McGill sends a dozen swimmers to CIS championships
MONTREAL - A dozen McGill swimmers are headed to Toronto this week when the nation's top varsity swimmers get together for the 2010 CIS championship meet, hosted by the University of Toronto, Feb. 18-20. The event runs from Thursday to Saturday with preliminaries starting at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m. every day.
Live results and video webcast of finals will be available online at: http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/swim
The McGill qualifiers, which include six men and a half-dozen women, are among a group of 50 swimmers competing from the Quebec university teams.
The best medal hopeful for McGill is sophomore Steven Bielby, a 5-foot-7 middle distance specialist. The 20-year-old native of Pointe Claire, Que., became the first male in McGill history to win three individual gold medals at a CIS championship meet last season when he was voted CIS rookie of the year. He has qualified for the men's 200 and 400-metre individual medleys and the 1500 freestyle.
Other qualifiers from the Redmen include Sean Bell (200m IM, 200m breast) of Barrie, Ont., Jason Boivin (100m back, 1500m free) of Pointe Claire, Hector Hernandez (400m free) of West Bloomfield, Mich., Matthew Khatchadourian (100m breast) of Beaconsfield, Que., and Diego Pessoa, a native of Sao Paulo, Brazil., who will be in the 50m freestyle sprint.
Among the McGill women is visually-impaired Valérie Grand'Maison, from Town of Mt. Royal, Que., a three-time gold medalist from the 2008 Para-Olympics in Beijing. She will be racing in the 400m freestyle. Other members of the Martlets to qualify include Kristyna Cleminson (50m, 100m, 200m breaststrokes) of Belleville, Ont., Myriam Donato (200m IM, 200m fly) of Pointe Claire, Elana Evans (50 back) of Calgary, Leanne Roach (100m, 200m breast) of Gander, Nfld., and Maxime Charron (200m back) of St. Lambert, Que.
2010 CIS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE
(Heats 10 a.m. / Finals 6 p.m.)
Thursday, Feb. 18 (order of finals)
#1 Women's 200m Free
#2 Men's 200m Free
#3 W 50m Back
#4 M 50m Back
#5 W 100m Breast
#6 M 100m Breast
#7 W 100m Fly
#8 M 100m Fly
#9 W 400m IM
#10 M 400m IM
#11 W 4 x 100m Free Relay
#12 M 4 x 100m Free Relay
Friday, Feb. 19 (order of finals)
#13 W 100m Back
#14 M 100m Back
#15 W 50m Fly
#16 M 50m Fly
#17 W 400m Free
#18 M 400m Free
#19 W 200m Breast
#20 M 200m Breast
#21 W 50m Free
#22 M 50m Free
#23 W 200m Fly
#24 M 200m Fly
#25 W 4 x 200m Free Relay
#26 M 4 x 200m Free Relay
Saturday, Feb. 20 (order of finals)
#27 W 800m Free
#28 M 50m Breast
#29 W 50m Breast
#30 M 200m Back
#31 W 200m Back
#32 M 100m Free
#33 W 100m Free
#34 M 200m IM
#35 W 200m IM
#36 M 1500m Free
#37 W 4 x 100m Medley Relay
#38 M 4 x 100m Medley Relay
PAST CIS TEAM CHAMPIONS
Women
- Calgary won its first-ever title a year ago, after finishing second to UBC 8 straight years;
- UBC, silver medallist a year ago, had won the previous 11 titles and 14 of the previous 15;
- Toronto is the only team other than UBC and Calgary to win the title over the past 16 years (1996-97);
- Most CIS titles since 1970-71 (inaugural CIS championship): UBC (16), Toronto (14).
Men
- UBC reclaimed the title from Calgary a year ago, with Calgary finishing second;
- In 2007-08, Calgary had ended UBC's run of 10 straight titles, after finishing second the previous 10 years;
- Before UBC's run (from '97-98 to '06-07), Calgary had won 3 straight titles from 1994-95 to 96-97;
- Toronto is the last team other than UBC and Calgary to win the team title (1993-94);
- Most CIS titles since 1964-65 (inaugural CIS championship): Toronto (16), Calgary (13), UBC (12).
