OTTAWA – Isabel Sarty was named swimmer of the meet as McGill placed first of six women's teams to capture the third leg of the RSEQ's University Cup competition, held at Montpetit Hall on Friday.

On the men's side, Ottawa won the meet with McGill finishing second.
 
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The Martlets won five gold medals in 11 events, to go along with seven silvers and five bronzes en route to racking up 594.5 points to win their third consecutive league meet. Ottawa was second with 420.5, followed by Laval (308), Montreal (177), Sherbrooke (78) and UQTR (22).
 
Sarty, a 23-year-old Dalhousie University transfer who hails from Halifax, won three gold medals and one silver. A second-year master's student in neuroscience, the 5-foot-7 sprinter won the 100-metre freestyle (56.29), in addition to a pair of relays, the 4x200 free and the 4x50 free. She was second in the 50 butterfly (27.95). Sarty was the highest scoring woman for the second consecutive meet, registering 630.5 points on the FINA rating scale. She edged out teammate Daphne Danyluk, who was second with 593.5.

Danyluk, who hails from Rivière-des-Prairies, Que., added a pair of golds and a silver. The 24-year-old master's student in experimental medicine, won the 200 individual medley (2:18.09) and the 100 backstroke (1:02.65).
 
Other McGillians to post double golden finishes included Calgarian Elizabeth Ling (50 back, 29.33; and 4x50 free) and Torontonian Naomie Lo (200 butterfly, 2:18.50; and 4x200 free).
 
The 4x200 free relay was clocked in 8:21.15 and was composed of biology sophomore Cailin McMurray of Montreal, Isabel Sarty, engineering junior Mia Desjarlais of Prevost, Que., and Naomie Lo, a computer science sophomore from Toronto.

The 4x50 free relay touched the wall in 1:45.53, featuring Greta Zapparoli, a sophomore from Milan, Italy and the aforementioned Ling, plus team captain Nikki van Noord of Hudson, Que., and Sarty.

"(Despite winning the women's side of the meet), it was not a great day for our swimmers," admitted McGill head coach Peter Carpenter. "We had flashes of brilliance, but the athletes had a hard time lifting their compete level, to the level of the meet.  This is in large part because of how tired they were going in. 
 
"I believe we were up against an Ottawa team that was firing on all cylinders and we were stuck in a much lower gear.  As coaches we have asked a tremendous amount from the swimmers recently in practice and a lot of that residual fatigue was still hanging around. (Our) coaching staff was proud of how the swimmers stayed positive and competitive to the end, even when they were not feeling their best. The hope is that with a little rest and a small taper, our swimmers will be able to raise their level and swim very fast in the next (few) weeks."
 
The fourth of five RSEQ meets is slated for Jan. 20 in Quebec City.
 
COMPLETE MEET RESULTS (M & W) (PDF)
 
 
SOURCE
Earl Zukerman
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McGill University
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