VANCOUVER – On the final day of competition at the Canada West Swimming Championships, the UBC Thunderbirds overtook the Calgary Dinos to win both the men's and women's titles at the UBC Aquatic Centre on Sunday afternoon.
 
"Those were real character wins, up against bigger teams and not just bigger teams, but real quality teams. There were a lot of good swimmers all over from the Canada West here this weekend. I think our kids really just stuck to their guns and had a game plan and never blinked," said UBC's Steve Price, who was named the Canada West 2015-16 Men's Coach of the Year earlier today. "At the end of they day they got the job done, so when you're a winning team like they've been for a number of years they know how to close it out and they did it again."
 
The battle for the women's banner came down to the final 4x100-metre individual medley relay, with UBC's squad of Mckenzie Summers, Erin Stamp, Jacomie Strydom and Rebecca Terejko touching the wall first in four minutes and 4.07 seconds, ahead of Calgary (Chelsea Shaul, Tianna Rissling, Danielle D'Aoust, Leah Smal), which finished second with a time of 4:08.47.
 
That final race left the host Thunderbirds with 832 points, and the Dinos with 819.5. The Alberta Pandas were third with 407.
 
Calgary led by 6.5 points going into the final day.
 
For the UBC women, it was their seventh straight Canada West championship - and the most closely contested of the bunch. The Thunderbirds have now won the Canada West 27 times.
 
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson was named the Canada West Female Swimmer of the Meet after claiming three individual gold medals (200 back, 200 free and 400 IM), two relay golds (4x100 free and 4x200 free) and one silver (200 IM) over the course of the three-day meet.
 
Calgary's Lauren Teghtsoonian was named the league's Female Rookie of the Year. Her silver-medal performances in the women's 400 free and the 4x200 free relay highlighted her first Canada West conference meet. The Dinos also claimed the women's Coach of the Year honour, which went to Mike Blondal.
 
UBC won five of the six individual races on Sunday.
 
200 fly: Jacomie Strydom (2:11.62)
100 free: Rebecca Terejko (55.33)
200 IM: Erin Stamp (2:10.09)
200 breast: Tera Van Beilen (2:22.45) 
400 free: Maia Brundage (4:10.49)
 
Calgary's Leah Smal was the only non-Thunderbird to top the podium on Day 3 as she won the 100 back event (1:01.76)
 
Led by Male Swimmer of the Meet Keegan Zanatta, the UBC men's team claimed their third straight, and 16th overall, Canada West championship by scoring 800 points and finishing ahead of Calgary (768) and Alberta (607.5).
 
On Sunday, Zanatta was first in the 100 and 400 free races, recording times of 50.31 and 3:47.54, respectively. He added those two gold medals to his haul, which included first-place finishes in the 200 free, 4x100 free relay and 4x200 free relay events. Zanatta also won bronze in the 1,500 free.
 
UBC's Carson Olafson was named the Male Rookie of the Year after winning silver behind Zanatta in the 100 free on Sunday and the 200 free on Saturday. The first-year Olafson swam with Zanatta as part of Thunderbirds' gold medal-winning 4x100 free and 4x200 free relay squads.
 
Alberta's team of Joe Byram, Nick Kostiuk, Josiah Binnema and Tom Krywitsky won the 4x100 medley relay in 3:39.41. Calgary was second in 3:42.73 and UBC was third in 3:44.83 to seal the Canada West banner.
 
Alberta also won gold in the 200 breast as Kostiuk touched the wall first in 2:11.47, and in the 100 back as Joe Byram finished in 54.56.
 
Sunday's other gold medallists were Calgary's Christian Ng in the 200 fly (2:01:07) and UBC's Jonathan Brown in the 200 IM (1:59.23).
 
The student-athlete awards went to Rebecca Terejko of UBC and Jagdeesh Uppal of Thompson Rivers.
 
Canada West Award Winners
 
Swimmers of the Meet
Women: Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, UBC    
Men: Keegan Zanatta, UBC
 
Rookie of the Meet
Women: Lauren Teghtsoonian, Calgary
Men: Carson Olafson, UBC                        
 
Student-Athlete Community Service
Women: Rebecca Terejko, UBC
Men: Jagdeesh Uppal, Thompson Rivers
 
Coach of the Year
Women: Mike Blondal, Calgary
Men: Steve Price, UBC
 
All qualifiers now head to the CIS championship meet, February 25-27 at Laval University in Quebec City.
 
DAY 3 RESULTS (SUNDAY)
 
Women's 200 Butterfly
1. Jacomie Strydom, UBC (2:11.62)
2. Danielle D'Aoust, Calgary (2:14.01)
3. Mia Bottrill, UBC (2:15.68)
 
Men's 200 Butterfly
1. Christian Ng, Calgary (2:01:07)
2. Hau-Li Fan, UBC (2:01.60)
3. Connor Wilkins, UBC (2:02.23)
 
Women's 100 Freestyle
1. Rebecca Terejko, UBC (55.33)
2. Maia Brundage, UBC (55.92)
3. Leah Smal, Calgary (57.29)
 
Men's 100 Freestyle
1. Keegan Zanatta, UBC (50.31)
2. Carson Olafson, UBC (50.53)
3. Alex Shogolev, Calgary (50.67)
 
Women's 200 IM
1. Erin Stamp, UBC (2:10.09)
2. Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, UBC (2:10.32)
3. Stefanie Serka, UBC (2:19.00)
 
Men's 200 IM
1. Jonathan Brown, UBC (1:59.23)
2., Tristan Cote, Calgary (2:02.66)
3. Christian Ng, Calgary (2:03.54)
 
Women's 100 Backstroke
1. Leah Smal, Calgary (1:01.76)
2. Mckenzie Summers, UBC (1:02.01)
3. Katherine Stamp, UBC (1:03.51)
 
Men's 100 Backstroke
1. Joe Byram, Alberta (54.56)
2. Noah Choboter, Regina (55.36)
3. Josh Dow, Calgary (55.51)
 
Women's 200 Breaststroke
1. Tera Van Beilen, UBC (2:22.45)
2. Erin Stamp, UBC (2:25.56)
3. Tianna Rissling, Calgary (2:28.21)
 
Men's 200 Breaststroke
1. Nick Kostiuk, Alberta (2:11.47)
2. Dillon Perron, Manitoba (2:16.28)
2. Benjamin Blackmon, Calgary (2:16.28)
 
Women's 400 Freestyle
1. Maia Brundage, UBC (4:10.49)
2. Lauren Teghtsoonian, Calgary (4:17.41)
3. Kaitlin Gervais, Victoria (4:21.02)
 
Men's 400 Freestyle
1. Keegan Zanatta, UBC (3:47.54)
2. Tristan Cote, Calgary (3:50.23)
3. Jonathan Brown, UBC (3:51.94)
 
Women 4x100 Medley Relay
1. UBC (Mckenzie Summers, Erin Stamp, Jacomie Strydom, Rebecca Terejko), 4:04.07
2. Calgary (Chelsea Shaul, Tianna Rissling, Danielle D'Aoust, Leah Smal), 4:08.47
3. Alberta (Larissa Dorrestijn, Kelsey Ginter, Karlyn Elford, Nikki Macleod), 4:17.64
 
Men 4x100 Medley Relay
1. Alberta (Joe Byram, Nick Kostiuk, Josiah Binnema, Tom Krywitsky), 3:39.41
2. Calgary (Josh Dow, Joseph Wright, Sterling King, Alex Shogolev), 3:42.73
3. UBC (Karl Wolk, Ryder McGinnis, Justin Chan, Marshal Parker), 3:44.83