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OkillSportsSPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2011 45JEFF CATON / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTOMAKING STRIDES: Local swimmer Zack Chetrat, pictured representing the University of Toronto Varsity Blues at an Ontario University Athletics meet this year, earned silver and bronze at the worldswim trials earlier this month in Victoria. He needs to trim two seconds off his time in the 200-metre butterfly to meet the world qualifying time for next year's Olympic Summer Games.Two seconds stand between swimmer and OlympicsBy Herb Garbuttmedal in the 200-metre butterfly and ain London.Chetrat had a similar breakthrough last OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFbronze at the 100m fly at the world swim tri-That only serves to provide Chetrat with a year at the Pan Pacific trials, when he broke als earlier this month in Victoria.goal to shoot for. To join the Canadian squad the two-minute barrier for the first time to After an outstanding university seasonChetrat set a personal best in the 200m,in London, he would have to win trials or go beat Hirniak, the Canadian record holder. that saw him win two national gold medals,with a time of one minute, 58.88 seconds.under the world qualifying time. His time of 1:58.97 represented a three-sec-Zack Chetrat recently got an indication of While that brought him to the wall behindIve got a year to take off two seconds, he ond improvement over his previous personal where he stands in terms of his ultimate only Stefan Hirniak, his time was short of thesaid. I think I can do it. Its going to be hard, best.goal.qualifying time for the world championships,but I think I have it in me to take a good run And though each successive drop in time See Chetrat, page 47The Oakville swimmer earned a silverand more importantly, next years Olympicsat it next April (at Olympic trials).