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Seyran Mammadov

Swimming

BLUES EARN U SPORTS SILVER MEDAL

The University of Toronto Varsity Blues swimming team earned a U SPORTS silver medal at the 2026 U SPORTS Swimming Championships at the Markham Pan Am Centre. U of T's men's team finished with 935.5 points and the women finishing with 1029 points. Overall, U of T earned 24 medals, six of which were gold medals.

"We're extremely proud to earn a U SPORTS silver medal," said head coach Byron MacDonald. "This was certainly a goal from our first team meeting in September so it's great to see it work out!"

WOMEN'S RESULTS

Kicking off the day for the Varsity Blues was a podium sweep in the women's 200m butterfly. Fourth-year standout Nina Mollin earned her 10th career U SPORTS gold medal with a dominant performance, finishing the race in 2:11.96. Finishing with the silver medal was second-year Richmond, B.C., native Angel Yao who touched the wall in 2:14.34 and third-year kinesiology student Katie Stanojlovic finished the race in 2:15.21 to claim the bronze.

"I'm incredibly proud of our team, especially our rookies; they've had outstanding performances" said Mollin. "I ended the meet how I wanted to, it's been a roller coaster but I couldn't ask for a better group of teammates, they've been so supportive and have made my time in Toronto great."

U of T's women's swimmers would later go on to add two more medals to their total. In the 100m freestyle, fourth-year Edmonton native Teagan Vander Leek finished the race in 54.59 seconds to claim her third U SPORTS bronze medal of the weekend. Vander Leek and Mollin later went on to add another bronze medal to their resume's along with first-year standout's Chloe Danks and Maria Cosic with a time of 4:02.22 in the 4x100m medley.

U of T's women's team returns to U SPORTS podium for the first time since 2024. Strong performances from their first-year swimmers and continued success from their veteran staples ended up being the key to the Blue and White's success in their return to the podium.

MEN'S RESULTS

On the men's side, U of T continued to shine on the national stage. Fourth-year kinesiology student Andrew Herman excellent in the pool for the Blues, earning himself U SPORTS Swimmer of the Year honours.

"Andrew's progress since enrolling at U of T is the stuff of legends," said MacDonald. "His work ethic is off the charts. It's a pleasure to coach him."

Herman added a silver medal to his accolades on Day 3 as the quartet of himself, Ben Loewen, Nathan Thomas and Ben Winterborn earned a silver medal in their U of T record setting performance, going the distance in 3:29.54. Loewen also broke a U SPORTS record in the men's 200m butterfly, with his second gold medal of the weekend, he set the standard for future 200m butterfly events, he swam the race in 1:53.22. In the same event, U of T's Bill Dongfang earned the silver medal with a time of 1:56.16 to earn his first medal of the 2026 U SPORTS Swimming Championships.

Remaining one of the strongest programs in U SPORTS, U of T's men's team has earned a silver medal for the second consecutive year and are poised to continue to be one of Canada's premiere programs with a strong mix of first-year and experienced swimmers.  

TEAM STANDINGS

**WOMEN**
Gold: UBC - 1445
Silver: Toronto - 1029
Bronze: McGill – 978.5
4th: Calgary – 723.5
5th: Western - 493
6th: Ottawa - 354
7th: Victoria – 278.5
8th: Laval – 268.5
9th: Montreal – 262.5
10th: Brock – 184
**MEN**
Gold: UBC – 1644
Silver: Toronto – 935.5
Bronze: Calgary – 883.5
4th: McGill – 770.5
5th: Montreal – 345
6th: Ottawa – 342
7th: Victoria – 324
8th: Western – 288
9th: McMaster – 175
10th: Dalhousie – 149

SWIMMERS OF THE MEET
Women: Kayla Sanchez, UBC
Men: Andrew Herman, Toronto

COACHES OF THE YEAR
Women's Team: Derrick Schoof, UBC
Men's Team: Derrick Schoof, UBC

ROOKIES OF THE YEAR
Women: Ruby Kehler, UBC
Men: Aidan Kirk, UBC

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES
Women: Iris Tinmouth, McGill
Men: Charles-Antoine Boucher, McGill


