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worm no CHRONICLE oWednesday, September to. 2008 . a W-~w~â€"~~*'W~WW# . . . . . YMCA CROSS CULTURAL V SllVel‘ 1111ng for local SWlmmel’ 8‘ 'MM'GRANT SERV'CES I BY GuiltiMAuDoNAti) -- NEWCOM ER YMCA ’“‘”“‘*‘"i”*” a" ” ' EMPLOYMENT CENTRE ' Whiting live silver medals is qtiite a l g . V “a . D m“ . , , y ' a 2* g 800 King St. W., 3rd Floor, Kitchener oiiig it in a span oi two hours is '. ~« fr KCl even more impressive. . ' ~ . 3 g?" (am am 5c ) Scott Fraser Ztl‘t‘tilnpllsllt‘tl lioth at > ‘3 519-579-9622 the recent Canada 557plus games in . 3 ' ext 244 ‘l New Brunswick. , s l ' ' Fraser who lives in Waterloo lin- ~ - ’ 33-. ' , ' . . . ' .1 . . ~ ~ THURSDAY 8:30-7:30 l ished second in five swunnitng events: ‘ . r ‘ " £ _ , l Stlriiietre freestyle, limrinetre freestyle, v .H _‘ t if?" kwymca.org SATURDAY 9-00' 1-00 ‘ IOU/metre individual titedley, 200- I ‘ ' ‘ ' : l 1' metre freestyle relay and Stririetre hot .1, ; . .,,__, mum MON -WEO 8:30-4:30 1 terfly. ,. g “A“? 1 ~ I °m=§ mm many 8:30-12:00 All the events were supposed to take i j , I“ place over two days, but scheduling with?“ . ” [I conflicts led to them being consolidat- orgy: / a l ed into one evening. . I I J “Mme . . "l was racing in the finals for otte I ‘ , (W; event and they were calling my name ' ; ' for the next." the 5?»yearrold said. u ‘ g ‘ " -_ ~ \ p I ~ > ’ Fraser was a competitive swimmer ' w l " 1% ”it... ‘ o ‘ in high school. but fell out oi the sport - V 4 . - . r x t I once he graduated. lfor the next few . - wt ‘ . k, . ’ a . decades. he didn't do much exercising, Pé‘ "“' 3'. 9%}. .2; . . it... ’“’ .. ~ .. . , .- v 4v . 7‘ Nina ) a . a;.’~ ht" except asa [own trim in the annual Sc t‘tF b h h f‘ 1 d l f h Ca d 55 l ,. < . .~ . . _ _ » Oktoberfest parade. o reset mug t ome we Stver me as torn t e na 3 -p us games. But about five years ago. Fraser senior games. of it is racing against yourself," Fraser 6E1. IN THE GAME” decided he wanted to get back into the Fraser had only learned of the c'omi said. Not having much time to worry REP GOLD 11AM “yours CONTINUING! pool. petition last year}. In addition to swigt bhetizeen races kept him from overâ€" WHY N07 JOIN m; FUN??? “i started looking over my shoul- niing, seniors a so compete in tra i- t in ing. der." he said. adding that it was imporr tional athletic events, but also card Fraser is hoping to continue swim- ”EASE NOE TH“ ANYONE lNlERESYED 'N HAYING tant for his health that he become games like hridge. ming and participate in the 2010 REPWW WATERLOOMUSTATTENDAT [EAST more active. Competitors are broken into five- Games. which will be held in THREE 0‘ THE FOUR REPGOlDWYOUlS “l knew I had toget hack into some year age groups and contestants range Brockville, Ont. _ _ W. W ‘3‘ _‘ w t . ’vé"‘éfii'3" :6 form ofphysical activtty," he said from 55 years old to over 80. He figures he wtll still be in shape OHilu‘ngpper ‘. ‘ "’ ’ a . : It wasn't much of an adjustment And the competition is tough at all then, and hopes for an even better fin~ 51 '- ’ ‘ ' getting back into the swing of things. levels. is'h. Sunday, What ”it: ‘ L. “It's like riding a bike," he said. “We Fraser was up against two master “Swimming is a process," he said. @SirEdgorBauer 9' . hard part is getting your endurance swimmers from the University of New “You‘re always striving to improve and 9 r 3 i hack.“ Brunswick, but he held his own. bring yourtimes down." " . ' ‘1 ‘~ _ 1 it took about two months for Fraser. “i just tried to get as much rest as His weekly visits to the pool are “"33wa - who swims at Forest Heights swim« ' pmsihlc between OVENS." he said. ”10 doing more for him than lUSl lmPTDV’ Check wwwwmgsa com orcall 5‘9'7‘7Mcloserb the date > ming pool three times a week. to regain fact that the events were so close ing his athletic health, Fraser added. 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