U Sports

Toronto Sweeps Calgary In Rare Cross-Country Dual; First-Year Nina Mollin Triples

Toronto first-year Nina Mollin rolled to three wins as the Varsity Blues swept U SPORTS rival Calgary on Saturday in the Ontario capital.

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Mastromatteo, McMurray Shine As Varsity Blues Get LCM Racing In At Toronto Grand Prix

In the midst of a busy weekend, second-year Gabe Mastromatteo won the men’s 100 breast (1:02.60) and 200 breast (2:24.99) at the Toronto Grand Prix.

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Apollo Hess, Rebecca Smith Wrap 2022 Canada West with Final Victories

Rebecca Smith won her 4th individual event and was named the Female Swimmer of the Meet on Sunday at the 2022 Canada West Championships.

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Apollo Hess Breaks His Own Canadian Record in 50 Breast at Canada West Championships

Lethbridge’s Apollo Hess shaved .02 seconds off his own Canadian Record in the 50 meter breaststroke (short course) at the Canada West Championships.

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Smith Wins 5 Events, Leads Calgary To Victory At UC Dino Cup Against UBC

Rebecca Smith won 4 individual events and 1 relay event for the Calgary Dinos, helping her team defeat UBC and Lethbridge.

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Toronto Sweeps UNLV & Denver As Byron MacDonald Picks Up 500th Career Win

The Varsity Blues earned dominant victories over UNLV and Denver in Las Vegas as head coach Byron MacDonald achieved a historic milestone.

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Canadian Collegiate Champion Tayden De Pol Serves Doping Suspension

While the lost points from the USports championships won’t cost UBC its 5th-straight team title, it did close the gap considerably between them and Calgary.

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University of Calgary Announces 2022-23 Recruiting Class

University of Calgary head coach Mike Blondal has announced the nine swimmers that will join the Dinos in the 2022-23 season.

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Florida Leads Class of 2023 Verbal Commitments with 17, Including 8 Top-20s

Bella Sims, the number one recruit from the girls high school class of 2023, has elected to swim collegiately in Gainesville.

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Kelsey Wog Drops 2:18.6 SCM 200 Breast On Day 2 of U SPORTS

Wog’s time came just eight one-hundredths shy of the U SPORTS record, a 2:18.59 set by former world record holder Annamay Pierse in 2009.

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McGill’s Clement Secchi Lowers U SPORTS 50 Fly Record At Day 2 Prelims

Secchi put up a time of 23.23, breaking the previous U SPORTS record of 23.31 set by UBC’s Coleman Allen in 2015.

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Rebecca Smith’s 1:53.19 200 Free Highlights Blistering Day 1 of U SPORTS

Calgary’s Rebecca Smith won two individual events on Thursday night, including breaking her U SPORTS Record in the 200 freestyle in a time of 1:53.19.

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Gabe Mastromatteo Lowers U SPORTS Record In 100 Breast To Open Championships

The University of Toronto first-year clocked 59.00 in the men’s 100 breast to erase the previous record of 59.07 set by Nick Kostiuk in 2017.

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2022 U SPORTS Swimming Championships Kick Off Thursday In Quebec City

The UBC men and women will seek a fifth consecutive U SPORTS title this week after the meet was canceled last year due to the pandemic.

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Rebecca Smith Leads Calgary To First CAN West Title Since 2009; UBC Men Repeat

Smith set new Canada West meet records in all four of her individual events and added two relay wins to help lead the Dinos to their first win in 12 years.

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