The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's and women's swimming teams reached nine combined podiums on Day 2 of the 2025 U SPORTS Swimming National Championships at the Athletic Centre - Varsity Pool on Friday (Mar. 7) night.
 
The U of T men currently sit in second-place in the overall team standings with 748.5 points after two days of competition, trailing right behind UBC for first-place with 947 points. The Varsity Blues women's team finished Day 2 with a total of 496 points placing them in fourth, behind McGill who have 591.5 points.
 
"I'm very pleased with our teams performance over the first two days," said Varsity Blues Head Coach Byron MacDonald. "A good haul of medals and a lot of personal best times."
 
Competition continues on Saturday (Mar. 8) with prelims set to begin at 9:30 a.m. and the finals beginning at 5:30 p.m. All races are available to watch via CBC Sports, while live results are here.
 
MEN'S RESULTS
The U of T men earned seven medals on Day 2, earning four silvers and three bronze through the seven events completed on Friday night.
 
In the first men's event of the night the Blues picked up two medals as first-year swimmer Albert Bouley earned a silver medal and fourth-year freestyle specialist Liam Weaver earned the bronze in the highlt competitive 50m freestyle. Bouley finished with a time of 21.84, while Weaver clocked in at 21.89 to represent the Blues on the podium.
 
In the men's 200m breaststroke, the 2025 OUA male rookie of the year Nathan Thomas earned a national silver medal completing the race with a time of 2:09.10.
 
In the 400m freestyle third-year swimmer Quinn Matteis earned his first of two medals on the night with a time of 3:51.12 to narrowly edge out McGill's Artiom Volodin to earn the bronze medal.

"I love the outside lane - love surprising people from it," said Matteis. "A nice out-touch always feels good on the podium."
 
U of T earned another two medals in the 100m backstroke, with Andrew Herman clocking in at 51.49 to earn the silver medal, while third-year swimmer Ben Loewen picked up bronze with a time of 52.85.
 
To cap off a strong performance from the men's team, the Blues men's swimmers sent the U of T crowd into a frenzy as they earned a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay with a time of 7:16.24.

"I knew I could do something big on it and bringing the team to second place is awesome," said Matteis, who was the anchor for the Blues in the relay.

"I think our men can hang on to the silver medal position with a good day tomorrow," said MacDonald ahead of the final day of competition on Saturday.
 
WOMEN'S RESULTS
The Varsity Blues women's swimming team added two more medals to their total medal haul on Day 2 of the U SPORTS Championships. Third-year medley specialist Nina Mollin earned her second gold medal of the U SPORTS Championships,  defending her 200m IM national gold from a season ago. Swimming in a time of 2:13.46, the 2025 OUA female swimmer of the year earned her ninth career medal and seventh gold at the U SPORTS championships.
 
Also reaching the podium, third-year swimmer Teagan Vander Leek's time of 25.27 in the women's 50m freestyle allowed her to claim the silver medal, her first individual medal at the U SPORTS Championships in her career. As well, the silver marked her second medal of the 2025 event this week after helping the women's team earn bronze in the 4x100m freestyle relay on Day 1.

TEAM STANDINGS *after Day 2
WOMEN
1. UBC, 1054.0
2. Calgary, 597.5
3. McGill, 591.5
4. Toronto, 496.0
5. Alberta, 212.0
6. Western, 198.0
7. McMaster, 163.5
8. Lethbridge, 159.0
9. Victoria, 144.5
10. Laval, 142.0
11. Guelph, 132.0
12. Brock, 127.0
13. Montreal, 125.0
14. Ottawa, 115.5
15. Dalhousie, 111.0
16. Manitoba, 100.5
17. Waterloo, 88.0
18. Acadia, 55.0
19. Sherbrooke, 4.0
20. UNB, 2.0

MEN
1. UBC, 947.0
2. Toronto, 748.5
3. Calgary, 589.0
4. McGill, 524.5
5. Alberta, 248.0
6. Western, 233.0
7. Ottawa, 190.0
8. Victoria, 182.5
9. Waterloo, 140.0
10. York, 96.0
11. Lethbridge, 90.5
12. Laval, 80.5
13. Laurier, 68.0
14. McMaster, 63.0
15. Memorial, 58.5
16. Dalhousie, 53.0
17. Montreal, 48.0
18. Sherbrooke, 42.0
19. Regina, 38.0
20. Carleton, 36.0
21. Manitoba, 33.0
22. Acadia, 25.0
23. UNB, 16.0
24. Brock, 13.0
25. UQTR, 2.0
 
