The University of Toronto Varsity Blues added another seven podiums on the third and final day of the 2025 U SPORTS Swimming National Championships, hosting the best-of-the-best inside the Athletic Centre - Varsity Pool for the three-day national showcase.

Across the full three days of the championship, U of T men earned 17 total medals, allowing them to finish in second-place in the overall team standings with 1078 points, behind national champions UBC who took first with 1305.5 points.

On the women's side, the Varsity Blues maintained fourth-place throughout the week, finishing with seven total medals and 708 team points. In a dominating week, the UBC women also captured the national banner with 1472 points scored.

MEN'S RESULTS

The U of T men tallied three silver medals and one bronze medal to end the 2025 U SPORTS championships on Saturday night.

To kick off the day the Varsity Blues men picked up two medals in the 200m butterfly. Ben Loewen won his second straight silver medal in the event finishing with a time of 1:54.46. Although Loewen's time was fast enough to beat the former U SPORTS record (1:54.56), the new record was set by gold medal winner from UBC, Finlay Knox. Bill Dongfang also added a bronze for the Varsity Blues in the event finishing with a time of 1:56.26 to claim his second medal of the meet.

Loewen earned another silver medal in the 200m backstroke, which was a race that came down to tenths of a second. Loewen touched in at 1:55.37 for his third medal, just ahead of McGill's LoÏc Courville-Fortin who swam 1:55.49.

The final race of the 2025 U SPORTS Championships saw the Varsity Blues men claim yet another spot on the podium. A silver medal swim from Andrew Herman, Nathan Thomas, Loewen, and Albert Bouley closed out the meet in a time of 3:31.82.

Thomas would go on to be awarded as the 2025 U SPORTS rookie of the year following his impressive first season. The OUA men's rookie of the year added to his first-year medal haul, scoring national silver in both the 100m and 200m breaststroke, before also grabbing the relay silver on the final day of competition.

"It's been really electric, really special, and really nerve-racking," said Thomas as of the experience at his first U SPORTS championships. "University of Toronto has a long history of breaststrokers so I felt like I had big shoes to step in. I broke two big barriers with one minute in the 100 breast and 2:10 in the 200 breast, and I'm just glad I was able to do that and show everyone that we are still a very strong breaststroke program."

WOMEN'S RESULTS

Nina Mollin secured her third gold medal of the weekend posting a time of 2:13.29 in the 200m butterfly. The OUA swimmer of the year put on an incredible performance this weekend as she defended all three of her gold medals from the previous U SPORTS Championships, winning once again the 100m and 200m butterfly, and 200m IM.

For her first ever U SPORTS medal, Angelica Bath took home a silver medal in the 200M backstroke. Bath swam a time of 2:12.27, cementing her position on the podium.

Bath, Tina Guan, Mollin, and Teagan Vander Leek earned the Toronto women's final medal in the 4x100m medley relay. Shaving off six seconds from their OUA winning time, the Blues won a bronze medal with a time of 4:06.99 on Saturday night.

The full list of major award winners, overall team standings, and individual medalists from all three days of the 2025 U SPORTS Swimming National Championships is included below.
 
MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
Men's Athlete of the Meet Award / Le prix d'athlète masculin des Championnats : Finlay Knox, UBC
Women's Athlete of the Meet Award / Le prix d'athlète féminine des Championnats : Kayla Sanchez, UBC
Men's Rookie of the Year / Recrue masculine de l'année : Nathan Thomas, Toronto
Women's Rookie of the Year / Recrue féminine de l'année : Raphaëlle Tremblay, Laval
Men's FOX 40 Coach of the Year Award / Prix FOX 40 de l'entraîneur de l'année en natation masculine : Paul Birmingham, Alberta
Women's FOX 40 Coach of the Year Award / Prix FOX 40 de l'entraîneur de l'année en natation féminine : Peter Carpenter, McGill
Men's Community Service Award / Prix du service communautaire masculin : Erik Leinseisen, McGill
Women's Community Service Award / Prix du service communautaire féminin : Marcella Whelan, Memorial
 
