TROIS-RIVIERES – The McGill Martlets swim team won five of 13 races en route to capturing the women's division at the fourth University Cup meet of the season, Saturday, at the Centre CAPS, a short-course pool on the campus of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières.
 
It extended their school record to 19 consecutive RSEQ conference meets won by the McGill women, dating back to a second-place finish five years ago on Jan. 18, 2020 at Quebec City.
 
The Martlets collected five gold medals, seven silvers and six bronzes en route to registering 621 points to finish first of six schools. They were well ahead of second-place Ottawa (288), followed by the Montreal Carabins (263), Laval (184), Sherbrooke (79) and UQTR (60).
 
Laval led the pack with six gold medals and other the two remaining golds going to Ottawa and Montreal.
 
"This was our biggest (points margin) win of the year despite us not winning as many races as we have at other meets," said McGill head coach Peter Carpenter.  "Our depth really came through with many races seeing us place."

Laval's Raphaelle Tremblay was the top scorer with 589 points to earn female swimmer-of-the-meet honours, based on FINA points.
 
She edged out McGill's Emilia Mastromatteo, who tallied 570.5 points while collecting a pair of gold medals, one silver and a bronze. The 20-year-old science junior from Kenora, Ont., won the 50-metre breaststroke in 32.25 seconds and swam leadoff on the winning 4x100 medley relay (4:12.12).
 
Joining her on that relay was Naomie Lo, Elizabeth Ling and Valentina Kolytchev.
 
Ling also won the 50 free in 26.00 and added silver (50 breast) and bronze (4x100 free) medals.
 
Lo was the third member of the Martlets to post a double golden performance adding the 100 butterfly (1:02.51) to her list of victories.
 
Rounding out the golden girls was Iris Tinmouth, who finished first in the grueling 800 free (8:53.09) beating her closest competitor by almost 10 seconds.

Next on the schedule is the RSEQ championship meet hosted by the Montreal Carabins, Feb. 14-16.
 
LINK TO MEN'S RECAP
 
COMPLETE MEET RESULTS
 

List of McGill Martlets Qualifiers for 2025 Nationals (16):
 
NAME / EVENT(S)
Elizabeth Ling — 50-100 free, 50-100 back, 50 breast, 50 fly
Naomie Lo — 200-400 free, 100-200 fly, 400 IM
Marion Synishin — 50-100-200 breast
Iris Tinmouth — 200 fly, 400-800 free
Emilia Mastromatteo — 50-100 back, 50-100 breast, 50-100 fly
Natasha Frost — 400-800 free, 400 IM 
Gaby Brown — 400-800 free, 400 IM 
Emilie de Chazal — 400 free, 200 fly
Greta Zapparoli — 50-100 free
Melanie Di Maria — 50-100-200 fly
Maya McGhan — 200 free, 200-400 IM 
Chloe Cooper-Kelly — 100-200 breast
Emiko Talwalkar — 50-100 back
Nathalie Day — 50-100 back, 50-100 breast, 200 IM
Kealeigh McLeod — 400-800 free, 400 IM 
Valentina Kolytchev — 50-100-200 breast



SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
McGill Athletics and Recreation
(514) 983- 7012
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca
www.mcgillathletics.ca