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Colin Russell

Colin Russell

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/8/2010
  • Sport
    Swimming
  • Bio
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2008 Olympian Colin Russell broke four OUA records and swam his way to five gold medals in leading the Varsity Blues men’s swimming team to their seventh consecutive conference title this weekend in St. Catharines, Ont.
 
Named the 2010 male swimmer of the meet, Russell first set a new OUA standard in the men's 200m freestyle with a time of 1:47.23. The fifth-year arts and science major went on to win the 100m freestyle in a record time of 49.17 seconds. He set his third individual OUA record on day four in the men’s 50m breaststroke, claiming gold in a time of 28.42.
 
The Burlington, Ont. native also anchored the record-breaking men's 4x100m medley relay team of Cam Cummings, Stevan Kalaba, and Zack Chetrat, setting a new OUA standard of 3:44.81.
 
Russell claimed his fifth gold medal in the fourth-day event, winning the 50m freestyle race on Sunday in a time of 22.94.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
11/23/2009 Nick Magalas Men's Basketball
11/23/2009 Shilin Cheung Women's Badminton
11/16/2009 Megan Brown Women's Cross Country
11/16/2009 Luke Spooner Men's Water Polo
11/9/2009 Nicki Schutz Women's Basketball
11/9/2009 John Smits Men's Soccer
11/2/2009 Michael Braithwaite Rowing
11/2/2009 Megan Brown Women's Cross Country
10/26/2009 Kristen Shier Field Hockey
10/26/2009 Michael Braithwaite Rowing
10/19/2009 Nordo Gooden Men's Soccer
10/19/2009 Jennifer Held Women's Lacrosse
10/13/2009 John Smits Men's Soccer
10/5/2009 Jake Gallo Baseball
10/5/2009 Natalie Provenzano Field Hockey
9/28/2009 Alexander Raphael Men's Soccer
9/28/2009 Jennifer Held Women's Lacrosse
9/21/2009 Andrew Gillis Football
9/21/2009 Yoko Murphy Women's Lacrosse
9/14/2009 Samantha Cassista Mountain Biking
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