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OkillSports30SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2011 Chetrat sets four records at OUA swimming meetOlympic hopeful in "rarified room", U of T coach saysBy Herb GarbuttClub member Curtis Samuel as well asOAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFVarsity Blues teammates Frank Despondand Andy Townsend, they finished inIt was not the number of records Zack7:27.15, bettering the 1991 mark of Chetrat set, though establishing four new7:29.57.marks at the Ontario University AthleticsChetrats performance led the Varsityswim championships is a pretty impressiveBlues to their eighth straight OUA mensfeat. title.Instead, what caught the eye of MacDonald calls Chetrat a tough swim-University of Toronto coach Byronmer, saying he has the ability to summonMacDonald was how long those recordsan outstanding performance under almosthad gone untouched. If you ignore the factany conditions. Chetrat has been workingthat one of the records the Oakville swim-with Australian John Rogers at U of Tsmer toppled was his own, the four touch-high-performance centre this year andstones had been on the books for an aver-because of Chetrats toughness, he isage of 16 years.handled differently than other swimmers.If a record is broken every two, threeJohn did not back Zack off. In swim-or four years, you see that its not that dif-ming, youre only supposed to bring yourficult, MacDonald said. When you startA game once a year, the rest is what we calltaking down records that are 10, 20 yearshard work. Zack is such a workhorse, heold, thats an indication that youre in rari-can take a hard workout and turn aroundfied room. You look at Alex Baumann (athe next day and give you a great race. Hesdouble gold medalist and world record set-a tough, tough guy.ter at the 1984 Olympics) and he still holdsMacDonald said he saw great potentiala couple OUA records. It puts it in perspec-in Chetrat when he recruited him and thetive that youre starting to reach an unpar-former White Oaks student continues toalleled level.realize what his coach envisioned. The granddaddy of Chetrats records A Canadian Interuniversity SportMICHELLE SIU / OAKVILLE BEAVERwas the 400-metre freestyle, where hechampionship in his first year. Check. WILDCATS ADVANCE:Courtney Brand of the Holy Trinity Titans (left) attempts to block a hit topped the mark of David Schmilt, who set Multiple CIS titles and winning aby White Oaks Wildcats player Kirsten French during Wednesday's Halton senior girls' volleyball AAAA the record while swimming for Brocknational title in club swimming. Check. quarter-final contest at Trinity. The Titans won in straight sets to advance to the semifinals against the University in 1985, a year after he repre-This year, MacDonald wants Chetrat toGeorgetown Rebels.sented Canada at the Olympics in Losbecome a regular at international events.Angeles. The 20-year-old Chetrat didntAnd not just make the team, but producejust beat the record, he took more than aresults. He then sees top 20 in the worldPlenty of Oakville squads second and a half off, finishing in a time of and top 15 in the world the standardthree minutes, 51.59 seconds (beating thethat would land him on the Olympic teamold record of 3:53.22). in the following year.alive for Halton titlesChetrat also established new OUA stan-So far hes holding true to form, saidIt appears that Oakvidards in the 100m and 200m butterfly. Thelle schools willTuesday's final.MacDonald. be heavilyThe T200m mark topped his own record set inier 2 finals in both senior and juniorZacks a born racer. He might be too represented when the Halton Secondaryboys' basketball will be all-Oakville match-his rookie season of 2009. At that time, thetired to set a record but hell give you School Athletic Association holds previous record by Bob Hayes had stoodits boys' basketballups. St. Thomas Aquinas andeverything he has. and girls' volleyball cham- King's Christian pfor a decade. Chetrat became the firstionship games next week at Sheridan Collegiate will clash in the senior game,Other medal winners at the OUA cham- College.while Tswimmer to break the two-minute mark inpionships included Oakvilles Katie Fox,.A. Blakelock and Aquinas will meet in As othe event, with a time of 1:59.25.fthe junior title game.who helped the Western 200m freestyle yesterday (Thursday), there was a possibilityOf his three individual records, therelay team win a bronze medal. The that local teams would fill seven of Many local teams were still also in conten-the eight Halton finals berths available for100m butterfly was the most recent, hav-Western womens team also defended its tion for girls' volleyball crowns as of yester-Tuesday's championshing been set in 2004. It was also the clos-ip dayOUA championship.. In senior Tier 1 day.pest. Chetrat shaved three one-hundredthslayFormer Abbey Park student Chad, the Loyola Hawks and Holy Trinity In senior, Loyola and White Oaks have Toff the time of Westerns Brad Vanderkam,itansJohnson helped Guelph take the bronze were both scheduled to host semifinal reached the AAAA semifinals, while Aquinas games against Burhitting the wall in 53.86 seconds.lington opponents yester-is in the A/AA semis. In juniormedal in the mens 200m freestyle relay., T.A. Blakelock dayChetrat needed some help with the finalJohnson also qualified for the CIS champi-. Loyola and Trinity were also set to collide is in the AAA semifinals and Aquinas is in the record as the U of T 4x200m relay teamin the junior Tier 1 semifinals, with the win-A/AA semifinals.onships in the 50m freestyle. ner advancing to wiped out a mark as old as Chetrat.face either Burlington'sThe CIS championships will be held in The girls' volleyball finals will be contested Nelson or Georgetown's Christ the KingTeaming up with fellow Oakville AquaticsCalgary Feb. 24-26. in Thursday.