoria male athlete of the year winners have been Reid (1998), Hinrichsen (1997), Atlanta Olympic silver-medallist rower Derek Porter (1996), Nash (1995) and world champion marathon swimmer Greg Streppel (1994). The lithe Bowden, who also won Iron-man Canada and the world duathlon championship in 1998 to go with her Ironman silver, is the first back-to-back winner of the Victoria female athlete of the year award since Olympic rowing hero Silken Laumann in 1990 and 1991. Bowden beat out fellow nominees Lisa Koop, a national team basketball player link THE LEADERB0ARD i sA I B- J. M. Olazabal Greg Norman Davis Love III Steve Pate Carlos Franco Bob Estes Ernie Els Leejanzen Steve Elkington Scott McCarron C.

Montgomerie Nick Price 70- 66-73 209 71- 68-71 210 69- 72-70 211 71- 75-65 211 72- 72-68 212 71-72-69 212 71- 72-69 212 70- 69-73 212 72- 70-71 213 69- 68-76 213 70- 72-71 213 69-72-72 213 Jose Maria Olazabal holds his lead but has Greg Norman nipping at his heels The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. Greg Norman never did find his ball. Somewhere during that lonely walk over Hogan's bridge and back to the 12th tee on Saturday, he may have found something even more critical to his chances of finally winning the Masters composure. The reward was another spot in the last group today, this time trailing Jose Maria Olazabal by a stroke. Despite the stroke-and-distance penalty for losing his ball in the bushes behind the green, Norman kept his poise by knocking his next shot on the green and making a 22-foot putt to save bogey.

Even though his ball landed in a divot on the next hole, leading to another bogey, Norman never once thought about his past failures at the Masters or wondered if it was only a matter of time before another collapse. "That's when I had to fight hard and keep my composure," Norman said. He birdicd the 1 8th to get within one stroke of Olazabal, putting him in the final pairing at a major championship for the first time since his disastrous 1996 Masters, when he squandered a six-stroke lead. Is fate finally on his side? "I'm a little more at peace and at ease with myself," Norman said. "Don't get me wrong.

Tomorrow, I'm going out tlierc to in." Olazabal had a great recovery of his own, coming out of the woods to make a on the 15th and finished at 70. "I'm in good shape for tomorrow," Woods said. Duval birdied the three holes that make up Amen Corner and had a 70 to get to 215, just six strokes off the lead. That's the same margin Norman had three years ago, until he collapsed with a 78, the eighth time he has finished second in a major. "I don't live in the past," Norman said.

"What's done is done. "I've never been a believer in crying over spilt milk. All I can tell you is I'm right here, right now, with a chance tomorrow." The final round doesn't figure to be easy with so many players chasing Olazabal. Ten of those players within six shots of the lead have experience at winning majors. The best thing that happened to Olaz- abal was he ended the round in the same-place he started in the lead.

He couldn't get a putt to fall all day. I lis only birdie came on No. 15 when his 25-foot putt for eagle stopped two feet from the hole. I Ie had a birdie putt spin around the hole on No. 8 and another one bump over the lip on No.

9. Love was one of only seven players who started the day within seven strokes of the lead and managed to break par. "I rode a roller coaster on the back he said. "But 1 got in at under par, and today that's a pretty good score." Pate went on the best run in Masters history as the leaders made their way up the first fairway. The seven consecutive birdies broke the record by one.

previously held by Johnny Miller 1 975). Mark Calcavccchia (1992) and David Toms (1998). ing to Sydney 2000 who was also a high impact UVic star in 1998, and world rowing championships double medallist Buffy ASSOCIATED PRESS Greg Norman: 'don't live in past' bogey-free 69 that put him at 4-undcr 2 1 2 with Carlos Franco, Bob Estes and Lee Janzen. Janzen, defending U.S. Open champ, took the lead at 7 under with a 50-foot birdie putt straight down the slope on the par-3 No.

6, only to give it back with consecutive bogeys starting at No. 9. Scott McCarron also had a share of the lead at seven under but fell apart. Like Norman, he also sailed the green on the par-3 12th. The bad news was he found his ball, and could do no better than triple bogey.

McCarron had a 76 to fall back to 3-under 213, along with Steve Elkington, Nick Price and Colin Montgomerie. As for Woods, he made a 10-fix eagle putt at No. 13, almost got another eagle Alexander. two-putt par on 1 8 for a 1 -over 73. "It was a tough day out there," he said.

