fleetest schoolboy) is blue chip hoops recruit, shouldn have any problems keeping up in UBC fast breaking offensive system inthe fall. (Wilson Wong, PNG)

BURNABY Nakai Luyken admits he didn really have a lot of time to iron out all of the wrinkles in his stride. high school championships Saturday afternoon at Swangard Stadium, had never run on track in his life before this season. Triple A basketball championships, was always in the gym draining jump shots and driving through defenders.

But this spring, Luyken who begins a CIS hoops career in the fall with the UBC Thunderbirds decided that he give the sprints a go.

is my first year even running since maybe when I was in Grade 6, so this means a lot, smiled Luyken, who won Saturday race in 11.2 seconds. didn even expect to make it to the provincials. I didn know if I was super fast. I just figured that I was faster than most. clocking an 11.16 second personal best at the Fraser Valleys a few weeks ago, Luyken decided to get as serious as he could.

I started practicing my starts, he continued. got a pair of my own starting blocks and started practicing every day. the end, it was enough to edge a pair of Coquitlam runners. Nicholas Ayin of Gleneagle finished second at 11.29, while James Linde of Dr. Charles Best was third at 11.37.

Luyken isn sure if he run track at UBC. In fact, if his basketball career takes off the way Thunderbirds head coach Kevin Hanson feels it can, UBC could have one of its most exciting players ever.

Kelowna Keefer Joyce had many wondering if Peter Ogilvie 1990 meet record of 10.46 would fall this season after he turned in a sizzling 10.95 in Friday qualifying heats.