With the OWIAA swimming championships set to go in Sudbury Feb. 2â€"3, Wilâ€" frid Laurier University women‘s swim team is poised to make a run at improving their fifthâ€"place finish at last year‘s meet . WLU women cruised to easy victories over both Waterioo (169â€"99) and Lauâ€" rentian (152â€"117) in OUAA competition last week. The men‘s team, although not as deep as the women, finished off the season beatâ€" itg“{amioo_lflj 19 127.5, but lost 159 to 105 to Laurentian. The OUAA chamâ€" scholarship. After a week in Florida during ROWs winter training session, Bution feels that he‘s beginning to get himself back into shape. He adrmuhcsalkdcl:dind'hachedaoddhndï¬mdyur. ‘Mdzcmumbwfldncmdï¬gdlobim to pay off. This weekend the former Bluevale collegiate student will be competing at the Ontario Senior Championship in Brantford in Gilbert to pace Laurier at provincial finals "All 1 can say is that it‘s a different program than 1 have with Dean," Bution said after his Monday morning swim at Wilfrid Laurier University pool. If Button makes the Canadian Olympic swim team, he won‘t be headed back to Obio. If he doesn‘t qualâ€" ilyflwn,hnd_mislnlnabtduchï¬ngdonolio&n but needs to find his way to a secondâ€"place ranking and a time accepted by FINA (Federation of International Athletics) as well as the 10C (International Olympic Commitiee), if he wants to head to Atlanta. His season with the Buckeyes in Ohio wasn‘t his best. He admits that as a freshman, it was an off season, finishing fourth at the Big Ten in the 100m and a distant 10th in the 200m. The training program at Ohio is different to what he was used to with ROW, but when asked the difference, he admits that he |just couldn‘t put a finger on it. _ â€" ‘mhï¬ï¬uwum rines Feb. 9 â€" 11, with the team looking to place 4 The two day meet held at Laurier pool saw Carolyn Gilbert win five medals, folâ€" Sport & Dasss Smiets, Moex Anomcusenra »rORt 4e . " " Mss SWR | WINTER SALE |roamno six ras Srrwms, ovrameme “M'l'llmlmï¬w r BLOWOUT ns ‘58" _ |Suits & Jackets Deiler VES | The Sale Everyone Waits For |"**" * ~‘59"|30*â€"50*... '“I A 7» . PReLO® SalcHiours | um am. _ WANY Corion Smirts, "A2VY Mn w D w lint al P o y *) / MEN‘s Wean umitep 5+ _ »00s0 Es momma ies wlz $86â€"7070 believes, will be a measuring rod as to how far he has come and how far he has to go. . "I‘m concentrating on my starts and finishes. Swims are won mdlondm.lt!wmalin;bmndlhnlnmmbgon since I‘ve returned. '“flnoldcrmg.lkmywpmdyou‘wabkwpncz your races and make improvements." Next month Button will be attending the Canada Cup meet in Winnipeg, Man. in a meet where he gets to meet the three swimâ€" mwiwmmiddddhmâ€"'lob&iï¬sdhmm and Calgary swimmers Mark Versfeld and Chris Renould. Prior to coming to ROW club five and a half years ago, Bution swam with Versfeld as a member of the Fort McMurray Swim Club in Alberta. Extra No Returns or Exchanges on Sale Merchandise lowed by Sue Miller with four, Darrin Nikolaus, three, Laura King and Jennifer Parâ€" MW,WTW.MB&M.MWMMM house. After the OWIAA and OUAA championships, five WLU swimmers will be preparing for the Feb. 23â€"25 CIAU championships at University of Gueiph: Laura King, Gilbert, Miller, Parsons and Fuke. Swimmers with an excellent chance of mdnwn-d-dsadduan\wMMWMhdd:byh, Nibhs.?tflchndjon(awbdfl-udlhmmâ€"uflq Gilbert and Fuke â€" will travel to Montreal in March for the 96 Olympic Trials Bution is only 4/10ths of 2 second off breaking the World Top 30 time in the 100m and 1.5 seconds off in the 200m. but he‘s Mha'lfly!’d-lb-dbdtmhthagmd dunaadm‘duq:m:m-lnhm With the 10C wimming number of athieres competing in one event, only two athletes from each country are allowed sendam-nahdmmflrmrysmpmpu event gets to atrend the games, while the second swimmer has uw MclhthCquflmumc,muthmnhsdrmdy accomplished in the past. "I know all the talk is about the Otympics, and | admu. | think about them as well Bu,hlhnwmrydn-throlyqx uidshMomd.llldon\Mthm,d‘u:ldumm M(ht(lyuwwibdovlodq'