EVENT RESULTS
DAY 2
(W) 50M Freestyle 
1. Kayla Noelle Sanchez, UBC: 24.18 - U SPORTS RECORD 
2. Teagan Vander Leek, Toronto: 25.27
3. Zea M Wetzlaughk, Western: 25.61
(M) 50M Freestyle
1. Eric Ginzburg, York: 21.80
2. Albert Bouley, Toronto: 21.84
3. Liam Weaver, Toronto: 21.89
(W) 200M Breaststroke 
1. Alexanne Lepage, Calgary: 2:25.73
2. Emma Spence, UBC: 2:28.93
3. Romane Hereng, Montreal: 2:30.01
(M) 200M Breaststroke 
1. Hugo Lemesle, Ottawa: 2:08.06
2. Nathan Thomas, Toronto: 2:09.10
3. Tanner Cole, UBC: 2:09.70
(W) 400M Freestyle
1. Emma O'Croinin, UBC: 4:09.88
2. Anna Dumont-Belanger, UBC: 4:13.65
3. Raphaelle Tremblay, Laval: 4:14.13
(M) 400M Freestyle
1. Olivier Risk, UBC: 3:49,79
2. Mats Baradat, McGill: 3:50.08
3. Quinn Matties, Toronto: 3:51.12
(W) 100M Backstroke
1. Bridget Burton, UBC: 59.30
2. Hannah Johnsen, Calgary: 1:00.26
3. Tatum O'Connor, Brock: 1:00.31
(M) 100M Backstroke
1. Blake Tierney, UBC: 51.00 - U SPORTS RECORD
2. Andrew Herman, Toronto: 51.49
3. Benjamin Loewen, Toronto: 52.85
(W) 200M Freestyle
1. Nina Mollin, Toronto: 2:13.46
2. Camryn Stannard, UBC: 2:14.46
3. Emma Spence, UBC: 2:16.04
(M) 200M Freestyle
1. Finlay Knox, UBC: 1:54.15 - U SPORTS RECORD
2. Loi Courville-Fortin, McGill: 1:57.57
3. Kent Goni Avilla, Laurier: 1:58.07
(W) 50M Butterfly 
1. Kayla Noelle Sanchez, UBC: 25.85 - U SPORTS RECORD
2. Eloise Allen, UBC: 26.59
3. Una Borchgrevink, UBC: 27.00
(M) 50M Butterfly
1. Eric Ginzburg, York: 23.05 - U SPORTS RECORD
2. Kai Lilienthal, UBC: 23.14
3. Finlay Knox, UBC: 23.35
(W) 4x200M Freestyle Relay
1. UBC (Anna Dumont-Belanger, Emma O'Croinin, Camryn Stannard, Kayla Sanchez): 7:54.04
2. McGill (Naomie Lo, Elizabeth Ling, Iris Tinmouth, Maya McGhan): 8:07.88
3. Calgary (Alexanne Lepage, Hannah Johnsen, Emily De Jager, Hannah Bennett): 8:10.98
(M) 4x200M Freestyle Relay
1. UBC (Blake Tierney, Jake Gaunt, Olivier Risk, Finlay Knox): 7:07.23 - U SPORTS RECORD
2. Toronto (Ben Winterborn, Brendan Oswald, Bill Dongfang, Quinn Matteis): 7:16.24
3. Victoria (Ricky Millns, Elijah Agostinelli-Stull, Matthew MacDonald, Keir Ogilvie): 7:17.33

DAY 1
(W) 200M Freestyle  
1. Kayla Noelle Sanchez, UBC: 1:54.74 
2. Emma O'Croinin, UBC: 1:56.44 
3. Anna Dumont-Belanger, UBC: 1:59.13 
(M) 200M Freestyle 
1. Paul McKenzie, Alberta: 1:47.02 
2. Bill Dongfang, Toronto: 1:47.07 
3. Ben Winterborn, Toronto: 1:47.55 
(W) 100M Breaststroke 
1. Alexanne Lepage, Calgary: 1:05.79 
2. Eloise Allen, UBC: 1:07.41 
3. Romane Hereng, Montreal: 1:08.72 
(M) 100M Breaststroke 
1. Nicholas Duncan, Calgary: 59.38 
2. Hugo Lemesle, Ottawa: 59.48  
3. Nathan Thomas, Toronto: 59.60 
3. Justice Migneault, UBC: 59.60 
(W) 100M Butterfly 
1. Nina Mollin, Toronto: 59.71 
2. Una Borchgrevink, UBC: 1:00.03  
3. Brooklyn Weins, UBC: 1:00.67 
(M) 100M Butterfly 
1. Eric Ginzburg, York: 51.89 
2. Wells Ginzer, UBC: 52.53 
3. Thomas Mcdonald, Calgary: 52.76 
(W) 50M Backstroke 
1. Eloise Allen, UBC: 27.45 
2. Bridget Burton, UBC: 27.50 
3. Tatum Connor, Brock: 27.65 
(M) 50M Backstroke 
1. Finlay Knox, UBC: 23.39 – U SPORTS RECORD 
2. Blake Tierney, UBC: 23.74 
3. Andrew Herman: Toronto: 23.77 
(W) 400M Medley 
1. Alexanne Lepage, Calgary: 4:42.17 
2. Olivia Brendzan, Alberta: 4:43.53 
3. Emma Spence, UBC: 4:45.53 
(M) 400M Medley 
1. Tanner Cole, UBC: 4:13.67 
2. Jacob Gallant, Toronto: 4:16.08 
3. Hugh McNeill, UBC: 4:17.12 
(W) 400M Freestyle Relay 
1. UBC (Emma O'Croinin, Anna Dumont-Belanger, Bridget Burton, Kayla Noelle Sanchez): 3:37.78 
2. Calgary (Eliza Housman, Hannah Johnsen, Alexanne Lepage, Hannah Bennett): 3:44.54  
3. Toronto (Kayla Houlder, Gemma Norman, Katie Marovino, Teagan Vander Leek): 3:45.95 
(M) 400M Freestyle Relay 
1. UBC (Finlay Knox, Blake Tierney, Jake Gaunt, Joel Blanco): 3:11.80 – U SPORTS RECORD 
2. Toronto (Andrew Herman, Ben Winterborn, Liam Weaver, Albert Bouley): 3:14.58 
3. Calgary (Gibson Black, Stephen Calkins, Ethan Fast, Thomas Mcdonald): 3:15.40