DAY 3 RESULTS

Women 200m Butterfly
  1. Nina Mollin, Toronto, 2:11.96
  2. Angel Yao, Toronto, 2:14.34
  3. Katie Stanojlovic, Toronto, 2:15.21
Men 200m Butterfly
  1. Ben Loewen, Toronto, 1:53.22 *U SPORTS Record*
  2. Bill Dongfang, Toronto, 1:56.16
  3. Aiden Kirk, UBC, 1:56.34
Women 50m Breaststroke
  1. Alexanne Lapage, Calgary, 30.08
  2. Eloise Allen, UBC, 30.62
  3. Shona Branton, Western, 30.64
Men 50m Breaststroke
  1. Ethan Hemeon, UBC, 26.93
  2. Justice Migneault, UBC, 27.15
  3. Ian Cameron, Calgary, 27.49
Women 100m Freestyle
  1. Kayla Noelle Sanchez, UBC, 51.76 *U SPORTS Record*
  2. Emma O'Croinin, UBC, 53.70
  3. Teagan Vander Leek, Toronto, 54.69
Men 100m Freestyle
  1. Yuri Kisil, UBC, 46.77 *U SPORTS Record*
  2. Eric Ginzburg, York, 47.35 *York Record*
  3. Joel Blanco, UBC, 48.33
Women 200m Backstroke
  1. Emma O'Croinin, UBC, 2:06.09
  2. Bridget Burton, UBC, 2:06.14
  3. Abigail McKinley, Ottawa, 2:09.59
Men 200m Backstroke
  1. LoIc Courville-Fortin, McGill, 1:53.41 *McGill Record*
  2. Raben Dommann, UBC, 1:53.71
  3. Jaques Harrison, UBC, 1:54.08
Women 800m Freestyle
  1. Iris Tinmouth, McGill, 8:41.36
  2. Emma Spence, UBC, 8:43.88
  3. Ruby Kehler, UBC, 8:46.46
Men 1500m Freestyle
  1. Olivier Risk, UBC, 14:53.64
  2. Aiden Kirk, UBC 14:55.39
  3. Edouard Duffy, Montreal 15:09.55
Women 4x100m Medley
  1. UBC (Bridget Burton, Sela Wist, Eloise Allen, Layla Noelle Sanchez), 3:54.03 *U SPORTS Record*
  2. Calgary (Hannah Johnsen, Jasmine Nicols, Alexanne Lepage, Eliza Housman), 4:00.57 *Calgary Record*
  3. Toronto (Maria Cosic, Chloe Danks, Nina Mollin, Teagan Vander Leek), 4:02.22
Men 4x100m Medley
  1. UBC (Raben Dommann, Kai Lilienthal, Justice Migneault, Yuri Kisil), 3:26.64 *U SPORTS Record*
  2. Toronto (Andrew Herman, Ben Loewen, Nathan Thomas, Ben Winterborn), 3:29.54 *U of T Record*
  3. McGill (LoIc Courville-Fortin, Tristan Govier, Erik Linseisen, Hocine Feddag), 3:32.39

Day 2 RESULTS

Women 50m Freestyle
  1. Kayla Noelle Sanchez, UBC, 24.03 *U SPORTS Record*
  2. Zea M Wetzlaugk, Western, 24.76, *Western Record*
  3. Teegan Vander Leek, Toronto, 24.89
Men 50m Freestyle
  1. Yuri Kisil, UBC, 21.31 *U SPORTS Record*
  2. Liam Weaver, Toronto, 21.83
  3. Eric Ginzburg, York, 21.86
Women 200m Breaststroke
  1. Alexanne Lepage, Calgary, 2:20.89
  2. Amaris Peng, UBC, 2:26.18
  3. Chloe Danks, Toronto, 2:26.87 *U of T Record*
Men 200m Breaststroke
  1. Nathan Thomas, Toronto, 2:26.06 *U SPORTS Record*
  2. Justice Migneault, UBC, 2:27.21 *UBC Record*
  3. Sebastian Van de Logt, UBC, 2:29.03
Women 400m Freestyle
  1. Emma O'Croinin, UBC, 4:06.29 *UBC Record*
  2. Raphaelle Tremblay, Laval, 4:13.60
  3. Ruby Kehler, UBC, 4:14.60
Men 400m Freestyle
  1. Aiden Kirk, UBC, 3:44.87
  2. Zach Parise, UBC, 3:45.52
  3. Olivier Risk, UBC, 3:46.36
Women 100m Backstroke
  1. Bridget Burton, UBC, 57.75
  2. Piper Mitchell, UBC, 59.47
  3. Rebecca McGrath, McGill, 59.83
Men 100m Backstroke
  1. Andrew Herman, Toronto, 50.56 * U SPORTS Record*
  2. Raben Dommann, UBC, 50.68
  3. Lolc Courville-Fortin, McGill, 51.63
Women 200m Medley
  1. Nina Mollin, Toronto, 2:12.78
  2. Jade Lo, UBC, 2:13.15
  3. Abbi Bahler, Toronto, 2:14.17
Men 200m Medley
  1. Ben Loewen, Toronto, 1:56.12 *U of T Record*
  2. Raphael Blamart, Montreal, 1:58.55, *Montreal Record*
  3. Andrew Coombs, UBC, 1:58.77
Women 50m Butterfly
  1. Eloise Allen, UBC, 25.96
  2. Rose Garcia, UBC, 26.55
  3. Sydney Hardeman, Western, 26.63 *Western Record*
Men 50m Butterfly
  1. Kai Lilienthal, UBC, 22.66 *U SPORTS Record*
  2. Eric Ginzburg, York, 22.90 *York Record*
  3. Alym Kurji, Ottawa, 23.55
Women 4x200m Freestyle
  1. UBC (Ruby Kehler, Kayla Noelle Sanchez, Jade Lo, Emma O'Croinin), 7:52.88 *U SPORTS Record*
  2. Calgary (Alexanne Lepage, Myriam Hickey, Emily De Jager, Sarah Haugen), 8:04.16
  3. McGill (Harper Lipton, Iris Tinmouth, Beatrice Weiss Reid, Maya McGhan), 8:08.20
Men 4x200m Freestyle
  1. UBC (Zach Parise, Jake Gaunt, Paul Hebrard, Raben Dommann), 7:04.50 *Canada Senior Record*
  2. McGill (Hocine Feddag, Artiom Volodin, Lolc Courville-Fortin, Yegor Semenyuk), 7:09.81 *McGill Record*
  3. Toronto (Quinn Matteis, Raymond Duong, Ben Winterborn, Mateusz Powalowski), 7:12.88

