Day 1 Recap

The host Toronto Varsity Blues men and Western Mustangs women padded their lead as Day 2 of the 2013 OUA swimming championships (Feb. 8) wrapped up Friday night at Varsity Pool.
 
U of T’s men (585) have a 110-point lead over the McMaster Marauders (475), with the Mustangs right behind in third with 430 points.  Western’s women (620.5) also widened the gap, with a 117.5-point advantage over the host Varsity Blues (503). The Marauders sit third with 455.5 points.
 
Six more records fell on Day 2, bringing the two-day total to 14.
 
Mike Smerek broke a 2004 record (24.83), leading a Toronto sweep of the 50-metre butterfly in a time of 23.86 seconds. He earned the OUA Major Grand Slam award for his fifth-consecutive win in the event.
 
Fifth-year veteran and Olympian Luke Hall (Swaziland) anchored U of T’s record-breaking 400 medley relay team of Matthew Myers, David Riley and Edward Liu to gold with a time of 3:42.28.
 
Gryphons Evan Van Moerkerke set his second record of the meet in the men’s 100 freestyle, bettering two-time Olympian Colin Russell’s 2009 time (49.17) in 49.14 seconds.  McMaster’s Konrad Bald was one-one hundredths shy of the 100 breast stroke record, claiming gold in 1:01.18 seconds.
 
Toronto’s Matthew Myers nabbed his second gold medal in as many days, winning the 200 backstroke in a time of 1:57.39.
 
Rounding out the men’s gold medalists was McMaster’s Cameron Bailey in the 200 IM (2:01.31) and Western’s Robert Wise in the 1500 freestyle (15:26.78).
 
In women’s action, Western’s Jennifer Trung, Paulyne Kilty, Shannon Nell and Ashleigh Dunnington capped off the night with a record-breaking 400 medley relay performance in a time of 4:11.54.
 
Ottawa’s Taylor Moore broke a 12-year-old record in the 200 backstroke, bettering Olympian Liz Warden’s 2001 time (2:11.62) by a full second in a time of 2:10.60. McMaster’s Alexandra Vanommen rounded out the record-breaking performances in the 100 breaststroke, out-touching previous record-holder Vanessa Treasure to claim gold in 1:10.41.
 
Rookie Marauders swimmer Emma Mittermaier earned her second individual gold medal of the meet, claiming the women’s 100 freestyle title in 56.41 seconds. Guelph’s Alisha Harricharan successfully defended her 50 butterfly title by the narrowest of margins, out-touching McMaster’s Sarah Taylor (27.53) in a time of 27.52 seconds to earn her second gold medal of the championships.
 
Toronto’s Bridget Coley claimed her second straight title in the 800 freestyle in a time of 8:39.11, also her second title of the meet. Ottawa’s Eryn Weldon picked up gold in the 200 IM race with a time of 2:14.99.
 
The three-day event wraps up tomorrow with preliminaries starting at 10 a.m. and finals at 5 p.m.
 
Team Standings – After Day 2

Women
1. Western – 620.5
2. Toronto – 503
3. McMaster – 455.50
4. Ottawa – 243
5. Guelph – 210
6. Laurier – 121
7. Brock – 103
8. Laurentian – 95
8. Queen’s – 95
10. Waterloo – 61
11. Trent – 26
12. York - 10

Men
1. Toronto – 585
2. McMaster – 475
3. Western – 430
4. Guelph – 289
5. Ottawa – 263
6. Waterloo – 128
7. Laurier – 121
8. Laurentian – 68
9. Queen’s – 67
9. York – 51
10. Brock – 27
11. Trent – 4
 
DAY 2 INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS (Friday)

W 200 IM
1. Eryn Weldon, Ottawa, 2:14.99
2. Vanessa Treasure, Toronto, 2:15.29
3. Margot Cunningham, Toronto, 2:16.98

M 200 IM
1. Cameron Bailey, McMaster, 2:01.31 
2. Zach Summerhayes, Toronto, 2:01.87
3. Robert Bonomo, Ottawa, 2:03.09
 
W 100m Free
1. Emma Mittermaier, McMaster, 56.41
2. Andrea Jurenovskis, Toronto, 56.48
3. Paulina Bond, Western, 57.05
3. Sarah Taylor, McMaster, 57.05

M 100m Free
1. Evan Van Moerkerke, Guelph, 49.14 OUA Record
2. Adam Best, Ottawa, 50.38
3. Mike Smerek, Toronto, 50.48

M 1500m Free
1. Robert Wise, Western, 15:26.78
2. David Hatch, Western, 15:40.17
3. Derek Quick, Guelph, 15:51.52

W 200m Back
1. Taylor Moore, Ottawa, 2:10.60 OUA Record
2. Emma Sproule, Western, 2:11.39
3. Margot Cunningham, Toronto, 2:13.16

M 200m Back
1. Matthew Myers, Toronto, 1:57.39
2. Ben Stubbs, McMaster, 1:59.17
3. Austin Mulder, Guelph, 2:02.27


W 100m Breast
1. Alexandra Vanommen, McMaster, 1:10.41 OUA Record
2. Vanessa Treasure, Toronto, 1:11.10
3. Eryn Weldon, Ottawa, 1:11.92

