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21| W aterloo C hronicle | T hursday,F ebruary 22,2018 w aterloochronicle.ca Waterloo ChronicleVoluntary Pay Contribution Program We ask you to consider contributing $30 per year towards delivery of your Community Newspaper. Many of our Readers have made the decision to show their support for the Waterloo Chronicle. It is our pleasure to provide the Waterloo area with a Community Newspaper. 630 RIVERBEND DRIVE, UNIT 104, KITCHENER, ON N2K 3S2 fOR MORE INfORMaTION Call 519-623-7395 ext. 260 Yes! I would like to contribute to the Waterloo ChroniclePlease find a cheque for $30 enclosed for a 1 year contribution. Signature: _________________________________________________________ Name: _____________________________________________________________ address: ___________________________________ City:___________________ Postal Code: ____________________________ Phone #: _______________________________ We Appreciate Your Support! SPORTS Visit waterloochronicle.ca for more coverage Even after break-ing the provincialrecord in the 4 x100-metre free- style, the Waterloo Colle- giate Institute swim relay team has their sights set on more. Canek Bracho Magan- da, Ian Friesen, Disala de Silva, and Christian Iveson posted a time of 3:39.18 at the Central Western Onta- rio Secondary Schools As- sociation (CWOSSA) swim championship at Wilmot Recreation Centre in Ba- den on Feb. 14, nearly 1.5 seconds clear of the previ- ous record set by Resurrec- tion in 2010. They beat sec- ond-place finishers from Centennial by almost three seconds. De Silva, who swam third in the relay, says the team will look to break the record even further at the provincial finals (OFSAA) on Feb. 27-28 in Windsor. "We're all looking for- ward to OFSAA, especially because it's a travel meet, and there's so much hype, and your adrenalin gets up," said de Silva. "We're looking forward to break- ing that record even fur- ther." The quartet broke the record in the race called the open freestyle, which is meant for swimmers who compete for clubs outside the high school setting; De Silva competes at Club Warriors at University of Waterloo. "We just went for it, we knew that we were fast," de Silva added. "We were like, lets go all in and try to achieve it [breaking the record] and see how close we get, be- cause obviously we're go- ing to get another shot at OFSAA." The 17-year-old Grade 12 student also qualified for OFSAA 50 and 100-m free- style individual races as well as the 4 x 50-m medley relay with his teammates. Waterloo Collegiate In- stitute (WCI) finished sec- ond in the tournament overall while Centennial Collegiate from Guelph took home first; Bluevale Collegiate Institute fin- ished in third. De Silva has a very busy practice schedule and par- ticipates in eight to nine practices a week with be- ing approximately two hours and 15 minutes in length. "We're just hitting peak season, so we're just com- ing off a solid 2 months of training," said de Silva, who primarily competes in the freestyle and butterfly disciplines. De Silva, who only be- gan swimming at the age of 13, hopes when he gradu- ates, he can compete for a varsity swim team in Onta- rio. Two of his idols in the swim world are Singa- pore's Joseph Schooling and Caeleb Dressel, who hails from the U.S. "I've been following him for some time [Schooling], when he was young, he met Michael Phelps while Phelps was an Olympian. At the most recent Olym- pics, he actually beat Phelps. I watched the race, and it quite fascinating to see someone [complete their goal like that]. His goal was to beat Michael Phelps and he said he would, and in the end he ac- tually ended up doing it." Schooling bested the su- perstar Phelps in the 100-m fly, becoming the first gold- medallist in Singapore's history. De Silva idolizes Dres- sel, the American record holder in the 50 and 100- m freestyle, because of his ability to have even splits during a 100-m race. Most swimmers slow down in the back half of the race. WCI swimmers break relay record at CWOSSA School finished second overall to Guelph's CCVI NAMISH MODI nmodi@waterloochronicle.ca 37 schools competed at the CWOSSA swimming championship on Wed. Feb. 14 including Centre Wellington District High School. Guelph's Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute finished first while WCI and Bluevale finished second and third. Namish Modi