Day 1 RESULTS

Women 200m Freestyle
  1. Kayla Noelle Sanchez, UBC, 1:53.63
  2. Emma O'Croinin, UBC, 1:54.80
  3. Ruby Kehler, UBC, 1:59.16
Men 200m Freestyle
  1. Zach Parise, UBC, 1:45.25
  2. Benjamin Winterborn, Toronto, 1:45.82
  3. Paul Hebard, UBC, 1:45.93
Women 100m Breaststroke
  1. Alexanne Lepage, Calgary, 1:04.11 *Canadian Senior Record*
  2. Eloise Allen, UBC, 1:06.22
  3. Shona Branton, Western, 1:06.54
Men 100m Breaststroke
  1. Justice Migneault, UBC, 58.58
  2. Ian Cameron, Calgary, 58.82
  3. Glen Omielan, UBC, 58.97
Women 100m Butterfly
  1. Sela Wist, UBC, 58.59 *UBC Record*
  2. Brooklyn Wiens, UBC, 59.39
  3. Nina Mollin, Toronto, 59.64
Men 100m Butterfly
  1. Kai Lilienthal, UBC, 50:79
  2. Eric Ginzburg, York, 51:13
  3. Ben Loewen, Toronto, 51.69 *U of T Record*
Women 50m Backstroke
  1. Kayla Noelle Sanchez, UBC, 26.20
  2. Bridget Burton, UBC, 26.65
  3. Eloise Allen, UBC, 26.95
Men 50m Backstroke
  1. Andrew Herman, Toronto, 21.31 *U SPORTS Record*
  2. Kai Lilienthal, UBC, 23.70
  3. Raban Dommann, UBC, 23.74
Women 400m Medley
  1. Alexanne Lapage, Calgary, 4:35.75
  2. Sarah Haugen, Calgary, 4:42.03
  3. Abbi Bahler, Toronto, 4:42.31
Men 400m Medley
  1. Tanner Cole, UBC, 4:09.72
  2. Raphael Blamart, Montreal, 4:10.95 *Montreal Record*
  3. Jaques Harrison, UBC, 4:12.66
Women 4x100m Freestyle
  1. UBC (Bridget Burton, Eloise Allen, Kayla Noelle Sanchez, Emma O'Croinin), 3:34.76 *U SPORTS Record*
  2. Calgary (Alexanne Lapage, Eliza Houseman, Myriam Hickey, Claire Bennett) 3:40.42
  3. Toronto (Maria Cosic, Gemma Norman, Natalie Hocevar, Teagan Vander Leek), 3:41.11
Men 4x100m Freestyle
  1. UBC (Joel Blanco, Jake Gaunt, Yuri Kisil, Zach Parise), 3:11.20 *U SPORTS Record*
  2. Toronto (Andrew Herman, Liam Weaver, Raymond Duong, Benjamin Winterborn), 3:13.61
  3. McGill (Lolc Courville-Fortin, Augustin Boussion, Hocine Feddag, River He), 3:15.05
 
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