2016 CIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Quebec City, QC
- SCM – Prelims
- LCM – Finals
- Prelims 10:00 am ET
- Finals 6:00 pm ET
- Defending men’s champions: UBC
- Defending women’s champions: UBC
- Live results
- Live Stream
WOMEN’S 200m FREESTYLE
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson kicked things off with a big win for the UBC Thunderbirds. With a time of 2:00.09 she dipped under Katerine Savard’s CIS record of 2:00.83 in order to claim the win.
Maia Brundage of UBC was second in 2:02.50, helping UBC get to an early lead in the overall points standings. Paige Schultz of Toronto touched in for the bronze medal in 2:02.57, coming close to catching Brundage in the last 10 meters.
UofT swimmers finished sixth through ninth as well which will help them in their overall points total.
MEN’S 200m FREESTYLE
Keegan Zanatta managed to give the UBC Thunderbirds their second win in as many events as he trudged to the wall in order to hold off a charging Evan Van Moerkerke.
Zanatta clocked in at 1:50.28 to beat Moerkerke by almost a second. Moerkerke was second in 1:51.14 just ahead of University of Toronto swimmer Oliver Straszynski’s 1:51.68.
WOMEN’S 50m BACKSTROKE
Kylie Masse has been on fire all season in the 50m backstroke, setting two Canadian records in the short course pool. Tonight, for the first time ever, Masse managed to get her hands on an individual long course Canadian record, taking down Brooklynn Snodgrass’ 27.97 50m backstroke from 2014.
Masse ended up wining the final by over a full seconds with a time of 27.84. Marie-Pier Couillard of Laval was second in 28.93 followed by Phoebe Lenderyou of Dalhousie in 29.17.
Toronto’s Masse is now the Canadian national record holder in both the short and long course 50m backstrokes.
MEN’S 50m BACKSTROKE
Calgary started to fight back with their men’s backstroke prowess as Josh Dow claimed the gold medal in a new CIS record time of 25.98.
Behind him was Daniel Kuiack of Toronto in 26.11 who spoiled the 1-2 Calgary finish by taking down Chris Courtis. Courtis ended up third in 26.21
WOMEN’S 100m BREASTSTROKE
In her last 100m breaststroke appearance at a CIS Championships UBC’s Tera Van Beilen came up huge with a 1:08.36 win.
That time ranks her as the second fastest Canadian this season and puts her in a great position heading into the Canadian Olympic Trials this April.
Erin Stamp managed to finish behind Van Beilen securing the 1-2 finish for UBC with a time of 1:10.09. That time just held off Sherbrooke’s Alexandra Naisby who rocked a 1:10.18 at the touch.
MEN’S 100m BREASTSTROKE
Toronto’s Eli Wall took absolute control of the men’s 100m breaststroke, winning the race by over a full second with a 1:02.43 performance.
Wall’s time managed to separate him from second place finisher Dillion Perron from Manitoba. Perron rocked a 1:03.35 at the touch in order to take home the silver medal.
Robbed of the silver was Jonathan Naisby of Sherbrook who was just out-touched at the finish. Naisby was a 1:03.37 behind Perron, missing out on the silver by just two one-hundredths of a second.
WOMEN’S 100m BUTTERFLY
It was a dead heat for gold in the women’s 100m butterfly between both Jacomie Strydom of UBC and Sophia Marois of Montreal. The two swimmers both touched in at 1:01.14, tying, and forcing them to share the gold medal.
Third behind the two winners was Marie-Lou Lapointe, also of Montreal, in 1:01.42.
MEN’S 100m BUTTERFLY
Coming out of lane seven Josiah Binnema pulled off a surprise swim over a tough field in order to claim gold for the University of Alberta. Touching in at 54.09, Binnema had a slight cushion at the touch.
Top seed from this morning, Gamal Assaad from Western, finished second behind him in 54.41 followed by University of Toronto’s Matthew Dans. Dans clocked in at 54.70 to round out the top three.
WOMEN’S 400m IM
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson made it two for two tonight after winning the women’s 400m IM in 4:45.21. It was her race to lose and she went out hard, never giving up an inch and fighting to the wall.
Genevieve Cantin, who is one of the favourites in the 200m backstroke later this meet, finished second in 4:53.96 in order to hold of Tianna Rissling of Calgary.
Rissling clocked in at 4:55.07 behind Cantin to take the bronze.
MEN’S 400m IM
Toronto freshman Osvald Nitski proved that he’s a fighter in the men’s 400m IM final, taking home the gold medal in a time of 4:23.90. In a stunning finish, Nitski managed to get his hand on the wall first taking home his first ever CIS title.
Behind Nitski was Tristan Cote of Calgary who managed a 4:24.78 to finish within a second of the winner and take home the silver medal. Cote held off UBC’s Colin Eriks who claimed bronze with a 4:25.30.
WOMEN’S 4x100m FREESTYLE RELAY
The University of Toronto women took one last victory for the evening on the 4x100m freestyle relay. Victoria Radounski, Heather Lam, Kylie Masse, and Paige Schultz put up a 3:47.36 to take home the win and give Masse her second gold of the night.
Masse split a 26.68 to put up the fastest 50 of the entire field.
UBC finished second behind them in 3:48.41 followed by Laval in 3:52.09.
MEN’S 4x100m FREESTYLE RELAY
To end the first day of competition the University of Toronto men also won the 4x100m freestyle relay in CIS record time. They won in 3:23.94 to take down the UBC Thunderbirds.
The Thunderbirds were also under the previous record with a swift 3:24.18. Guelph was third in 3:27.63.
Nice 1-2 UBC ladies in the 200 to kickoff the meet!