The Varsity Blues men and women both sit in third place after earning eight medals on Day 2 of the CIS swimming championships in Calgary.
Official website (live results & video webcast of finals): http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/swim
Full results: http://www.godinos.com/cisswimming
U of T’s women sit comfortably in third place with 222 points, behind the host Calgary Dinos (545) and UBC Thunderbirds (402.5). The Blues men are in a tight race with Laval for third place, sitting only 10 points ahead of the RSEQ champions.
Third-year standout Zack Chetrat earned his second gold medal in the meet with a dominant performance in the 200-metre butterfly (1:57.45). Teammate and fellow Oakville, Ont., native Curtis Samuel earned the bronze in a time of 2:00.53.
After an impressive silver-medal finish on Thursday, St. Catharines, Ont., native Mike Smerek picked up his first national title in the 50-metre butterfly. The third-year physical education and health student touched the wall in 24.05.
Frank Despond placed third in the men’s 400 freestyle (3:52.81) behind Olympian Ryan Cochrane and Calgary’s David Dimitrov.
"This was a huge step for Frank as this is one of the first times he has gone head-to-head with the big boys,” said Varsity Blues head coach Byron MacDonald. “It’s where he belongs and it was a big breakthrough and a sign of great things to come,"
Toronto’s 4x200 freestyle relay team of Chetrat, Samuel, Bond and Despond also earned the bronze medal with a time of 7:21.30.
Leading the way in women’s action was second-year standout Paige Schultz. The Toronto native edged Guelph’s Chantique Payne in the 50-metre butterfly to claim her first gold medal of the meet.
Also turning heads was rookie Vanessa Treasure with a silver-medal finish in the 200-metre butterfly in a time of 2:14.72. Treasure was only outtouched by Olympian Stephanie Horner of Victoria.
Rounding out the women’s medalists was OUA female swimmer of the year Andrea Jurenovskis, who claimed the bronze medal in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:00.88.
The three-day CIS championships wrap up Saturday with prelims starting at 10 a.m. Mountain Time and finals at 6 p.m. MT.
DAY 2 TEAM STANDINGS
Women
1. Calgary 545
2. UBC 402.5
3. Toronto 222
4. Victoria 162.5
5. Montreal 154
6. Alberta 126
7. Western 120
8. Guelph 111
9. Laval 95
10. Dalhousie 87
11. McMaster 62
12. Ottawa 52
13. Laurier 39
T-14. Lethbridge 31
T-14. McGill 31
16. UQTR 29
17. Laurentian 13
18. Manitoba 13
19. Brock 10
20. UNB 8
Men (Nelson C. Hart trophy)
1. UBC 354
2. Calgary 344.5
3. Toronto 268
4. Laval 258
5. Alberta 164
6. Dalhousie 150
7. Victoria 132.5
8. Montreal 125
9. Ottawa 103
10. McGill 98
11. Guelph 94
12. Western 83
13. McMaster 45
14. Sherbrooke 32
15. Manitoba 26
16. Waterloo 23
17. Lethbridge 13
18. Acadia 6
19. York 4
DAY 2 INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS (Friday)
Women 100m Back
1. Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 59.34
2. Hilary Caldwell, Victoria, 1:00.70
3. Andrea Jurenovskis, Toronto, 1:00.88
Men 100m Back
1. Kelly Aspinall, UBC, 53.89
2. Matt Hawes, Ottawa, 53.98
3. Gleb Suvorov, Calgary, 54.08
W 50m Fly
1. Paige Schultz, Toronto, 27.43
2. Chantique Payne, Guelph, 27.55
3. Caroline Lapierre-Lemire, UQTR, 27.61
M 50m Fly
1. Mike Smerek, Toronto, 24.05
2. Mark Maizonnasse, Sherbrooke, 24.33
3. Joshua Au, Alberta, 24.61
W 400m Free
1. Savannah King, UBC, 4:11.47
2. Julianne Brown, Calgary, 4:14.88
3. Kevyn Peterson, Calgary, 4:16.12
M 400m Free
1. Ryan Cochrane, Victoria, 3:48.13
2. David Dimitrov, Calgary, 3:51.12
3. Frank Despond, Toronto, 3:52.81
W 200m Breast
1. Martha McCabe, UBC 2:23.15
2. Hanna Pierse, UBC, 2:26.84
3. Fiona Doyle, Calgary, 2:28.70
M 200m Breast
1. Jason Block, Calgary, 2:12.11
2. Bryn Jones, Western, 2:12.46
3. Frédéric Le Blanc, Montreal, 2:12.59
W 50m Free
1. Marie-Pier Ratelle, Laval, 25.05 (CIS championship record)
2. Seanna Mitchell, Calgary, 25.27
2. Chantique Payne, Guelph, 25.50
M 50m Free
1. Dominique Massie-Martel, Laval, 22.68
2. Tommy Gossland, UBC, 22.73
3. James Goodway, Calgary, 22.78
W 200m Fly
1. Stephanie Horner, Victoria, 2:12.69
2. Vanessa Treasure, Toronto, 2:14.72
3. Jessica Johnson, Calgary, 2:15.02
M 200m Fly
1. Zack Chetrat, Toronto, 1:57.45
2. David Dimitrov, Calgary, 1:59.69
3. Curtis Samuel, Toronto, 2:00.53
W 4 x 200m Free Relay
1. Calgary, 8:05.63
(Erica Morningstar, Julianne Brown, Talia Benson, Kevyn Peterson)
2. UBC, 8:11.44
(Brittney Harley, Heather MacLean, Savannah King, Fionnuala Pierse)
3. Victoria, 8:16.49
(Stephanie Horner, Siobhan Newell, Hilary Caldwell, Kim Bryan)
M 4 x 200m Free Relay
1. Calgary, 7:17.97
(Connor Maxey, Brad Hankewich, Colin Miazga, David Dimitrov)
2. Laval, 7:19.62
(Dominique Massie-Martel, Vincent Fontaine, Jonathan Blouin, Adam Szoo)
3. Toronto, 7:21.30
(Zack Chetrat, Taylor Bond, Frank Despond, Curtis Samuel)
