added a silver as the McGill University men's swim team finished fourth of 25 teams at the U SPORTS national championships, Saturday.
Both qualified for All-Canadian second-team honours, which automatically goes to all silver medal recipients.
Eight U SPORTS championship records fell at the meet, including six on the men's side as UBC captured the men's title, accumulating 1,305.5 points over the three-day competition, held at Varsity Pool on the University of Toronto campus. Rounding out the top five was defending champ Toronto (1,078), along with Calgary (860), McGill (754.5) and Alberta (412), a school that announced in late October that it is dropping its swim program after this season due to ongoing financial challenges.
The Redbirds produced 13 swims in the A Finals (i.e. top 8), five of them were fourth-place finishes.
Courville-Fortin, a 20-year-old biochemistry freshman from Repentigny, Que., who was voted RSEQ rookie of the year, erased four school standards and four conference marks.
He established new McGill and RSEQ records in the morning prelims of the 200-metre backstroke (1:54.47), surpassing the benchmark held since 2019 by McGill grad
(1:57.04), who won a relay gold for France last summer at the Paris Olympics. Courville-Fortin's time was slower in the evening final of the 200 back, where he won bronze in 1:55.49.
The 6-foot-1 sprinter also broke McGill and RSEQ records in the silver-medal winning 200 individual medley (1:57.57), surpassing his own mark of 1:59.33.
Finally, he was part of school and RSEQ records in 4x100 medley relay (3:35.00) that finished fourth in the last race of the meet, erasing the previous best of 3:35.09 set in 2022. His leadoff leg in that race was in the 100 backstroke, where he posted a sizzling time of 52.88, which erased the McGill and RSEQ mark (52.18) set by
in 2019. And he just missed another podium with a fourth-place finish in the 50m backstroke.
, a civil engineering senior from Burlington, Vt., receiving the U SPORTS Student-athlete Community Service Award.
The aforementioned Baradat, a 22-year-old economics sophomore from France, won silver in the 400 freestyle, touching the wall in 3:50.08. The two-time RSEQ swimmer of the year was edged out by UBC's
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MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
Men's Athlete of the Meet Award / Le prix d'athlète masculin des Championnats : Finlay Knox, UBC
Women's Athlete of the Meet Award / Le prix d'athlète féminine des Championnats : Kayla Sanchez, UBC
Men's Rookie of the Year / Recrue masculine de l'année : Nathan Thomas, Toronto
Women's Rookie of the Year / Recrue féminine de l'année : Raphaëlle Tremblay, Laval
Men's FOX 40 Coach of the Year Award / Prix FOX 40 de l'entraîneur de l'année en natation masculine : Paul Birmingham, Alberta
Women's FOX 40 Coach of the Year Award / Prix FOX 40 de l'entraîneur de l'année en natation féminine :
Peter Carpenter, McGill
Men's Community Service Award / Prix du service communautaire masculin :
Erik Linseisen, McGill
Women's Community Service Award / Prix du service communautaire féminin : Marcella Whelan, Memorial
TEAM STANDINGS
WOMEN (POINTS)
1. UBC, 1472.0
2. McGill, 936.5
3. Calgary, 920.5
4. Toronto, 708.0
5. Alberta, 366.0
6. Western, 264.0
7. Victoria, 231.0
