EDMONTON - Four Canada West records fell, and the UBC Thunderbirds continue to lead both the men's and women's standings at the Canada West swimming championship at the Kinsmen Sports Centre in Edmonton.
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SATURDAY RESULTS
Day two of the conference championship saw a pair of records broken in the preliminary races in the morning, and another two erased in the finals.
UBC's
Tommy Gossland started the record breaking when set a new standard in the men's 50m freestyle, finishing with a time of 22.65 in the prelims. That time beat the previous record, set in 2009, of 22.78 by Calgary's
Kelly Aspinall. Erin Miller of the Alberta Pandas claimed the next record, finishing with a time of 59.16 in the women's 100m butterfly which is the first sub sixty second time in Canada West history. Miller bettered the mark MacKenzie Downing set in 2009, which was a time of 1:00.86.
In the finals, Calgary's Jason Block, who also broke a record on Friday, set another new standard this time in the men's 100m breaststroke, finishing with a time of 59.84 to capture gold. The Dinos then improved one of their own records in the women's 400m freestyle relay, clocking in at 3:41.82 which was better than the 2009 Dinos team time of 3:42.79.
The defending conference champion Thunderbirds lead the women's standings with 598 points, and the men's standings with 548 points. The host Alberta Golden Bears are in second place on the men's side with 465 points, while Calgary rounds out the top three with 370 points. The Dinos are in second place on the women's side with 494 points and the Alberta Pandas are third with 343 points.
Day three gets underway Sunday with preliminary races at 9:00am while finals begin at 2:00pm.
In Saturday's opening final, Seanna Mitchell of Calgary won gold in the women's 50m freestyle, finishing ahead of
Heather MacLean and
Fionnuala Pierse of UBC.
Gossland and teammate
Rory Biskupski finised 1-2 in the men's 50m FS, with Golden Bear med student Jeremy 'Doc' Kubik earning the bronze.
The Thunderbirds dominated the podium in the women's 400m individual medley with
Martha McCabe,
Tera Van Beilen and
Hayley Pipher earning gold, silver and bronze respectively.
Alberta's Gavin D'Amico collected the gold medal in the men's 400m IM, coming from behind to win and earn CIS qualification.
Kevin Chu of UBC came in second place, while Golden Bear veteran Brian Yakiwchuk claimed the bronze.
Erin Miller continued Alberta's golden streak in the next event, winning the women's 100m butterfly race, finishing ahead of Dinos' swimmers Lindsay Delmar and Seanna Mitchell.
Fourth-year Golden Bear Josh Au made it three gold medals in a row for the hosts when he finished first in the men's 100m butterfly. Biskupski of UBC earned the silver, while fellow T-Bird and former Dino
Kelly Aspinall picked up bronze.
Event 17, the women's 200m backstroke, saw
Rachelle Salli and
Savannah King of UBC earn the first and third place podium placements, while Calgary's Jessika Craig picked up second place.
Golden Bears' rookie Joe Byram won his first conference gold when he collected the best time in the men's 200m backstroke, stopping the clock before Gleb Suvorov of Calgary and UBC's
Craig Brazier.
UBC's McCabe won her second medal of the day when she collected gold in the 100m breaststroke, beating teammate Van Beilen and Calgary's Fiona Doyle.
Block stopped the clock first in the 100m breaststroke, beating teammate Christopher Dalen and Jeffrey Nicol of Lethbridge, who once again proved to be the only swimmer outside of UBC, Calgary and Alberta to win a medal.
UBC earned the top two podium spots in the women's 200m freestyle race, with
Heather MacLean coming in first and
Savannah King finishing ahead of Dinos' Lindsay Delmar.
The T-Bird men then followed suit taking gold and bronze in the same event as Gossland and Matt Godbeer finished around a silver medal performance by Alberta's Robert MacKinnon.
Calgary claimed the women's 400m freestyle relay, with UBC and Alberta finishing in second and third, while the Thunderbird men won the event, finishing ahead of the Golden Bears and Calgary.
STANDINGS - After Day 2?
MEN
1. UBC 548?
2. Alberta 465
?3. Calgary 370
?4. Lethbridge 210
?5. Victoria 151
?6. Regina 105
?7. Manitoba 83?
8. Trinity Western 34
WOMEN
?1. UBC 598
?2. Calgary 494
?3. Alberta 343
?4. Victoria 189
?5. Manitoba 133
?6. Regina 93
?6. Lethbridge 93
?8. Trinity Western 19
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