Heese and Cadieux come up short in France
Malvern Collegiate's athlete of the year for 1988 Mark Heese has failed to qualify for Beijing for what would have been his fourth Olympics.Heese, along with his partner Ahren Cadieux, who has been living in the Beach, needed a top-10 finish at the final qualification tournament in France this past week, but ended up 17th.Heese was coming off an injury at his last meet in Norway.It's especially disappointing for the pair as their performance from last season, in which they finished 19th, would have been good enough to qualify.They'll now have to settle for closing out their competitive season at home for the national championships at Ashbridges Bay, Aug. 29-31.The veteran Heese will look for his record 11th national title.Competing with the now retired John Child at the last three Olympics, the pair earned bronze in 1996 in Atlanta and fifth place at both Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004.Heese spent his first seven years in Scarborough, moved to Montreal and then came back to the Beach in time for Grade 10 at Malvern Collegiate. He and his wife also had their first home in the Beach, but now with four kids, have moved to a bigger home in Aurora.His new beach volleyball partner, Cadieux, is originally from western Canada, but is now living in the Beach.In an a previous interview, Heese said Beijing would mark his final Olympic training cycle.His wife, he explained, "kind of expected me to retire after Sydney (2000) even. So I've been dragging her along a couple of quads, as we call them, the four-year cycles."And I don't think I could convince her to support me for another four although she probably would if I presented my case. She's been a big supporter of me."A high school phys-ed teacher before becoming a full-time athlete, Heese could go back to that career but also has "a number of different interests" he could pursue such as a coaching or an administrative role within the sport or opening a business with his wife.Follow their season at www.heese-cadieux.com
Heese, along with his partner Ahren Cadieux, who has been living in the Beach, needed a top-10 finish at the final qualification tournament in France this past week, but ended up 17th.
Heese was coming off an injury at his last meet in Norway.
It's especially disappointing for the pair as their performance from last season, in which they finished 19th, would have been good enough to qualify.
They'll now have to settle for closing out their competitive season at home for the national championships at Ashbridges Bay, Aug. 29-31.
The veteran Heese will look for his record 11th national title.
Competing with the now retired John Child at the last three Olympics, the pair earned bronze in 1996 in Atlanta and fifth place at both Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004.
Heese spent his first seven years in Scarborough, moved to Montreal and then came back to the Beach in time for Grade 10 at Malvern Collegiate. He and his wife also had their first home in the Beach, but now with four kids, have moved to a bigger home in Aurora.
His new beach volleyball partner, Cadieux, is originally from western Canada, but is now living in the Beach.
In an a previous interview, Heese said Beijing would mark his final Olympic training cycle.
His wife, he explained, "kind of expected me to retire after Sydney (2000) even. So I've been dragging her along a couple of quads, as we call them, the four-year cycles.
"And I don't think I could convince her to support me for another four although she probably would if I presented my case. She's been a big supporter of me."
A high school phys-ed teacher before becoming a full-time athlete, Heese could go back to that career but also has "a number of different interests" he could pursue such as a coaching or an administrative role within the sport or opening a business with his wife.
Follow their season at www.heese-cadieux.com
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