M 100m Breast
1. Konrad Bald, McMaster, 1:01.18
2. Jake Armstrong, Western, 1:01.67
3. Matthew Stephenson, Guelph, 1:03.09

W 50m Fly
1. Alisha Harricharan, Guelph,27.52
2. Sarah Taylor, McMaster, 27.53
3. Paulina Bond, Western, 27.69

M 50m Fly
1. Mike Smerek, Toronto, 23.86 OUA Record
2. Edward Liu, Toronto, 24.39
3. Brian Lee, Toronto, 24.78

W 800m Free
1. Bridget Coley, Toronto, 8:39.11
2. Emma Sproule, Western, 8:49.87
3. Esther Haines, Toronto, 8:52.56

W 400 Medley Relay
1. Western 4:11.54 OUA Record
(Jennifer Trung, Paulyne Kilty, Shannon Nell, Ashleigh Dunnington)
2. Toronto 4:13.27
(Andrea Jurenovskis, Alexandra Kalman, Nathalin Moy, Margot Cunningham)
3. McMaster 4:14.67
(Kieran Liew, Alexandra Vanommen, Virginia Hetherington, Meg Sloan)

M 400 Medley Relay
1. Toronto 3:42.10 OUA Record
(Matthew Myers, David Riley, Edward Liu, Luke Hall)
2. McMaster 3:42.31
(Mitchell Warnica, Konrad Bald, Mohamed Eldah, Marc Muise)
3. Western 3:43.42
(Gordon Barkwell, Jake Armstrong, Peter Serles, Miguel Lozano)
 
 
DAY 1 INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS (Thursday)

Women 200 Free Relay
1. McMaster 1:43.15 OUA Record
(Sarah Taylor, Emma Mittermaier, Meg Sloan, Emily Fung) 
2. Western 1:44.64
(Katie Keeping, Ashleigh Dunnington, Shannon Nell, Kristine Walker
3. Toronto 1:45.99
(Margot Cunningham, Jennifer Tapley, Maddie Timlin, Cathy Phan)
 
Men 200 Free Relay
1. Toronto 1:30.46 OUA Record
(Brian Lee, George Soules, Mike Smerek, Luke Hall)
2. McMaster 1:33.71
(Jeff Braches, Konrad Bald, Ali Rizk, Corey Helie-Masters)
3. Western 1:34.73
(Miguel Lozano, Parker Garrod, Aaron Rode, Ryan Campbell)
 
Women 400m Free
1. Bridget Coley, Toronto, 4:11.56
2. Emma Sproule, Western, 4:13.57
3. Nicole Lachance, Ottawa, 4:19.19

Men 400m Free
1. Zack Chetrat, Toronto, 3:47.87 OUA Record
2. Frank Despond, Toronto, 3:49.95
3. David Hatch, Western, 3:53.68

W 100m Back
1. Andrea Jurenovskis, Toronto, 1:01.16
2. Jennifer Trung, Western, 1:01.48
3. Emily Jones, Laurentian, 1:02.01

M 100m Back
1. Matthew Myers, Toronto, 54.42
2. Evan Van Moerkerke, Guelph, 55.42
3. Adam Best, Ottawa, 55.68

W 200m Breast
1. Vanessa Treasure, Toronto, 2:29.18 OUA Record
2. Eryn Weldon, Ottawa, 2:29.47
3. Alexandra Vanommen, McMaster, 2:30.34

M 200m Breast
1. Matthew Stephenson, Guelph, 2:14.64
2. Konrad Bald, McMaster, 2:14.73
3. Ian Blechta, McMaster, 2:16.53

W 200m Fly
1. Alisha Harricharan, Guelph, 2:13.80
2. Shannon Nell, Western, 2:15.18
3. Jennifer McNaughton, Western 2:16.43

M 200m Fly
1. Zack Chetrat, Toronto, 1:56.34 OUA Record
2. Edward Liu, Toronto, 1:59.34
3. Ben Stubbs, McMaster, 2:00.58

W 50m Free
1. Emma Mittermaier, McMaster, 25.88
2. Sarah Taylor, McMaster, 25.91
3. Andrea Jurenovskis, Toronto 26.24

M 50m Free
1. Evan Van Moerkerke, Guelph, 22.41 OUA Record
2. Louis Wong, Western, 22.82
3. Luke Hall, Toronto, 22.98

W 800 Free Relay
1. Western 8:13.06 OUA Record
(Emma Sproule, Jennifer McNaughton, Victoria Munro, Briana Kilty)
2. Toronto 8:15.08
(Esther Haines, Bridget Coley, Vanessa Treasure, Jennifer Tapley)
3. McMaster 8:27.76
(Emily Fung, Meg Sloan, Jessica MacKenzie, Louisa Chan)

M 800 Free Relay
1. Toronto 7:23.84 OUA Record
(David Riley, Frank Despond, Kent Kikot, Zack Chetrat)
2. McMaster 7:26.72
(Marc Muise, Dominic Walter, Cameron Bailey, Ben Stubbs)
3. Western 7:35.39
(David Hatch, Adam Vowles, Robert Wise, Jacob Kukovica)