PAST CIS SWIMMERS OF THE YEAR (last 10 years)
Women
2008-09 Annamay Pierse, UBC
2007-08 Annamay Pierse, UBC
2006-07 Erin Gammel, Calgary
2005-06 Kelly Stefanyshyn, UBC
2004-05 Jennifer Carroll, UQTR
2003-04 Erin Gammel, Calgary
2002-03 Liz Warden, UBC
2001-02 Liz Warden, UBC
2000-01 Sophie Simard, Laval
1999-00 Jessica Deglau, UBC
1998-99 Jessica Deglau, UBC
Men
2008-09 Colin Russell, Toronto
2007-08 Callum Ng, UBC
2006-07 Brian Johns, UBC
2005-06 Callum Ng, UBC
2004-05 Scott Dickens, UBC
2003-04 Chad Murray, Calgary
2002-03 Brian Johns, UBC
2001-02 Brian Johns, UBC
2000-01 Rick Say, Calgary
1999-00 Bob Hayes, Toronto
1998-99 Curtis Myden, Calgary
CIS CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS
WOMEN
50m Freestyle: Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 2009, 25.17
100m Freestyle: Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 2009, 54.03
200m Freestyle: Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 2009, 1:56.11
400m Freestyle: Carla Geurts, UNB, 2002, 4:07.60
800m Freestyle: Carla Geurts, UNB, 2003, 8:30.39
50m Backstroke: Hanna Kubas, Calgary, 2009, 27.48
100m Backstroke: Katy Murdoch, Calgary, 2009, 58.67
200m Backstroke: Katy Murdoch, Calgary, 2009, 2:06.81
50m Breaststroke: Annamay Pierse, UBC, 2009, 30.71
100m Breaststroke: Annamay Pierse, UBC, 2009, 1:05.16
200m Breaststroke: Annamay Pierse, UBC, 2009, 2:18.59
50m Butterfly: Jennifer Carroll, UQTR, 2009, 26.87
100m Butterfly: MacKenzie Downing, Victoria, 2008, 59.31
200m Butterfly: Audrey Lacroix, Montreal, 2007, 2:08.69
200m Individual Medley: Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 2009, 2:09.12
400m Individual Medley: Liz Warden, Toronto, 2003, 4:38.21
4x100m Medley Relay: Calgary, 2009, 4:04.20
(Katy Murdoch, Erica Morningstar, Orla O'Kelly, Seanna Mitchell)
4x100m Freestyle Relay: Calgary, 2009, 3:38.74
(Erica Morningstar, Katy Murdoch, Seanna Mitchell, Breanna Hendriks)
4x200m Freestyle Relay: Calgary, 2009, 7:55.91
(Katy Murdoch, Breanna Hendriks, Kevyn Peterson, Erica Morningstar)
MEN
50m Freestyle: Colin Russell, Toronto, 2009, 22.03
100m Freestyle: Colin Russell, Toronto, 2009, 47.23
200m Freestyle: Colin Russell, Toronto, 2009, 1:43.31
400m Freestyle: Rick Say, Calgary, 2001, 3:43.91
1500m Freestyle: Turlough O'Hare, UBC, 1992, 14:52.32
50m Backstroke: Chris Renaud, Calgary, 1997, 24.25
100m Backstroke: Callum Ng, UBC, 2009, 52.24
200m Backstroke: Chris Renaud, Calgary, 1997, 1:54.68
50m Breaststroke: Scott Dickens, UBC, 2009, 27.53
100m Breaststroke: Scott Dickens, UBC, 2009, 59.34
200m Breaststroke: Mike Brown, Calgary, 2009, 2:07.58
50m Butterfly: Kelly Aspinall, Calgary, 2009, 23.60
100m Butterfly: Tom Ponting, Calgary, 1989, 52.62
200m Butterfly: Brian Johns, UBC, 2003, 1:54.76
200m Individual Medley: Keith Beavers, Waterloo, 2009, 1:55.98
400m Individual Medley: Brian Johns, UBC, 2003, 4:02.72
4x100m Medley Relay: UBC, 2009, 3:33.04
(Callum Ng, Scott Dickens, Rory Biskupski, Tommy Gossland)
4x100m Freestyle Relay: UBC, 2009, 3:15.42
(Scott Dickens, Rory Biskupski, Callum Ng, Tommy Gossland)
4x200m Freestyle Relay: UBC, 2003, 7:10.95
(Brian Johns, Mark Johnston, Brent Hayden, Justin Tisdall)
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
McGill Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012
earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca