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Page 10 â€" Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, June 25, 1975 by Mary Johnston Swimming may be just another summer sport for most of us, but it is a highâ€" ly competitive, yearâ€"round activity for members of the YMCA Aquatic Swim team. Eleven times a week, 11 months a year, members of the Aquatic "A~ team head for a swimming pool to cut seconds off their times in the butterfly, 1500 metre and freestyle. e e e t e efi Sn s rt PERM SPECIAL With the national swimâ€" EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY Call Cathy, Susan, Karen and Grayce 724 BELMONT BLVD. â€" 745â€"1912 Westmount Cpiffures YMCA swim team prepares for championship _ IN THE BELMONT PLAZA members who hope to qualify are spending 22 hours a week in the pool. Each morning at 6 a.m. the swimmers arrive at the YMCA or Wilfrid Laurâ€" ier swimming pool. They spend two hours churning through the 68 to 72 degree water under the watchful eye of coach Brian Cartâ€" lidge and a time clock. They pause only briefly every 15 minutes to hear ming championships comâ€" COMPLETE the coach‘s words of advice and to catch their breath. After the morning workâ€" out, the swimmers den their clothes and rush off to school or work. They will return to the pool again at 5 p.m. to swim for anâ€" other two hours. This is the kind of hard work and rigorous training it takes to reach the top of the competitive swim ladâ€" Swimmers in â€" Canada have always had a high reputation â€" internationally, so that makes it harder for new swimmers to beat the best in Canada. **Swimming is the only sport in Canada where we have hopes of getting medâ€" als at the Olympics. We have many record holders in Canada," said Mr. Cartlidge. *‘Competition in swimming in Canada is more competitive than any other sport."* . It doesn‘t matter how much talent you have, you will never get to the top with people of equal talent without good training," he said. der in Canada, says coach Brian Cartlidge. Although he thinks trainâ€" ing is the key to success in swimming, Mr. Cartlidge does not encourage a singleâ€" minded devotion to swimâ€" ming in his swimmers. **The program is demandâ€" ing, no question about it,~ he said. *‘You‘ve got to put your heart and soul into it but it doesn‘t mean you can t do anything else."~ Mr. Cartlidge‘s emâ€" phasis on training has paid off for the team. In April, the club took first place at a Canadian Amateur Swimâ€" ming _ Association â€" "B~ meet. in the same month, Tracy Klinck, 10, of Waterâ€" loo set three new Ontario records at the Ontario age group championships in Ottawa. The highest point in the club‘s 1§ year history came in May when the team won the overall title at the Naâ€" tional "Y* swim championâ€" ships in Waterloo. Team members won 32 of a total 102 events. Excellent inâ€" dividual efforts were turned in by 1liâ€"yearâ€"old Julie Yuska of Waterloo who won eight events and John Heinâ€" buch who won the senior boys® individual event. Ten members of the Kâ€"W team are now qualified to compete in the Canadian summer â€" national â€" swim Jim Hett, Paul ‘‘Brian Cartlidge took over a club with a lot of potential and offered them the type of training proâ€" gram required for compeâ€" titive swimming,"" he said. John Heinbuch, Ron Campâ€" bell, Chris Dixon, Liz Mcâ€" Brien, lan Taylor, Lou Drawczyk, Tim Wilson and Eileen Keith. ‘*We‘ve been coming along in the last three years," said Don Campâ€" bell, the club‘s president. *‘*We‘ve always had a few good swimmers, but the bulk of them have emerged in the last few years . . . Everything is just peaking at the end of this year.~ Mr. Campbell credits the efforts of Brian Cartlidge for the team‘s remarkable performance in the last three years. Mr. Cartlidge has coachâ€" ed the team for the last three years. He previously swam with the University of Waterloo swim team and competed at the national level. *A number of years ago, We honor . . . D.V.A.. Blue Cross, Green Shield and Welfare Drug Plans. By the way.‘ we deliver at no charge to you. 2 t \'_ ( 1 ”,\ % R\\\ . Westmount place & pharmacy 578â€"8800 50 Westmount Rd. N westmount place pharmacy OPEN ... 7 DAYS A WEEK MONDAY to SATURDAY 7 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Vancouver _ Doiphins, Thunder Bay, Point Claire, Montreal, Toronto and Haliâ€" the kids weren‘t training as often as they do now,"~ more they train, the better they will do." He now ranks his team up with the top six swim fax. **We are running programs similar to theirs. The similâ€" arity between the proâ€" grams is amazing,"" he said. Another advantage the loâ€" cal team has is the opporâ€" tunity to use the olympic size swimming pool at Wilfrid Laurier University. Training in an olympic pool helps the swimmers pace themselves and synâ€" chronize turns. Olympic pools are used at all levels of national and international competition but very few teams have the use of these pools for practice. _‘ pool in Toronto," said Mr. Cartlidge. ‘"Toronto clubs come up here to train." Another strategy of the coach is to expose the team members to as much swim meet experience as possiâ€" ble. _ *‘We‘ve tried to expose them to as many meets as possible, so they can learn," said Mr. Cartlidge. "In terms of age, we have a very young team, but in terms of experience,, we have two boys who have sard Mr. Cartlhdge. "In win," hesaid. â€" terms of age, we have a And it looks like they very young team, but in â€" will keep winning as long as terms of experience, we Brign Cartlidge has anyâ€" have two boys who have â€" thing to do with it. Waterl thl i aterloo athletes win © medals at Cambridge When â€" the first Ontario Games for the Physically Disabled ended Saturday in _ Cambridge, ~ several Waterloo residents were happily clutching _ gold, silver and bronze medals. Kathy Weatherall, a 22â€" yearâ€"old University of Waâ€" terloo student, won a gold medal Thursday when she completed the 60 metre 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. SUNDAYS and â€" HOLIDAYS Waterioo competed at the national Grand River Association meets. This team does not practice as often or as hard; but serves as a reserve for future "A‘" team members. their experience to the **There are not as many summer meets available for the "B" team at their level, although they may teams in the city set up the recreation department. Hopefully that will involve them more, so they can find their level of accomâ€" plishment,"" he said. Mr. Cartlidge thinks his swimmers are achieving a good balance between swimming and the rest of their life. However the maintenance of this balâ€" ance is not easy. _ _ ‘‘They have to learn a lot of selfâ€"discipline in swimming,"" he said. ~Swimâ€" mers have to be very orâ€" ganized." â€" **Some athletes do beâ€" come so devoted that swimâ€" ming is all their life, but most of our swimmers are not like that. They have other _ activities besides Dean Mellway, 25; of Waterloo picked up a silver medal when he finished the class III slalom in second place behind Bob Simpson of Dundas. Mellway also won a bronze medal in the 800 metre open. race for class II paraplegics in a time of 20.3 seconds. Alan Slater of Kitchener, a recent graduate of Wilâ€" frid â€" Laurier University, won a gold medal Friday in the weightlifting comâ€" petition. â€" O The club also has a "B"® 171 King St. 745 8445 FAMILIES APPRECIATE OUR FLNE CHAPEL FACILITIES Funeral Home Ltd C@dward 4. FPoobd but