"I managed to hang on." Still, his three-day total of 209 allowed a host of players even Tiger Woods and David Duval back into the hunt. Steve Pate set the Masters record with seven consecutive birdies for a 7-under 65 that put him two strokes back at 21 1. I Ie was tied with Davis Love III, whose double bogey on the par-5 15th knocked him out of the lead. Love was one of five players who had at least a share of the lead at some point Saturday. But no one seemed to want to stay there, and Augusta wasn't willing to let anyone create too ide of a margin.

That let in players like Ernie Ds, who quietly made his way into contention ith a The last five of 32 female award winners have been Bowden 1998 and 1 997), Atlanta Olympic silver-medallist rower Anna van dor Kamp (1996), Pan-Am Games triple medal list swimmer Katie Brambley (1995) and hometown Commonwealth Games track hero Angela Chalmers (1994). Ryder I lesjedal, whose determination and sturdy leg power on the world mountain biking championship course won him the world junior men's silver medal, was named win ner of lite 1 998 Vkti )ria junior athleteteam of iBULLSV Oilers settle for single point r7 I Timet Colonlit newt tervlcet VANCOUVER Doug Weight scored with 4:44 remaining lo give Edmonton a 1-1 lie Saturday with the Vancouver Canucks. Tk point gave tlic Oilers a four-point over the idle Calgary Mantes in the battle for the eighth and final playoff berth in the West. Weight's goal was a deflection of a shot from Ik side boards by Hill Guam after nk-ie Urcnl Sojx-I gave llic Canucks Uic lead with his first Nl ILgoiil, unassisted on a pow er play earlier in the period. The Oilers have three games left.

The Haines have four, including one against Vancouver Monday in Calgiiry and here Wednesday when the Canucks finish their season. l-t-nfs 9 1'aniht rs 1: At Toronto, Steve Sullivan scored four goals as Toronto's 44ih win lied the single-season club record set in 1992-93. The Leafs have Iwo games left. Subm I Striatum Al Kanala. Dison the year award.

I Ie beat out Canadian junior golfchampion Grdy Scutt. who received his second consecutive nomination, and die Clare-nm! boys' volleyball team, which amassed one of the great records in the history of B.C. high school sports by going 66-0 and winning the provincial AAA tide. Canadian senior men's golfchampion George Stokes, also B.C. masters athlete of the year, won his second straight award as Victoria masters athlete of the The other nominees were Bonnie Pronk, ho set world and Canadian masters sw im-ming records in 1998, andToin Miehcll, who was U.C.'s masters truck mid field athlete of the year.

Voted team of die year for 1998 was Kaihy Shields' UVic: Vikes women's basketball team, which won the national championship last year. The hoops Vikes beat out the UVic women's cross country leant, also CIAU national champions, and the Island Crimson Tide, which won the 1998 Canadian Rugby Super League title and lias produced much of Kith tlc brawn and vfcd ft Caiulu's national team to the upcoming World Cup. Doug Tale coached the rising Canadian rugby seven team to spirited, breakthrough final apjv.iranecs al the Hong Kong Scscns and 1998 Commonwealth t5.iitics and also ik UVk: Vikes lo the naiintt.il university liile and was named Victoria Sportsman of the Year for his efforts. The Distinguished Sen Award went lo I red Cn who has pmv ided yeoman scf site over the years lo the Vancouver Island S-ccr League, i i Slaughter in Chicago The Auotlated Pretl of low and dubious records they auled no part of, Ik Chicago Bulls rt.K hed new depths Saturday night Tk Miami licit kid tk Dulls to (lie lowest point tolal since the intn sUtk ki of tlie ck k. humiliating the skll of a team ih.il once wim 82-49.

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Canucki Josh Holdcn (I) and Bryan McCabe crunch Oiler Bill Guerin Islanders sign I lobcy Baker winner Krog Ward scored early in the second lo give Buffalo a tie. The Senators hold a two point advantage over New Jersey for the lop seeding in the Ottawa has thicc cames left and New Jer-ey four. IH viN 2: Al Montreal. Bri UNIONDAIE N.Y. Ik New Vk Islanders signed highly bailed college free ngctif J.w Kng lo a twu yc.if ci mti.ict urday, Ik deal is world alsml milium US plus In muses.

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Sieve Kariya, bo a finalist for the lloky Baker Award, Ice Maine pat Krog's Wildcats in the national final. The Mighty Dmks arc reportedly inter- csleJ in uniting him ith his broil an RoKlon and Patrick Lli.ts c.kh scored Iwo giK for New Jersey. 1 1m 2 Cupilals Al Washington, Kci-lit Jones and Sieve Duchesne stored early goals for IliiiaJelphia,.