VICTORIA, BC –
Pablo Collin won gold for the McGill University men's swim team on opening day of the U SPORTS national championships.
Collin, a 21-year-old computer science sophomore from Marseille, France, won the 400-metre freestyle in three minutes, 57.71 seconds. He edged out Toronto's
Quinn Matteis, who settled for silver in 3:58.69. Collin also anchored the 4x100 medley relay, which finished sixth.
After Day 1, McGill sits fourth of 19 teams in both the men's and the women's divisions. The RSEQ champions qualified a school record 35 swimmers for Nationals, including 19 women.
Other leading results from the "A" finals for the McGill men included Abu Dhabi native
Hazem Issa (5th, 50m free; and 7th, 100 fly),
Erik Linseisen (6th, 200 IM) of Burlington, Vt.,
Alex Younes (7th, 200 IM) of Montreal,
Romain Vanmoen (8th, 100 back) of Menton, France, and the sixth-place finishing 4x100 medley relay, which included Vanmoen,
Brian Yu of Beijing,
Riccardo Camuso of Milan and the aforementioned Collin.
On the women's side, McGill just missed three podiums, with fourth-place finishes by
Isabel Sarty (50 free) of Halifax,
Naomie Lo (400 free) of Toronto and
Cailin McMurray (100 fly) of Montreal. Among the team's other top swims in the "A" finals was
Emilia Mastromatteo (5th, 50 breast; and 8th, 100 fly) of Kenora, Ont.,
Elizabeth Ling (6th, 50 free) of Calgary and
Nikki van Noord (8th, 200 IM) of Hudson, Que.
Defending U SPORTS national champions UBC and Toronto lead the respective men's and women's fields after Day 1. On the men's side, UBC leads the pack with 416 points, followed by Ottawa (321), Calgary (307),
McGill (288) and Toronto (278.5). In the women's division, the top five teams include Toronto (479), UBC (436.5), Calgary (321),
McGill (307) and Victoria (127).
The lone U SPORTS record to fall was Toronto's
Gabe Mastromatteo, who captured the men's 50m breaststroke crown in 27.53.
UBC's
Blake Tierney finished the day with two individual medals, finishing with a silver medal in the 100m back (56.19) and a bronze in the 200m IM (2:04.78).
Toronto's
Aleksa Gold and
Hayley Klenk led the individual medallists on the women's side, each collecting two medals. Gold took silver in the 50m free (26.12) and bronze in the 100m back (1:03.36), while Klenk took second in the 100m back (1:03.30) and bronze in the 200 IM (2:20.19).
Rounding out Day 1 highlights from Saanich Commonwealth Place was Laval's
Danika Ethier, who won the 50m breast (31.80) and Victoria's
Lauren Crisp, who won the 100m back (1:03.27) in front of her hometown crowd.
At Nationals, the times are a bit deceiving as the evening A, B and C finals are held in a long-course pool (50m), while the morning preliminaries are conducted in a short-course pool (25m). Day 2 of the meet resumes on Friday (Feb. 24), with prelims beginning at 10 a.m. and evening finals at 7 p.m. All times are Pacific. The meet is being streamed live on CBC.
MEN'S STANDINGS (after Day 1)
UBC – 416
Ottawa – 321
Calgary – 307
McGill – 288
Toronto – 278.5
Victoria – 148
Lethbridge – 147.5
Alberta – 90
Waterloo – 80
Western – 77
Laurier – 47
Laval – 45
Regina – 39
Montreal – 35
McMaster – 33.5
Dalhousie – 32
York – 30.5
Acadia – 20
Carleton – 12
WOMEN'S STANDINGS (after Day 1)
Toronto – 479
UBC – 436.5
Calgary – 321
McGill – 307
Victoria – 127
Western – 121
Manitoba – 116.5
Laval – 84
Ottawa – 78
Guelph – 70
Lethbridge – 66
Dalhousie – 64
Montreal – 49
Waterloo – 49
Alberta – 48
Acadia – 22
McMaster – 17
Sherbrooke – 4
Regina - 2
DAY 1 MEDAL WINNERS
Women 50m Freestyle
1. Ainsley McMurray, Toronto – 26.07
2. Aleksa Gold, Toronto – 26.12
3. Rebecca Smith, Calgary – 26.13
Men 50m Freestyle
1. Stephen Calkins, Calgary – 22.87
2. Liam Weaver, Toronto – 22.93
3. Dima Lim, UBC – 23.22
Women 100m Backstroke
1. Lauren Crisp, Victoria – 1:03.27
2. Haley Klenk, Toronto – 1:03.30
3. Aleksa Gold, Toronto – 1:03.36
Men 100m Backstroke
1. Hugh McNeill, UBC – 55.68
2. Blake Tierney, UBC – 56.19
3. Richie Stokes, Calgary – 56.29
Women 50m Breaststroke
1. Danika Ethier, Laval, 31.80
2. Shona Branton, Western – 31.98
3. Alicia L'Archeveque, UBC – 32.05
Men 50m Breaststroke
1. Gabe Mastromatteo, Toronto – 27.53
2. Hugo Lemesle, Ottawa – 28.00
3. Apollo Hess, Lethbridge – 28.30
Women 400m Freestyle
1. Emma O'Croinin, UBC – 4:13.27
2. Marit Anderson, Calgary – 4:20.01
3. Claire Howard, Toronto – 4:20.04
Men 400m Freestyle
1. Pablo Collin, McGill – 3:57.71
2. Quinn Matteis, Toronto – 3:58.69
3. Nathan Beaudin-Bolduc, Ottawa – 4:00.19
Women 100m Butterfly
1. Rebecca Smith, Calgary – 59.21
2. Josie Field, UBC – 1:00.72
3. Sela Wist, UBC – 1:02.04
Men 100m Butterfly
1. Keir Ogilvie, UBC – 54.01
2. Thomas Mcdonald, Calgary – 54.27
3. Siu Lun Ho, UBC – 54.67
Women 200m Individual Medley
1. Anna Dumont-Belanger, UBC – 2:17.66
2. Nina Mollin, Toronto – 2:17.69
3. Haley Klenk, Toronto – 2:20.19
Men 200m Individual Medley
1. Brodie Young, UBC – 2:04.11
2. Charlie Skalenda, Calgary – 2:04.62
3. Blake Tierney, UBC – 2:04.78
Women 4x100m Medley Relay
1. Calgary – 4:11.82
(Hannah Johnsen, Mackenzie Wallich, Rebecca Smith, Avery Movold)
2. UBC – 4:12.90
(Eloise Allen, Alicia L'Archeveque, Josie Field, Emma O'Croinin)
3. Toronto – 4:14.04
(Aleksa Gold, Madeline Spencer, Nina Mollin, Ainsley McMurray)
Men 4x100m Medley Relay
1. UBC – 3:41.90
(Hugh McNeill, Justice Migneault, Keir Ogilvie, Dima Lim)
2. Toronto – 3:43.45
(Carter Buck, Gabe Mastromatteo, Ben Loewen, Bernard Godolphin)
3. Calgary – 3:44.55
(Richie Stokes, Aiden Luykenaar, Thomas Mcdonald, Stephen Calkins)