TEAM STANDINGS
WOMEN
1. UBC, 1472.0
2. McGill, 936.5
3. Calgary, 920.5
4. Toronto, 708.0
5. Alberta, 366.0
6. Western, 264.0
7. Victoria, 231.0
8. Ottawa, 219.5
9. McMaster, 198.5
10. Guelph, 196.0
11. Lethbridge, 195.5
12. Dalhousie, 176.0
13. Brock, 170.0
14. Laval, 168.0
15. Montreal, 158.0
16. Manitoba, 148.5
17. Waterloo, 143.0
18. Acadia, 80.0
19. Sherbrooke, 8.0
20. UNB, 2.0

MEN
1. UBC, 1305.5
2. Toronto, 1078.0
3. Calgary, 860.0
4. McGill, 754.5
5. Alberta, 412.0
6. Western, 316.0
7. Victoria, 267.5
8. Ottawa, 260.0
9. Waterloo, 224.0
10. Lethbridge, 166.5
11. Laval, 146.5
12. York, 128.0
13. McMaster, 117.0
14. Laurier, 108.0
15. Memorial, 86.5
16. Dalhousie, 82.0
17. Montreal, 68.0
18. Manitoba, 65.0
19. Sherbrooke, 58.0
20. Carleton, 51.5
21. Regina, 50.0
22. UNB, 38.0
23. Acadia, 34.0
24. Brock, 28.5
25. UQTR, 4.0
 
EVENT RESULTS

DAY 3

(W) 200M Butterfly 
1. Nina Mollin, Toronto: 2:13.29 
2. Naomie Lo, McGill: 2:14.01 
3. Emilie de Chazal, McGill: 2:15.33 

(M) 200M Butterfly 
1. Finlay Knox, UBC: 1:53.67 – U SPORTS RECORD 
2. Benjamin Loewen, Toronto: 1:54.46  
3. Bill Dongfang, Toronto: 1:56.26 

(W) 50M Breaststroke 
1. Alexanne Lepage, Calgary: 30.49 
2. Eloise Allen, UBC: 31.21 
3. Alicia L'Archeveque, UBC: 31.32  

(M) 50M Breaststroke 
1. Hugo Lemesle, Ottawa: 27.14 
2. Garrett Brendzan, Alberta: 27.35 
3. Stephen Moore, Calgary: 27.53 

(W) 100M Freestyle 
1. Kayla Noelle Sanchez, UBC: 52.48 
2. Emma O'Croinin, UBC: 54.48 
3. Elizabeth Ling, McGill: 55.23 

(M) 100M Freestyle 
1. Eric Ginzburg, York: 48.16 
2. Chris C Weeks, Memorial: 48.18 
3. Luke Beinder-Stewart, Western: 48.39  

(W) 200M Backstroke 
1. Hannah Johnsen, Calgary: 2:09.94 
2. Angelica Bath, Toronto: 2:12.27 
3. Natascha Borromeo, UBC: 2:13.51 

(M) 200M Backstroke 
1. Blake Tierney, UBC: 1:53.27 
2. Benjamin Loewen, Toronto: 1:55.37 
3. LoÏc Courville-Fortin, McGill: 1:55.49 

(W) 800M Freestyle 
1. Emma O'Croinin, UBC: 8:36.64 
2. Ann Dumont-Belanger, UBC: 8:45.98 
3. Iris Tinmouth, McGill: 8:49.03 

(M) 1500M Freestyle 
1. Hunter Payne, Calgary: 15:09.90 
2. Olivier Risk, UBC: 15:15.52 
3. Tanner Cole, UBC: 15:18.20 

(W) 400M Medley Relay 
1. UBC (Bridget Burton, Eloise Allen, Una Borchgrevink, Kayla Noelle Sanchez): 3:59.16 
2. Calgary (Hannah Johnsen, Alexanne Lepage, Madisen Jacques, Eliza Housman): 4:03.89 
3. Toronto (Angelica Bath, Tina Guan, Nina Mollin, Teagan Vander Leek): 4:06.99 

(M) 400M Medley Relay 
1. UBC (Blake Tierney, Finlay Knox, Wells Ginzer, Joel Blanco): 3:29.52 – U SPORTS RECORD 
2. Toronto (Andrew Herman, Nathan Thomas, Ben Loewen, Albert Bouley): 3:31.82 
3. Calgary (Stephen Calkins, Nicholas Duncan, Thomas Mcdonald, Gibson Black): 3:34.82 

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 Medley
1. Nina Mollin, Toronto: 2:13.46
2. Camryn Stannard, UBC: 2:14.46
3. Emma Spence, UBC: 2:16.04

(M) 200M Medley
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) 800M 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) 800M 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