52 - North Shore News - Sunday, April 14, 2002

MCKECHNIE CUP PRIDE
The Pacific Pride U-23 rugby development side and BCRU
premier team topped the Vancouver rep team 25-15 at
Brockton Oval to take the McKechnie Cup on Wednesday.
Sean O'Leary, Mike Daniels and Capilano RFC product Jamie
Cudmore all scored tries for the Pride while Derek Daypuck
was good for a pair of penalties and two conversions.

COVERING THE GAMES PEOPLE

NEWS photo Julie Iverson

CAP College Lady Blues striker Sarah Regan, left, accepts her North Shore Sport Award in the open female
category at a ceremony Wednesday night at Park Royal. Presenting is Laura Jones of North Shore Athletics.
Regan was also given the CCAA female athlete of the year award that same night.

Sarah Regan reigns supreme
Jan-Christian Sorensen
jsorensen@nsnews.com

SHE'S come a long
way, baby.
When
Sarah
Regan
accepted her North Shore
Sport Award for top open
female on Wednesday night
at the award ceremony, it
capped off a remarkable
three-year rise for the Carson
Graham product and Cap
College Lady Blues soccer
team striker.
Regan earned an astounding 15 local, provincial and
national sport awards this
season en route to helping
the team to its fifth national
title in the past seven years the biggest honour being the
CCAA female athlete of the

year award, which was also
presented to Regan on
Wednesday night.
To recap, here's Regan's
2001 season resume: the
BCCAA provincial female
athlete of the week (Sept.
30); BCCAA top goal scorer
(nine goals in 11 games);
BCCAA conference all-star;
BCCAA provincial championship title; BCCAA provincial tournament all-star and
best forward; CCAA national
championship title; CCAA
all-Canadian; CCAA national
tournament all-star and best
forward; CCAA female athlete of the month (October
2001); CCAA female soccer
player of the year; 2001 Cap
College Blues female athlete
of the year; 2001 BCCAA

female athlete of the year;
North Shore Sport Awards
for top team and top open
female; and the CCAA female
athlete of the year.
However, when she first
started on the team, says Cap
head
coach
Doug
Abercrombie, things didn't
go quite so swimmingly.
"Her first year, to put it
bluntly, was a bit of a disaster
for her. She just wasn't
focused on school and wasn't
focused on soccer and didn't
know what she wanted to do.
It's typical of a kid coming
out of high school."
Whatever the case, Regan
still picked up a provincial
and national title and a
BCCAA conference all-star
nod that season.

DOUG ABERCROMBIE
Her second season with
the Blues almost was a noshow - due to a then newlyadopted school stipulation
that required students to
See Regan page 54