“ WATERLOO cum oWedmdny. lune 29,2011- zl 7\< 77 4 l , . 1 9th Annual 1 UW swunmer Wins KeyWest race 1 Timmy Rose 1 BY ï¬rm SHIIJON wasn’t without its ups and downs ago. McKnight survived the 34 C Memorial GO“ 1 [in Chronicle "leff and I were training twice a water and ï¬nally got to experience 1 day to get ready for the race, work- the winner’s circle. Tournament 1 1 he of the greatest elements ing on freestyle swimming and “I was pretty happy," he said of 1 1 1 , of sport is its unpredictabil- time trials," McKnight said. “But the race's end. "I knew there was 1 Monday July 11 2011 ‘1 1 1 ity. the sense that anyone when I got to u no one else in front ’ ’ 1 _ can be awinner. Florida. I couldn’t I was pretty of me. I hadn't seen 1 1 1 1 But when Heidelberg native and believe how much hap I knew anyone in a while," Eben Creek a i 1 University of Waterloo student further the length py’ Already looking 1 GolfCourse, 1 J 1 Cameron McKnight became the felt because l'd there was no one forward to 2012, ’ ' mm 1 1 youngest person in history to win never caught the else infront ofme McKnight isn't about 1 1 1 1 the Florida Keys Community OoI~ currents wrong , ' to let a competitor [Med Tee Ofls . 1 ‘ Iege Swim Around Key West, his the first time. The I hadntseen anyâ€" step into his spot- 1 l MAM 1 1 varsity swim coach Jeff Slater was amount of time it one in a While " light. 1 1 1 . anything but surprised. n took me the sec- ' “i want to go back 1 m also available gm WNW at 5.30 PJ'- , ; 1 “it was the expected result. 0nd time was -CamemnMcKnlght and defend my title, 4 1 Slater said of McKnight's victory. unbelievable." he says. “I don‘t want 1 In Support of 1 1 1 "That's what he planned to do. McKnight managed to hold the to lose it.†~ larslii 1 1 “it‘s an open water swim so it lead for much of the race, getting It‘s that determination that sets 1 The Timed“, Rose Manor“! 5d“) p l : doesn't always go your way, but we overtaken once by last year’s win~ McKnight apart from other swim- &Y0lll£h Seatbelt Awareness Programs 1 planned it out so he'd be ready to her Ramses Rodriguez, 39. Still. it mers‘ according to race coordinator 1 “in.†was the water's unexpected ele- Lori Boson When she first met the M'HMMYROSEMEMOM'COM 1 1 At the 14th annual event in the ments that ended up playing tricks biomedical science student back in 519-635-6012 Of email WWW“! . j southern U.S.. McKnight, l8, did on the swimmer. 2008. she knew he had what it just that, ï¬nishing the 20-km race “l was moving so quickly in the takes to eventually claim the race's 1 in four hours I l minutes and I I beginning,†he said with a laugh. “I conch trophy. seconds, thought I'd be done in under three “It's a difficult race. but a» 1 Going up against 150 others, the hours. As we went along I thought, Cameron is so mentally tough and .1 50/0 1 1 race started clockwise off Key West. 0K. we're doing good. we're gonna has a good deal of perseverance in “My,“ 1 1 filtered into the Atlantic Ocean. make it, Then it took me an hour him.".she said. “He has a bright ‘fl-rwï¬mmh-w f l streaitled through the (1qu of Mexiâ€" and 30 minutes to cover a two mile future in swimming if he keeps at Until Jul 29th 1 5 co and ended back at Smathers stretch because the current was it.†' . support my ChurCh y 1 Bay, the other way. I stared at one piece Love of the water aside, McK~ . 1 It was MrKnight's second go of coral for two minutes (trying to night hopes to carry on into neuro~ 1 round as a participant in the race move forward)." surgery. But until then, he's happy supports 1 alter lielinished second in 2008. Undeterred, the former Region to keep splashing around with my congregation 1 [he timing of high school exams of Waterloo SWlm Club member UW's varsrty team â€" and maybe 1 kept him away until 2011, and his kept his eyes on the prize, After Ios~ add some more hardware to his 1 return to Florida's hot waters ing by only 60 seconds three years resume. “I always want to win.†1 4 Pâ€" - e 5 1 †. ‘ V . < ) . . - ' ~ .-~ (lillltliliulltlti 1 . â€f ‘,'I ' , . a . a†0’†~ ~ -» ‘ a " . II1,‘1‘<11 lll","“1ll\ ‘1'1 ‘ 1 .4 n o mu y it; 7" "" . . 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