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A n d a mong the world‘s best, three Soâ€" viet swimmers â€" Sergey Zabololrov, Vladimir Shemetov and Victor Kuznetsov â€"â€" came to mind. "I raced against all three: (Sovintsy ar un. Snss o i ontanak 121. West now looks forâ€" best and beat them. l(n!:e &1’:0":0")' it‘S _ ward to getting even And among the (the sumime, Oit E059 _ faster for the national world‘s best, three Soâ€" in) L.A mi'rith ympx;:s championships July 27 viet swimmers â€" Sergey deace"" ©°"U~ in Montreal and the Zabolotrov, Vladimir * Panâ€"Am Games in Auâ€" Shemetov and Victor West beat Shemetov Bust, after which he‘ll Kuznetsov â€"â€" came to and Kuznetsov in the eventually train to a mind. 100, and, although he schedule allowing himâ€" "I raced against all finished behind Sheme. â€" self to peak for the hree (Soviets) at the tov and Zabolotrov in summer Olympics r-â€"_â€"_--_â€"--.flggg‘-_--- n > B &z & «poâ€"z &# Swimming before sellout crowads that hadn‘t forgotten the exâ€" cellent performances ofâ€"swimmers there during the Commonâ€" wealth Games in 1978, West had the opportuâ€" nity to show himself and others that he can go against the world‘s best and beat them . He set a Canadian record of 56.64 while taking gold in the 100 back, then improved on that time in a medley relay with a new Comâ€" monwealth record of 36.45, but the imporâ€" tance goes beyond the medals and times. The 18â€"yearâ€"old Uniâ€" versity of Waterloo stuâ€" dent represented the Region of Waterloo Swim Club in fine fashâ€" ion with one gold meda] and another bronze while setting Canadian and Commonwealth reâ€" cords in the 100 and 200 metre backstroke. ‘"*Next to the (»humpionship_s Olympics, this i biggie,"‘ said y whose individual formance at the G; in Edmonton w biggie in its own r; When it comes to saying where the 1983 W orl d University G a m es sit in the overall S('hem‘. o f things, Mike West doesn‘t waste words. Chronicle Staft Richard O‘ ‘Brien s~; WELSEN_ _"~1 Records tumble "~_â€"s Femputens | at Athlete‘s Foot and see our complete line of aflqrdable a a a mm «css | track competition today. ' A-_t.o!a[ 0f 14 new mans AUTHORIZED rranm in Eo Mike takes a step in. Olympic direction at the Games was _ right d Uni world s and is the West. ‘"After beating them (in Edmonton), it‘s nice to know I can go to PWR AC LNE World Aquatics Chamâ€" pionships and they beat | o e ‘‘ said West tahli.n _<, C‘ , ‘% new meet recor ; _ wer, established and another one was tied S iday at the Athlete‘s Foot track competition at Seagram Stadium. Outstanding performances included Scott MacDougal‘s record time of 49 seconds in the open 400 metres. And Betty Ann Schnurr, after taking a year off to have a child, ran the 800 in her best time ever, 2: 14, to finish second in open competition. The meet featured an iron man competition in which runners accumulate points in 800, 1,500 and 3,000 metre events. Scarborough’s Scott Hesketh finished first in this ahead of local runners Ganesh Kannapin and Paul Self. & set a Commonwealth record of 2: 01.63. the 200, he did take two seconds off his time to West relaxes "As t;â€";v.fizaer it‘s gold, only time will tell." medal‘s within reach right now. dent," he him the me; beating the swimmers in Richard O‘ Brien photo which are little more than a year away . And when he goes t{lere,»_he’ll take with with his dog feeling confi sait_ir._"‘rl feel a memory of Soviet Edmonâ€" with