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Though several of Uavis's gold medal winning perfor mam'es seemed hinged to the not-necessary qualifier that they came at the vxpense of weak fields, Barry did indicate the lack of competition. vspecially m Vic's specialty breast events, contributed to his swimmer's "Take Alan's 100 breast, he swam a super race. his lifetime best - and it was all due to better strategy," said Barry “He wasn't racing to win, he was racing for second, he took it easier the first length while everyone else With all excited about keeping up to Victor. “And his loo free was also terrifit. He went into the raw ranked seventh and finished third. very important for us point-wise, They were without a doubt the best nationals of his life. Alan With our team captain and was a real bonus lo our team .. While other swimmers and clubs took aim at existing world and Canadian best times, Barry instructed his charges to pace themselves in a manner that would produce THEIR best times. A successful variation on the "take care of the nickels and dimes and the dollars will take care of themselves" theme. Barry claims the strategy benefitted his team to the point where it made the difference between winning and losing the title. In fact. as much as HOWE sucoess was based on the gold medal winning performances of Davis, West and the 4x100 relay team. it was also based on individuals' ability to handle not only their opponent, not only the clock. but also themselves, ROW coach Cliff Barry said prior to the nationals that not only would ROW have to win all the events it expected to win in order to grab the men's title, some bonus performances would have to be submitted. That turned out to be Mr. Swanston's specialty. And later, Mike West's, Paul Hess's, and of (bursa Davis's. "All right!" yipped Swanston, who at 22 is the "old man" of ROW's explosive six-pack that snatched the men's title and rode off into the Brantford sunset Saturday night, "And I'm not even a breaststroker." Though his six just-defeated rivals wouldn't be so quick to concur. Swanston was stating fact A freestyle sprinter, he way; elated at finishing second to Davis, a muscular foregone voncheiion in the loom breast, and accordingly paraded around poolside like a proud peacock. With just came. Never yo much fun that sectmd-ptace finish! Especially second to Vic Davis, friend, Region of Waterloo clubmale and eventual top swimmer at last week's Canadian short-course winter national championships Like the star attraction in the movie Jaws, Al Swanston leaped to the pool deck at Brant Aquatic Centre with a wavy whoosh, glistening bends of water blanketing his slender form. The most sensitive timing device couldn't separate his dry-docking from the breaking of a simultaneous smile, (it! 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West's 200 record-setter was won by a hairN breadth over arch-rival Cam Henning. who appeared to gain the advantage of a false start that was not called The winning margin was just over a fifth of a second. Hess also contributed in the cause with lifetime bests in every (went. and the presence of David Swansum and Kevin Auger, though not significant in individual competition, allowed for interchanging in relay evertts that conserved energy for their mates for the finals "ICs not something many people arr aware of, but we really benefit from the fine facility at WIA' and cooperation we get from (athletic director) Tuffy Knight and his staff. it's a close relationship we hope will continue for a long time; And what does the immediate future have in slun- for HUW's whiz kids? One got the impression it's also a role Cliff Barry has been waiting for, Never an it, Just a when As of last Saturday, the when is now The slim Wye-avoid West accomplished what his coach deemed absolutely necessary, winning his back stroke 100 and 200m, and in doing so West recorded the only individual Canadian records - both times breaking his own marks His qualifier for the 100 caused considerable consternation though as he barely squeaked into the finals while attempting to conserve his enema “I think Mike's efforts got him (Davis) up even more. he wanted the times too," said Barry, "Victor can really get worked up, but you can quickly reason with him and he's very good at accepting what you say." "I! KING ST N. WAYEle It's obvious Davis did just that in becoming top swimmer at the meet winning his five gold. He also seemed to be inspired by West's Canadian record-setting times. an internal-type challenge. "I'm not really disappointed with my (too breast) time," he informed a gaggle of newshounds that swooped down on the deck sensing headline stories in the offing. only to watch Davis master the field with ease. in non-record time. “I did think though going in that I had more speed than I did in Gainesville. “Once a race is over however, I just clear my mind totally, you can't be thinking about anything else but your next race .. An enormously intense individual prior to, during, and in some instances after an event, Davis vented only passing frustration on learning his breaststroke times, and said after his 2001M conquest that past performance. good or bad. does not prey on his mind. "We didn't expect him to better records, though I suppose it was possible," said Barry. "lt's difficult to do alone, and Victor was also suffering from a bug the night before competition began. 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