Results

University of Toronto Varsity Blues veterans Hannah Genich and Cam Kidd both earned national titles on Day 2 of the 2020 U SPORTS Championships (Feb. 21) in Victoria, B.C.
 
TEAM STANDINGS: The Blues women sit in second place with 701.5 points, behind the UBC Thunderbirds (744.5) and ahead of the Calgary Dinos (590.5). Toronto's men move into third place with 537 points, behind UBC (719) and Calgary (571) and ahead of McGill (530).
 
WOMEN'S RESULTS: Genich, a fourth-year veteran from Cobourg, Ont., won her second career individual national title, touching the 50 butterfly wall in 27.31 seconds. It marks Genich's second medal of the meet after earning silver in the 100-metre butterfly on Day 1.
 
Later in the night, Genich swam an incredible last 50-metres to earn the 200 butterfly silver medal in 2:13.93. Fellow veteran Georgia Kidd claimed the bronze medal in 2:14.66.
 
Genich, along with Claire Howard, Georgia Kidd and Aleksa Gold capped off Day 3 with a bronze-medal finish in the women's 800 freestyle relay in 8:20.55.
 
Gold opened Day 2 with a silver-medal standing in the women's 100 backstroke, clocking a time of 1:02.21.
 
Fellow sophomore standout Ainsley McMurray earned the 50 freestyle silver medal in 26.12 seconds, while Rachel Rodé finished in a three-way tie for the bronze medal in 26.47 seconds.
 
Rookie Abby McDonald placed fifth in the women's 200 breaststroke in 2:35.70, while Claire Howard (4:23.16) and Kate Rendall (4:24.32) placed sixth and seventh, respectively, in the 400 freestyle.
 
MEN'S RESULTS: Fourth-year standout Cam Kidd reached the podium twice on Day 2, including his first career U SPORTS individual title. Kidd struck gold in the men's 50 freestyle, touching the wall in 22.77 seconds.
 
Earlier in the night, Kidd earned the men's 50 butterfly bronze medal for the second time in three years with a time of 25.05 seconds.
 
Fellow veteran Osvald Nitski earned his second national bronze medal of the meet, touching the wall in 2:03.19 in the men's 200 butterfly.
 
Rookie Max Tambling placed fourth in the men's 400 freestyle in 3:58.52, while Graeme Aylward was also fourth in the 200 breaststroke (2:17.96).
 
Tambling, Bernard Godolphin, Gael Chaubet and Bjoern-Ole Schrader ended the night with a sixth-place finish in the 800 freestyle relay in 7:35.85.
 
UP NEXT: The championships wrap up tomorrow (Feb. 22) with preliminaries set to begin at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. local) and finals scheduled for 9 p.m. EDT (6 p.m. local).

DAY 2 TEAM STANDINGS
 
Men (Nelson C. Hart Trophy)
 

1. UBC, 719 points
2. Calgary, 571
3. Toronto, 537
4. McGill, 530
5. Victoria, 336
6. Ottawa, 311
7. Regina, 276
8. Montreal, 244
9. Alberta, 207
10. Western, 187
11. Laval, 175.5
12. Waterloo, 108
13. Acadia, 86
14. McMaster, 69
15. Dalhousie, 46
16. Manitoba, 45
17. Guelph, 38
18. Lethbridge, 21
19. Sherbrooke, 20

Brock, 20

21. Thompson Rivers, 12.5

Women
 

1. UBC, 744.5, points
2. Toronto, 701.5
3. Calgary, 590.5
4. Victoria, 411.5
5. Montreal, 363.5
6. Ottawa, 241
7. McGill, 212.5
8. Western, 194
9. Dalhousie, 170.5
10. McMaster, 167.5
11. Laval, 151
12. Manitoba, 125.5
13. Guelph, 87
14. Alberta, 86
15. UNB, 50
16. Regina, 49
17. Laurentian, 44
18. Laurier, 42
19. Acadia, 39
20. Waterloo, 36.5
21. Sherbrooke, 30
22. Lethbridge, 24
23. UQTR, 21

DAY 2 MEDALISTS:

M 100m Back

1. Markus Thormeyer, UBC, 53.51 (U SPORTS Record)
2. Robert Hill, Calgary, 56.05
3. Anders Klein, Calgary, 56.18

 
M 50m Butterfly

1. Kier Przyswitt, Alberta, 24.99
2. Dmitriy Lim, UBC, 25.01
3. Cameron Kidd, Toronto, 25.05

 
M 400m Freestyle

1. Davide Casarin, Ottawa, 3:54.59
2. Nathan Beaudin-Bolduc, Laval, 3:55.57
3. Peter Brothers, Calgary, 3:56.56

 
M 200m Breastroke

1. Jaren LaFranc, UBC, 2:15.49
2. Benjamin Blackmon, Calgary, 2:17.66
3. Will Barrett, Ottawa, 2:17.79

 
M 50m Freestyle

1. Cameron Kidd, Toronto, 22.77
2. Anthony Iliouchetchev, Manitoba, 23.31
3. Antoine Bernard-Lalonde, Montreal, 23.37

 
M 200m Butterfly

1. Ambroise Petit, Laval, 2:01.94
2. Dmitriy Lim, UBC, 2:02.17
3. Osvald Nitski, Toronto, 2:03.19

 
M 4x200m Freestyle Relay

1. UBC, 7:30.83

(Alexander Pratt, Raben Dommann, Brodie Young, Markus Thormeyer)

