Meet log: Friday, November 25 to Sunday, November 27 at the CW Swimming Championships – gold in the 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, and 800m freestyle / bronze in the 1500m freestyle.
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For the second-consecutive year, UBC'sÂ
Keegan Zanatta was named the Male Swimmer of the Meet at the Canada West championship after leading his Thunderbirds to the conference title.
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This past weekend in Edmonton, Zanatta won three goal medals and one bronze, helping UBC earn a total of 921 points in the team standings, 266.5 ahead of runners-up Calgary. It was the fourth-straight conference title for the Thunderbirds.
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Zanatta was golden in the 200- and 400-metre freestyle events, posting times of 1:47.56 and 3:47.23, respectively. He anchored UBC to a Canada West record-setting performance of 7:15.56 in the 800 freestyle relay. The fifth-year swimmer from Victoria, B.C., also earned a bronze medal in the 1500 freestyle race (15:27.29).
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Zanatta and the Thunderbirds will now begin preparations for the U Sports swimming championship meet Feb. 24-26 in Sherbrooke, Que.
