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interested in dolls, one Castlegar
elementary school kid is taking
strides toward what could well be
her future. At just 11-years-old,
she’s already treading where few

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Barbies and blushing
‘at boys, Nicolle Binnie
strides toward what may

While stil just 11 years old,
it’s impossible to say if she'll get
where she wants to go, but so far,
Sipe! gone places few others her

when she competes
the only elementary school stu-
dent in the East/West Kootenay

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kilometre runs.

‘Today, there a lot of high school
kids who wish they could do it as
well as this Grade 6 kid at Kin-
naird elementary school.

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championships.

Like a lot of dedicated runners
Nicolle visualizes the future like
a ribbon at the finish line.

“I hope to get even better and

others her

thirds.
“Brenda and Den Binnie, who do
double duty as momand dad, and
coach and trainer, admit to being
just a little astonished with their
youngster.

“We're amazed to the fact that

she takes into her own heart to go
out and run every night,” said

“When she’s doing that well right now that does give you an
indication she might be pretty darn good later on.”

. Maybe someday go ials,”

to provincials,’
she said, when Sisked about the
immediate future.
The long-term finish line is a
little less clear.

“Well, if I, well, I don’t know, um
well, later later later, I'd like to go

, to the Olympics. Like, later later

As for competing against kids a
lot older than her, Nicolle said it
really makes no difference to her.
It’s basically all in the attitude.

“I just think, well the worst I
can do is come last.”

And she hasn't done that too

In four other races this year
she’s had a pair of seconds and

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Brenda Binnie, who is an accom-
pushes body- builder in her own

Stil, Nicolle’s recent success in
athletics didn’t come entirely out
of the blue, her mom said.

“She's been very athletic right
from day one. She's been a racer,
arunner, she does basketball, vol-
leyball and she’s a dancer too. She
never stops, its just great to watch
her do this stuff.

And there may be others who
may start keeping a watch on
Nicolle Binnie as well.

“If they are in a training pro-
gram at that young an age then

can still improve if
they keep at it at the same inten-

e have gone.

sity,” said Sally Willis, who coach-
es the cross-country team at
Selkirk College.

Willis, who is also the college's
athletic director, said obviously
the kid has potential, so it’s basi-
cally up to her how far she goes.

“There's always that potential,
but it goes on how much you train
and how much you put into it,”
Willis said.

“When she’s doing that well
right now that does give you an in-
dication she might be pretty darn
good later on.”

Besides mom, dad and her
school mates, Nicolle has made
some other fans who could be im-
portant in the life of an 11-year-

“She's great, always has been
and getting better all the time,”
said Kinnaird elementary school
principal Dino Zanet. “She's a
great all-around kid and she’s cer-
pene a great runner, that’s for

nf ahe finishes in the top 21 run-
ners in (oeniee tochciony se she
qualifies for the provincial cham-
pionships in Abbotsford Nov. 16.
But even if she wins the race she
might not get to go, because usu-
the aren't open to