8. Ottawa, 219.5
9. McMaster, 198.5
10. Guelph, 196.0
11. Lethbridge, 195.5
12. Dalhousie, 176.0
13. Brock, 170.0
14. Laval, 168.0
15. Montreal, 158.0
16. Manitoba, 148.5
17. Waterloo, 143.0
18. Acadia, 80.0
19. Sherbrooke, 8.0
20. UNB, 2.0
MEN (POINTS)
1. UBC, 1305.5
2. Toronto, 1078.0
3. Calgary, 860.0
4. McGill, 754.5
5. Alberta, 412.0
6. Western, 316.0
7. Victoria, 267.5
8. Ottawa, 260.0
9. Waterloo, 224.0
10. Lethbridge, 166.5
11. Laval, 146.5
12. York, 128.0
13. McMaster, 117.0
14. Laurier, 108.0
15. Memorial, 86.5
16. Dalhousie, 82.0
17. Montreal, 68.0
18. Manitoba, 65.0
19. Sherbrooke, 58.0
20. Carleton, 51.5
21. Regina, 50.0
22. UNB, 38.0
23. Acadia, 34.0
24. Brock, 28.5
25. UQTR, 4.0
MEDAL WINNERS
(25m short-course pool)
DAY 3
(W) 200m Butterfly
1. Nina Mollin, Toronto: 2:13.29
2. Naomie Lo, McGill: 2:14.01
3. Emilie de Chazal, McGill: 2:15.33
(M) 200m Butterfly
1. Finlay Knox, UBC: 1:53.67 –
U SPORTS RECORD
2. Benjamin Loewen, Toronto: 1:54.46
3. Bill Dongfang, Toronto: 1:56.26
(W) 50m Breaststroke
1. Alexanne Lepage, Calgary: 30.49
2. Eloise Allen, UBC: 31.21
3. Alicia L'Archeveque, UBC: 31.32
(M) 50m Breaststroke
1. Hugo Lemesle, Ottawa: 27.14
2. Garrett Brendzan, Alberta: 27.35
3. Stephen Moore, Calgary: 27.53
(W) 100m Freestyle
1. Kayla Noelle Sanchez, UBC: 52.48
2. Emma O'Croinin, UBC: 54.48
3. Elizabeth Ling, McGill: 55.23
(M) 100m Freestyle
1. Eric Ginzburg, York: 48.16
2. Chris C Weeks, Memorial: 48.18
3. Luke Beinder-Stewart, Western: 48.39
(W) 200m Backstroke
1. Hannah Johnsen, Calgary: 2:09.94
2. Angelica Bath, Toronto: 2:12.27
3. Natascha Borromeo, UBC: 2:13.51
(M) 200m Backstroke
1. Blake Tierney, UBC: 1:53.27
2. Benjamin Loewen, Toronto: 1:55.37
3. LoÏc Courville-Fortin, McGill: 1:55.49
(W) 800m Freestyle
1. Emma O'Croinin, UBC: 8:36.64
2. Ann Dumont-Belanger, UBC: 8:45.98
3. Iris Tinmouth, McGill: 8:49.03
(M) 1500m Freestyle
1. Hunter Payne, Calgary: 15:09.90
2. Olivier Risk, UBC: 15:15.52
3. Tanner Cole, UBC: 15:18.20
(W) 4x100M Medley Relay
1. UBC (Bridget Burton, Eloise Allen, Una Borchgrevink, Kayla Noelle Sanchez): 3:59.16
2. Calgary (Hannah Johnsen, Alexanne Lepage, Madisen Jacques, Eliza Housman): 4:03.89
3. Toronto (Angelica Bath, Tina Guan, Nina Mollin, Teagan Vander Leek): 4:06.99
(M) 4x100m Medley Relay
1. UBC (Blake Tierney, Finlay Knox, Wells Ginzer, Joel Blanco): 3:29.52 –
U SPORTS RECORD
2. Toronto (Andrew Herman, Nathan Thomas, Ben Loewen, Albert Bouley): 3:31.82
3. Calgary (Stephen Calkins, Nicholas Duncan, Thomas Mcdonald, Gibson Black): 3:34.82
DAY 2
(W) 50m Freestyle
1. Kayla Noelle Sanchez, UBC: 24.18 -
U SPORTS RECORD
2. Teagan Vander Leek, Toronto: 25.27
3. Zea M Wetzlaughk, Western: 25.61
(M) 50m Freestyle
1. Eric Ginzburg, York: 21.80
2. Albert Bouley, Toronto: 21.84
3. Liam Weaver, Toronto: 21.89
(W) 200m Breaststroke
1. Alexanne Lepage, Calgary: 2:25.73
2. Emma Spence, UBC: 2:28.93
3. Romane Hereng, Montreal: 2:30.01
(M) 200m Breaststroke
1. Hugo Lemesle, Ottawa: 2:08.06
2. Nathan Thomas, Toronto: 2:09.10
3. Tanner Cole, UBC: 2:09.70
(W) 400m Freestyle
1. Emma O'Croinin, UBC: 4:09.88
2. Anna Dumont-Belanger, UBC: 4:13.65
3. Raphaelle Tremblay, Laval: 4:14.13
(M) 400m Freestyle
1. Olivier Risk, UBC: 3:49,79
2. Mats Baradat, McGill: 3:50.08
3. Quinn Matties, Toronto: 3:51.12
(W) 100m Backstroke
1. Bridget Burton, UBC: 59.30
