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Rangers break MOHA record Veteran swimmers' outlooks different this year for draftees in seventh round by Herb Garbutt Oakville Beaver Staff 27 | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com continued from p.26 selected Oakville goaltender Ben Blacker -- who has played the last three seasons in Brampton -- to open the seventh round, Rangers forwards Mark Bzowey (Kitchener Rangers) and Matt Luff (Belleville Bulls) were picked later in the round. The selection of Luff set the new record for the number of Oakville Rangers picked in one OHL draft. "Our goal was always to pass that number of nine," said Rangers coach Duncan Harvey. "To have all those guys go as early as they did... that was nice, too." The last two Rangers to be chosen in the draft were goaltenders Adrian Clark and Brendan McGlynn. Clark went in the eighth round to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, and McGlynn was selected in the 11th round by the Kingston Frontenacs. Prior to the selections of Clark and McGlynn, T.J. Fergus -- the son of former Toronto Maple Leafs forward Tom Fergus -- was chosen in the eighth round by Erie. Jackson Bales, who played in the Rangers rep system until this past season, was then selected by the Saginaw Spirit, also in the eighth round. Scott Smith (ninth round to Peterborough), Christian Rajic (11th round to Saginaw) and Michael Choma (15th round to the Barrie Colts) were the other Oakville residents selected in the draft. Smith wore Rangers colours until this past season, Choma left for Brampton in his minor bantam year and Rajic played his entire minor hockey league career in the Greater Toronto Hockey League. "Scottie's a great goalie," Harvey said. "Rajic was always our white whale, a kid we were chasing for years to get (on the Oakville team).... And it was nice to see Mike get drafted as well." One other member of the minor midget Rangers, Cody Petewabano, is expected to be selected in the upcoming Quebec Major JuDuncan Harvey nior Hockey League draft. Harvey suggested Minor midget AAA Rangers coach the Montreal native could be picked in the first two rounds. Though this year's OHL crop set a MOHA record, OHL manager of media and information services Paul Krotz said 12 players from one team being drafted is far from being a league record. The GTHL's Toronto Marlies and Mississauga Rebels each produced 15 draftees a year ago while York-Simcoe -- perhaps a more comparable centre to Oakville -- had 11. The Marlies, who Oakville beat 5-1 in the OHL Cup final last month, had 14 players selected in Saturday's draft. Our goal was always to pass that number of nine. To have all those guys go as early as they did... that was nice, too. -- Jon Kuiperij can be followed on Twitter @Beaversports They had very different Olympic experiences last summer, but neither Tera Van Beilen nor Zack Chetrat are letting that define the rest of their careers. In 2012, Van Beilen delivered personal-best swims to qualify for the London Games, where she narrowly missed reaching the final of the 100-metre breaststroke when she lost a swim-off against South Africa's Alia Atkinson. Chetrat had a close call of his own, but it came months earlier. He also came through with a careerbest performance in the 200m butterfly at the Olympic trials, only to be edged by two one-hundredths of a second for a spot on the Canadian team. Both will head into this summer's World Aquatic Championships with much different outlooks than a year ago. Van Beilen went into the Olympic trials needing to beat the world record holder and a world championship medalist just to get to London. Even she considered herself a major underdog. But Van Beilen had a history of coming through with clutch performances -- from a six gold-medal effort at the Canada Games to a three-medal showing, including a gold in the 100m breaststroke, at the inaugural Youth Olympics. She did it again at Olympic trials as she posted personal-best times to earn a spot on the Canadian team. Even her extensive international experience could not prepare her for an event of the magnitude of the Olympics. "There were a lot, lot, lot, lot of nerves," Van Beilen says with a laugh. "I was kind of like a kid in a candy store. I was in awe of everything. I was in the ready room and Oakville Aquatic Club product Tera Van Beilen no longer hopes to make national teams, she expects to make them.| Steve Russell -- Toronto Star file photo you're seeing world record-holders. It scared me a little. Now I know what to expect. Now I'll let that be motivational rather than a fear." Van Beilen is no longer an underdog. As often happens, there is a changing of the guard after the Olympics as veteran athletes retire. She no longer approaches events like last week's world trials hoping to make the team. She is expecting to make the team. That has a significant impact on how Van Beilen trains. Rather than aiming toward March and April to make teams, her training is tailored for her to peak at the events she is now qualifying for. "I'm only in the mid-portion of my training," said the 20-year-old, who didn't get back in the pool full-time until mid-October after taking an extended break after the Olympics. "My times weren't that fantastic, but they were good enough. They got myself where I needed to be." Van Beilen's winning time in the 200m breaststroke (2:25.84) at world trials was well off the time she set at the Olympic trials last year (2:24.03). Still, she won comfortably by a second and a half. It was a similar story in the 100m breast- stroke, where her time of 1:08.15 was eight-tenths of a second slower than her Olympic qualifying time but still got her to the wall well ahead of her rivals. Chetrat also faced a daunting task at the Olympic trials in the 200m butterfly, having to beat Canadian record holder Stefan Hirniak. Chetrat did it, but it was David Sharpe that earned the Olympic berth by edging Chetrat by the narrowest of margins. Just as Van Beilen has learned lessons at the Olympics, Chetrat gained valuable experience by not making it to London. "I was really concentrating on beating (Hirniak) instead of racing the race," Chetrat said. "Make the race about the 200 fly and focus on me -- my race, my turns, my wall, everything I had rehearsed, put it into action." Chetrat did that in last Wednesday's race at the world trials. He took more than eight-tenths of a second off his personal best to win the 200 butterfly by half a second over Sharpe, finishing in 1:58.01. 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