2. Calgary, 7:33.36

(Peter Brothers, Teddy Kalp, Paul McKenzie, Robert Hill)
 

3. Ottawa, 7:34.34

(Davide Casarin, Louis Bertrand, Thomas Boyd, Nathan Schiffmann)
 
W 100m Back

1. Danielle Hanus, Victoria, 1:01.29
2. Aleksa Gold, Toronto, 1:02.21
3. Olivia Ellard, UBC, 1:02.73

 
W 50m Butterfly

1. Hannah Genich, Toronto, 27.31
2. Hoi Lam Tam, UBC, 27.46
3. Marie-Lou Lapointe, Montreal, 27.49

 
W 400m Freestyle

1. Emily Overholt, UBC, 4:10.27
2. Danica Ludlow, Calgary, 4:12.77
3. Marit Anderson, Calgary, 4:17.74

 
W 200m Breastroke

1. Kelsey Wog, Manitoba, 2:22.42 (U SPORTS record)
2. Hillary Metcalfe, UBC, 2:33.01
3. Megan Deering, Western, 2:33.49

 
W 50m Freestyle

1. Hoi Lam Tam, UBC, 25.92
2. Ainsley McMurray, Toronto, 26.12
3. Isabel Sarty, Dalhousie, 26.47

Rachel Rode, Toronto, 26.47
Samiha Mohsen, Calgary, 26.47
 
W 200m Butterfly

1. Danielle Hanus, Victoria, 2:11.00 (U SPORTS record)
2. Hannah Genich, Toronto, 2:13.93
3. Georgia Kidd, Toronto, 2:14.66

 
W 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay

1. UBC, 8:14.30

(Josie Field, Megan Dalke, Mackenzie Gunther, Emily Overholt)
 

2. Calgary, 8:14.45

(Marit Anderson, Danica Ludlow, Allison McCloy, Laura Albers)
 

3. Toronto, 8:20.55

(Claire Howard, Georgia Kidd, Hannah Genich, Aleksa Gold)



DAY 1 MEDALISTS:
 
M 200m Freestyle

1. Markus Thormeyer, UBC, 1:48.29
2. Davide Casarin, Ottawa, 1:48.94
3. Alexander Pratt, UBC, 1:51.11

M 50m Back

1. Clément Secchi, McGill, 25.82 U SPORTS record
2. Robert Hill, Calgary, 26.10
3. Thomas Lafontaine-Giguère, Montreal, 26.63

M 100m Breast

1. Jaren LeFran, UBC, 1:03.02
2. Graeme Aylward, Toronto, 1:03.21
3. Benjamin Blackmon, Calgary, 1:03.50

M 100m Fly

1. Clément Secchi, McGill, 53.55
2. Dmitriy Lim, UBC, 55.06
3. Osvald Nitski, Toronto, 55.23

M 400m IM

1. Josh Zakala, Victoria, 4:21.80 U SPORTS record
2. Brodie Young, UBC, 4:23.07
3. Brian Palaschuk, Regina, 4:23.60

M 4x100m Freestyle Relay

1. UBC, 3:24.33

(Alexander Pratt, Matthew Meuleman, Dmitriy Lim, Markus Thormeyer)

2. Toronto, 3:25.97

(Cameron Kidd, Bjoern-Ole Schrader, Gael Chaubet, Bernard Godolphin)

3. McGill, 3:27.42

(Will Simpson, Clément Secchi, Brandon Freiberger, Marius Collin)

W 200m Freestyle

1. Emily Overholt, UBC, 1:58.80
2. Danica Ludlow, Calgary, 2:00.02
3. Aleksa Gold, Toronto, 2:01.34

W 50m Back

1. Danielle Hanus, Victoria, 28.05
2. Daphne Danyluk, McGill, 28.99

2. Rachel Rode, Toronto, 28.99

W 100m Breast

1. Kelsey Wog, Manitoba, 1:06.44
2. Hillary Metcalfe, UBC, 1:10.59
3. Lauren Shearer, Ottawa, 1:10.75

W 100m Fly

1. Danielle Hanus, Victoria, 58.74
2. Hannah Genich, Toronto, 59.27
3. Anais Arlandis, Montreal, 1:01.52

W 400m IM

1. Emily Overholt, UBC, 4:38.58 U SPORTS record
2. Megan Dalke, UBC, 4:49.84
3. Allison McCloy, Calgary, 4:51.57

W 4x100m Freestyle Relay

1.  UBC, 3:45.42

(Hoi Lam Tam, Quincy Brozo, Mackenzie Gunther, Emily Overholt)

2. Toronto, 3:45.77

(Aleksa Gold, Georgia Kidd, Sarah Polley, Ainsley Murray)

3. Montreal, 3:50.12

(Charlotte Beauchemin, Marie-Lou Lapointe, Anais Arlandis, Frederique Cigna)
 
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