2015 CIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- February 19-21
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Prelims 10 a.m Pacific time
- Finals 6 p.m Pacific time
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WOMENS 200 FREE
Three swimmers cracked the two-minute barrier this morning in what was a very bundled prelims. Barbara Jardin led the way with a 1:59.41, swimming side by side with University of Toronto’s Paige Schultz for the majority of the race before taking a slight lead. Schultz grabbed the second seed in 1:59.63 and will be beside her tonight in the finals.
Canadian record holder in the 50 and 100m flys, Katerine Savard, took the third seed in an event which she’s fairly new at. Savard rocked a 1:59.79 to take the third spot, holding off Savannah King in the sixth heat.
King ended up fifth overall, still making the finals, with her time of 2:00.68.
MENS 200 FREE
The men’s 200m freestyle is shaping up to be an amazing final tonight with the top eight all within just about a second of each other. The final will be all UBC and Toronto swimmers with the exception of eighth seed, Robert Wise, who swam a 1:48.55 to get that final spot.
For three heats, swimmers were going under 1:48, but after the last heat it was UBC’s Stefan Milosevic who led the way with a 1:47.49. UVic transfer Keegan Zanatta was a 1:47.55 for UBC with Oliver Strasynski taking the third seed with his time of 1:47.60.
The top three were tightly bunched, and the next two were just as close with David Riley of Toronto going a 1:47.79. Behind him was sprint freestyle star Yuri Kisil who rocked a 1:47.90 to be the last swimmer under 1:48.
The final should be a close one, and these swims just point to a fantastic 4x200m freestyle relay between Toronto and UBC later in the meet.
WOMENS 50 BACK
The 50m backstroke prelim had two clear leaders as Marie-Pier Couillard and Kylie Masse trudged to the wall way ahead of the rest of their competitors in their respective heats.
Couillard was the fastest overall with her time of 27.75 followed by Masse who rocked a 28.11. Phoebe Lenderyou who just came off an amazing AUS Conference Championships breaking several records, took the third seed overall with a 28.54.
Chelse Shaul of Calgary was fourth in 28.55.
Genevieve Cantin and Gabrielle Soucisse, two of the top swimmers from the RSEQ conference also made the final.
MENS 50 BACK
One swimmer cracked the 25-second mark in the men’s 50m backstroke and that was Pascal-Hugo Cantin of Laval with a time of 24.95. He led the way over a tough field which included Toronto’s Kyle Haas. Haas was a 25.08 to take the second spot, grabbing himself a middle lane for finals.
Eric Anderson of McMaster was just behind him in 25.19 securing his finals position ahead of Western’s Aaron Rode. Rode was a 25.35 to take the fourth spot.
Joe Byrom of Alberta who has been fantastic all year in the backstroke events as was very evident at the Canada West Championships, took the fifth spot in 25.37. Mitch Ferraro of Toronto was sixth in 25.65.
WOMENS 100 BREAST
The breaststroke events over the years have showed a fantastic rivalry between UBC’s Tera Van Beilen and Calgary’s Fiona Doyle. This meet started no differently as Fiona Doyle made an outright statement in the final heat of the 100m breaststroke swimming a 1:05.94.
That time led the field by over a full second and puts Doyle in a fantastic position to win tonight. Van Beilen’s teammate Erin Stamp will take the other middle lane in tonight’s final. She won her heat with a time of 1:07.22 making this breaststroke face-off more and more exciting.
Van Beilen was third overall and will be beside Doyle tonight. She rocked a 1:07.64 to grab that spot just ahead of Calgary’s Tianna Rissling.
The 2015 CIS Championships are making it very evident that the 100m breaststroke is no longer just a two horse race. The top four definitely all have potential to make a mark on tonight’s final.
MENS 100 BREAST
Swimmers from multiple different schools all made it into tonight’s 100m breaststroke final which will be led by Toronto’s Eli Wall. Wall clocked in at 1:00.35 to take the top seed ahead of Manitoba’s Dillon Perron.
Perron was also quick sporting a 1:00.58. McMaster’s Konrad Bald was the first swimmer over 1:01 with a 1:01.16 to claim the third seed overall heading into finals. He’s ahead of Calgary’s Bogdan Knezevic who put up a very similar time with a 1:01.31.
Alberta’s Nick Kostiuk will be in tonight’s final along with Toronto’s Chris Manning.
WOMENS 100 FLY
Earlier this season Katerine Savard broke the 100m fly CIS record with her time of 58.46. Today, that time was challenged by UBC’s Jacomie Strydom who also dipped under Erin Miller’s previous record of 59.12.
Strydom led the way as the fastest qualifier this morning after the competition of the heats with her time of 58.69. Although that time wasn’t a CIS record, it was a meet record. Savard, the fastest seed going into the meet, was a 59.35 to take the second seed.
Savard is the Canadian record in the 100m fly so if she’s able to turn on the jets tonight she should be able to pull off a win. She’s also going to be swimming the 200m freestyle final, and she’s going into the meet unrested so that could all work in favour for Strydom.
Third overall was University of Toronto’s backstroke breakout swimmer Kylie Masse. Masse swam the 50m backstroke earlier in the prelims but was still able to throw down a 59.55 to secure a second final. Behind her was Paulina Bond of Western with a 59.79.
MENS 100 FLY
Coleman Allen is entered in a ton of events this weekend, and he’s starting off his meet strong with a new CIS record in the 100m fly. His prelim swim of 51.19 broke his old record of 51.44 from last year, and put him miles ahead of the other competitors heading towards finals.
Toronto’s Edward Liu was his closest challenger, and he touched in over two and a half seconds behind him in 53.84. Gamal Assaad was third overall over with a 53.99.
WOMENS 400 IM
Defending 400m IM champion Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson took the top spot in the women’s 400m IM this morning with her time of 4:39.10. Seltenreich-Hodgson, who finished fourth in the 400m IM at the Commonwealth Games this summer, was the favourite going into the race but will have some tough competition tonight.
Toronto’s Vanessa Treasure was right behind her with a time of 4:39.83. This is Treasure’s last CIS Championships and she’s looking to make a big statement in her favourite event.
Genevieve Cantin of Laval was third overall in 4:42.91 followed by McGill’s Katie Caldwell. Jacomie Strydom who broke the meet record in the 100m fly earlier in the day soared to a fifth overall finish to secure another finals birth with her time of 4:43.97.
Also making the final was breaststroke star Tera Van Beilen. She’ll be competing in the 100m breaststroke final tonight before she takes the blocks to swim the 400m IM.
MENS 400 IM
The men’s 400m IM final will feature Jonathan Brown as the fastest seed. Brown, from UBC, swam a 4:16.72 to lead the during the morning heats which had six swimmers going under 4:20.
Defending champion Luke Reilly of UBC was sixth overall in 4:19.49. Last year’s silver medallist, David Riley of Toronto, was fourth overall this morning in 4:18.78 with defending bronze medallist Tristan Cote rocking a 4:17.38 to take the second spot behind brown.
