VICTORIA, B.C. – Naomie Lo captured a bronze medal on Day 3 as the McGill women's swim team finished third of 22 teams overall to conclude the U SPORTS championships, Saturday, at Saanich Commonwealth Place.
 
The Toronto Varsity Blues captured their second consecutive national women's title with 1,336 points. UBC was second with 1,166.5, followed by McGill (872), Calgary (818) and Western (378) to round out the top five women's teams.
 
The Martlets, who produced 20 swims in the "A" Finals, collected two bronze medals over the weekend and had seven fourth-place finishes. They improved on last year's fourth-place finish at the U SPORTS title meet in Quebec City, where they collected a silver and two bronzes. At the 2020 Nationals, the McGill women posted a seventh-place result. 

Lo, a 20-year-old software engineering sophomore from Toronto, finished third in the 200-metre butterfly, posting a time of 2:17.20 in the long-course pool. It was the second consecutive year that Lo collected a bronze medal, after reaching the podium in the 200 fly (2:16.09). Over the weekend, Lo reached the "A" Finals four times, including a pair of fourth-place finishes (400 free, 4x200 free relay) and was eighth in the 800 free.

The only other member of the Martlets to medal at this meet was Halifax native Isabel Sarty, a 23-year-old master's student in neuroscience, who finished third in the 50-metre butterfly (27.92). Sarty also finished fourth in four other events (50 free, 100 free, 4x200 free relay, 4x100 free relay) and seventh in the 200 free.

This was the final event of the season for McGill, the RSEQ champions in both genders, which qualified a school record 35 swimmers for Nationals, including 19 women.

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COMPLETE RESULTS IN PDF
 
LINK TO LIVE RESULTS

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FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
 
MEN:
UBC – 1158.5
Calgary – 876
Ottawa – 795
Toronto – 783
McGill – 745.5
Lethbridge – 359.5
Victoria – 353
Alberta – 292
Waterloo – 207
Western – 196.5
Laval – 181
Montreal – 157
Dalhousie – 123
Regina – 101
Laurier – 85
McMaster – 82.5
Acadia – 65
York – 61.5
Sherbrooke – 17
Manitoba – 15
Carleton – 13
Memorial – 2
 
WOMEN:
Toronto – 1336
UBC – 1166.5
McGill – 872
Calgary – 818
Western – 378
Victoria – 331.5
Manitoba – 302.5
Dalhousie – 243
Laval – 231
Ottawa – 225
Alberta – 159.5
Guelph – 150
Lethbridge – 125
Montreal – 114
Waterloo – 96
Acadia – 89.5
McMaster – 62
Sherbrooke – 23
Regina – 6.5
 
MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
 
Outstanding Swimmer of the Year
Men: Gabe Mastromatteo, Toronto
Women: Emma O'Croinin, UBC
 
Rookie of the Year
Men: Quinn Matteis, Toronto
Women: Danika Ethier, Laval
 
Fox 40 Coach of the Year
Men: Dave Heinbuc, Ottawa
Women: Byron MacDonald, Toronto

Student-Athlete Community Service Award
Men: Pablo Collin, McGill
Women: Aleksa Gold, Toronto
 
Gold medal winners in individual events are awarded First Team All-Canadian status, while silver individual medallists earn Second Team All-Canadian recognition.
 
 
DAY 3 MEDALISTS
 
Women 200m Butterfly
1. Josie Field, UBC – 2:15.13
2. Nina Mollin, Toronto – 2:16.61
3. Naomie Lo, McGill – 2:17.20
 
Men 200m Butterfly
1. Michael Sava, Toronto – 2:03.57
2. Alex Boden, Waterloo – 2:04.35
3. Ambroise Petit, Laval – 2:04.52
 
Women 100m Freestyle
1. Ainsley McMurray, Toronto – 55.60
2. Rebecca Smith, Calgary – 55.62
3. Emma O'Croinin, UBC – 55.74
 
Men 100m Freestyle
1. Stephen Calkins, Calgary – 49.65
2. Siu Lun Ho, UBC – 51.18
3. Hazem Issa, McGill – 51.20
 
Women 200m Breaststroke
1. Emma Spence, UBC – 2:33.08
2. Lauren Shearer, Ottawa – 2:34.15
3. Sophie Tarrant, Victoria – 2:34.62
 
Men 200m Breaststroke
1. Frederick Kamminga, Alberta – 2:16.06
2. Gabe Mastromatteo, Toronto – 2:16.61
3. Hugo Lemsle, Ottawa – 2:16.70
 
Women 200m Backstroke
1. Aleksa Gold, Toronto – 2:15.40
2. Haley Klenk, Toronto – 2:15.42
3. Hannah Johnsen, Calgary – 2:15.93
 
Men 200m Backstroke
1. Hugh McNeill, UBC – 1:59.58
2. Richie Stokes, Calgary – 2:02.86
3. Carter Buck, Toronto – 2:02.95
 
Women 800m Freestyle
1. Emma O'Croinin, UBC – 8:53.75
2. Marit Anderson, Calgary – 8:58.83
3. Anna Hein, Toronto – 9:04.39
 
Men 1500m Freestyle
1. Quinn Matteis, Toronto – 15:51.36
2. Liam Clawson-Honeyman, UBC – 15:54.79
3. William Risk, Victoria – 15:55.79
 
Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay
1. Toronto – 3:47.16
(Lily Chubaty, Aleksa Gold, Teagan Vander Leek, Ainsley McMurray)
2. UBC – 3:48.72
(Anna Dumont-Belanger, Emma O'Croinin, Brooklyn Wiens, Sara Godon)
3. Calgary – 3:49.82
(Avery Movold, Rebecca Smith, Elize Housman, Hannah Bennett)
 
Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay
1. UBC – 3:23.99
(Siu Lun Ho, Blake Tierney, Canek Bracho, Dima Lim)
2. Calgary – 3:25.28
(Stephen Calkins, Addison Butler, Liam Dennett, Ian Friesen)
3. McGill – 3:25.62
(Pablo Collin, Bruno Dehem-Lemelin, Hazem Issa, Erik Linseisen)
 
 

SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
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McGill University
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