The Varsity Blues men sit third and women fourth as Day 1 of the 2013 CIS swimming championships wrapped up Thursday night (Feb. 21) at the Calgary Aquatic Centre.
Toronto’s men sit three points out of second place with 163 points, behind the UBC Thunderbirds (176) and host Calgary Dinos (168).
The Blues women (74) trail the third-place Western Mustangs (83) by five points. UBC is first (232) and Calgary second (184) after Day 1.
Fifth-year veteran and Timmins, Ont., native Andrea Jurenovskis kicked off the evening with a bronze-medal finish in the 50-metre backstroke (28.30).
2013 OUA swimmer of the year Zack Chetrat (Oakville, Ont.) then earned the silver medal in the men’s 100 butterfly event (52.58), just 0.70 seconds behind UBC’s Coleman Allen (51.88). U of T’s Edward Liu and Mike Smerek finished in fourth and fifth place.
Jeremie Holdom (Toronto) and Vanessa Treasure (Mississauga, Ont.) both came from behind to finish second in the men’s and women’s 400 individual medley (IM) events, respectively. Holdom finished strong in the last 50 metres, touching the wall in a time of 4:19.67, while Treasure used her breast stroke leg to claim silver with a time of 4:42.88.
Smerek, Brian Lee, Luke Hall and Matthew Myers capped off Day 1 with a bronze-medal finish in the men’s 4x100 freestyle relay (3:18.40).
The championships resume tomorrow (Feb. 22) with preliminaries scheduled for 12 p.m. (EST) and finals at 8 p.m. (EST). All morning and evening sessions will be webcast live on
www.CIS-SIC.tv. Live results are also available on the championship website:
http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/swim/index.
DAY 1 TEAM STANDINGS
Women
1. UBC, 232 points
2. Calgary, 184
3. Western, 83
4. Toronto, 74
5. Montreal, 69
6. Dalhousie, 66.5
7. Laval, 64
8. Alberta, 51
9. Guelph, 48
9. UQTR, 48
11. McMaster, 43.5
12. Victoria, 35
13. McGill, 34
14. Ottawa, 19
15. Wilfrid Laurier, 11
16. Laurentian, 7
17. UQAM, 5
18. Sherbrooke, 5
19. Manitoba, 4
Men (Nelson C. Hart trophy)
1. UBC, 176 points
2. Calgary, 168
3. Toronto, 163
4. Laval, 80
5. Alberta, 78
6. Victoria, 73
7. McGill, 63
8. McMaster, 62
9. Montreal, 45
10. Dalhousie, 42
11. Western, 40
11. Lethbridge, 40
12. Ottawa, 17
14. Manitoba, 14
15. Guelph, 8
16. Waterloo, 5
17. Regina, 3
18. Acadia, 2
DAY 1 INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS (Thursday)
Women 200m Free
1. Lindsay Delmar, Calgary, 1:58.46
2. Heather MacLean, UBC, 1:59.19
3. Savannah King, UBC, 1:59.54
Men 200m Free
1. Coleman Allen, UBC, 1:46.40
2. David Woodman, Calgary, 1:47.39
3. Keegan Zanatta, Victoria, 1:47.52
W 50m Back
1. Gabrielle Soucisse, Montreal, 28.03
2. Grainne Pierse, UBC, 28.05
3. Andrea Jurenovskis, Toronto, 28.30
M 50m Back
1. Kelly Aspinall, UBC, 24.05
(CIS Championship Record)
2. David Sharpe, Dalhousie, 24.56
3. Russell Wood, Calgary, 24.64
W 100m Breast
1. Fiona Doyle, Calgary, 1:06.57
2. Tianna Rissling, Calgary, 1:06.72
3. Tera Van Beilen, UBC, 1:06.80
M 100m Breast
1. Jason Block, Calgary, 59.08
(CIS Championship Record)
2. Konrad Bald, McMaster, 1:00.14
3. Kevin Deret, Laval, 1:00.88
W 100m Fly
1. Alisha Harricharan, Guelph, 59.72
2. Kendra Chernoff, Alberta, 59.77
3. Alana Skocdopole, Calgary, 1:01.17
M 100m Fly
1. Coleman Allen, UBC, 51.88
(CIS Championship Record)
2. Zach Chetrat, Toronto, 52.58
3. David Sharpe, Dalhousie, 53.07
W 400m IM
1. Tianna Rissling, Calgary, 4:37.81
(CIS Championship Record)
2. Vanessa Treasure, Toronto, 4:42.88
3. Katie Caldwell, McGill, 4:44.83
M 400m IM
1. Steven Bielby, McGill, 4:15.14
2. Jeremie Holdom, Toronto, 4:19.67
3. Patrick Cowan, UBC, 4:20.21
W 4 x 100m Free Relay
1. Calgary 3:40.34
(Erica Morningstar, Amanda Reason, Lindsay Delmar, Fiona Doyle)
2. UBC 3:42.47
(Heather McLean, Rebecca Terejko, Brittney Harley, Fionnuala Pierse)
3. McMaster 3:45.45
(Emma Mittermaier, Sarah Taylor, Emily Fung, Meg Sloan)
M 4 x 100m Free Relay
1. UBC 3:15.53
(Kelly Aspinall, Luke Peddie, Sergey Holson, Coleman Allen)
2. Calgary 3:16.94
(David Woodman, Russell Wood, Connor Maxey, Bryan Wray)
3. Toronto 3:18.40
(Mike Smerek, Brian Lee, Luke Hall, Matthew Myers)
