The UBC Thunderbirds capped off a successful weekend of swimming at the 2021 Odlum Brown Colleges Cup on Sunday evening at the UBC Aquatic Centre, finishing first on the men's side and second on the women's side as the teams continue to ramp up for their first Canada West championships since 2019.
On the men's side of the meet, UBC took home first place with 1319.5 points, the University of Calgary Dinos finished second with 992 points, and the University of Victoria came third with 633 points. The Dinos won the women's competition with 1007.5 points, the T-Birds were second with 995 points, and the Team West All-Star squad edged out UVic for third in the overall standings with 967.5 points.
"We had so many excellent performances this weekend," said UBC head coach
Derrick Schoof after just the second competitive varsity meet for the Thunderbirds in nearly two years. "I'd say what stood out for me the most was both the women's and men's 4x100 medley relays. We came together as a team and really finished the meet off with some excellent team performances – including the men setting a new meet record by two seconds."
The new-look 'Birds will now set their sights on defending their conference championship titles November 26-28
th in Edmonton, Alberta.
"We really have a lot of work to do still on race tactics and execution," said Schoof. "I know we can continue to get faster over the next three weeks and keep learning from the racing we just finished. The Odlum Brown Colleges Cup was our first 'real' heats and finals meet since February of 2020 - so it was a great experience, and we certainly learned a lot from it."