2. Hannah Johnsen, Calgary: 1:00.26
3. Tatum O'Connor, Brock: 1:00.31
(M) 100m Backstroke
1. Blake Tierney, UBC: 51.00 -
U SPORTS RECORD
2. Andrew Herman, Toronto: 51.49
3. Benjamin Loewen, Toronto: 52.85
(W) 200m Individual Medley
1. Nina Mollin, Toronto: 2:13.46
2. Camryn Stannard, UBC: 2:14.46
3. Emma Spence, UBC: 2:16.04
(M) 200m Individual Medley
1. Finlay Knox, UBC: 1:54.15 -
U SPORTS RECORD
2. Loic Courville-Fortin, McGill: 1:57.57
3. Kent Goni Avilla, Laurier: 1:58.07
(W) 50m Butterfly
1. Kayla Noelle Sanchez, UBC: 25.85 -
U SPORTS RECORD
2. Eloise Allen, UBC: 26.59
3. Una Borchgrevink, UBC: 27.00
(M) 50m Butterfly
1. Eric Ginzburg, York: 23.05 -
U SPORTS RECORD
2. Kai Lilienthal, UBC: 23.14
3. Finlay Knox, UBC: 23.35
(W) 4x200m Freestyle Relay
1. UBC (Anna Dumont-Belanger, Emma O'Croinin, Camryn Stannard, Kayla Sanchez): 7:54.04
2. McGill (Naomie Lo, Elizabeth Ling, Iris Tinmouth, Maya McGhan): 8:07.88
3. Calgary (Alexanne Lepage, Hannah Johnsen, Emily De Jager, Hannah Bennett): 8:10.98
(M) 4x200m Freestyle Relay
1. UBC (Blake Tierney, Jake Gaunt, Olivier Risk, Finlay Knox): 7:07.23 -
U SPORTS RECORD
2. Toronto (Ben Winterborn, Brendan Oswald, Bill Dongfang, Quinn Matteis): 7:16.24
3. Victoria (Ricky Millns, Elijah Agostinelli-Stull, Matthew MacDonald, Keir Ogilvie): 7:17.33
DAY 1
(W) 200M Freestyle
1. Kayla Noelle Sanchez, UBC: 1:54.74
2. Emma O'Croinin, UBC: 1:56.44
3. Anna Dumont-Belanger, UBC: 1:59.13
(M) 200m Freestyle
1. Paul McKenzie, Alberta: 1:47.02
2. Bill Dongfang, Toronto: 1:47.07
3. Ben Winterborn, Toronto: 1:47.55
(W) 100m Breaststroke
1. Alexanne Lepage, Calgary: 1:05.79
2. Eloise Allen, UBC: 1:07.41
3. Romane Hereng, Montreal: 1:08.72
(M) 100m Breaststroke
1. Nicholas Duncan, Calgary: 59.38
2. Hugo Lemesle, Ottawa: 59.48
3 (tie). Nathan Thomas, Toronto: 59.60
3 (tie). Justice Migneault, UBC: 59.60
(W) 100m Butterfly
1. Nina Mollin, Toronto: 59.71
2. Una Borchgrevink, UBC: 1:00.03
3. Brooklyn Weins, UBC: 1:00.67
(M) 100m Butterfly
1. Eric Ginzburg, York: 51.89
2. Wells Ginzer, UBC: 52.53
3. Thomas Mcdonald, Calgary: 52.76
(W) 50m Backstroke
1. Eloise Allen, UBC: 27.45
2. Bridget Burton, UBC: 27.50
3. Tatum Connor, Brock: 27.65
(M) 50m Backstroke
1. Finlay Knox, UBC: 23.39 –
U SPORTS RECORD
2. Blake Tierney, UBC: 23.74
3. Andrew Herman: Toronto: 23.77
(W) 400m Individual Medley
1. Alexanne Lepage, Calgary: 4:42.17
2. Olivia Brendzan, Alberta: 4:43.53
3. Emma Spence, UBC: 4:45.53
(M) 400m Individual Medley
1. Tanner Cole, UBC: 4:13.67
2. Jacob Gallant, Toronto: 4:16.08
3. Hugh McNeill, UBC: 4:17.12
(W) 4x100m Freestyle Relay
1. UBC (Emma O'Croinin, Anna Dumont-Belanger, Bridget Burton, Kayla Noelle Sanchez): 3:37.78
2. Calgary (Eliza Housman, Hannah Johnsen, Alexanne Lepage, Hannah Bennett): 3:44.54
3. Toronto (Kayla Houlder, Gemma Norman, Katie Marovino, Teagan Vander Leek): 3:45.95
(M) 4x100m Freestyle Relay
1. UBC (Finlay Knox, Blake Tierney, Jake Gaunt, Joel Blanco): 3:11.80 –
U SPORTS RECORD
2. Toronto (Andrew Herman, Ben Winterborn, Liam Weaver, Albert Bouley): 3:14.58
3. Calgary (Gibson Black, Stephen Calkins, Ethan Fast, Thomas Mcdonald): 3:15.40
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Sports Info Officer
McGill Athletics & Recreation
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca
(514) 983-7012 (cell)
