OTTAWA – The McGill swim team racked up another 20 medals in 18 races -- winning 10 golds, four silvers and six bronzes -- on Day 2 of the RSEQ championship meet at the Montpetit Hall short-course pool on the University of Ottawa campus, Friday. In 24 final races over the first two days of competition, the McGill men and women have combined to capture 14 gold medals, five silvers and seven bronzes.
With one day remaining, McGill is poised to repeat a three-banner sweep, with a 534-407 points lead over second-place Ottawa in the women's division, a 527-442 edge over the Gee-Gees on the men's side and a 1,061-849 margin over the host team in the combined standings.
"The team points are looking good going in to the last day of the meet," said McGill head coach
Peter Carpenter. "We are weathering a pretty strong challenge from uOttawa."
The conference championship wraps up on Saturday, with the prelims slated to begin at 8 am, followed by the finals at 3 p.m.
McGILL HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY 2
4x50m Medley Relay
Women:
SILVER (1:53.74):
Daphne Danyluk,
Elizabeth Ling,
Cailin McMurray,
Greta Zapparoli (team record).
Men:
GOLD (1:38.42):
Clement Secchi,
Brian Yu,
Samuel Wang,
Hazem Issa (team and RSEQ record).
400m Individual Medley
Women:
GOLD:
Mia Desjarlais (4:54.16)
Men:
SILVER:
John Martin (4:23.78)
(team's 18th male qualifier for U SPORTS championship).
BRONZE:
Erik Linseisen (4:24.96)
50m freestyle
Women:
GOLD:
Elizabeth Ling (25.43)
SILVER:
Greta Zapparoli (26.23)
Men:
SILVER:
Pablo Collin (23.02)
BRONZE:
Brian Yu (23.08)
200m butterfly
Women:
GOLD:
Erin Miller (2:18.78)
BRONZE:
Cailin McMurray (2:20.04)
Men:
GOLD:
Clement Secchi (1:55.80) (
team and RSEQ record)
100m backstroke
Women:
GOLD:
Daphne Danyluk (1:00.50)
BRONZE:
Nikki van Noord (1:03.58)
100m breaststroke
Women:
SILVER:
Elizabeth Ling (1:09.88) (
team record)
Men:
BRONZE:
Brian Yu (1:02.09) (
team record)
200m freestyle
Men:
GOLD:
Pablo Collin (1:48.61)
50m butterfly
Women:
BRONZE:
Cailin McMurray (28.27)
Men:
GOLD:
Clement Secchi (23.69) (
team and RSEQ record)
4x100m freestyle relay
Women:
GOLD: (3:50.65):
Greta Zapparoli,
Daphne Danyluk,
Nikki van Noord,
Isabel Sarty
Men:
GOLD (3:20.38):
Malachy Belkhelladi,
Bruno Dehem-Lemelin,
Pablo Collin,
Hazem Issa
WOMEN'S STANDINGS (after Day 2 of 3):
1. McGill 534
2. Ottawa 407
3. Laval 222
4. Montreal 202
5. Sherbrooke 105
6. UQTR 43
MEN'S STANDINGS (after Day 2 of 3):
1. McGill 527
2. Ottawa 442
3. Laval 322
4. Montreal 137
5. Sherbrooke 77
COMBINED STANDINGS (m & w):
1. McGill 1,061
2. Ottawa 849
3. Laval 544
4. Montreal 339
5. Sherbrooke 182
6. UQTR 43
(MORE TO FOLLOW)
LINK TO LIVE STATS, STREAMING & RESULTS
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Sports Information Officer
McGill Athletics & Recreation
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca
514-398-7012
