U Sports

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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Signing Day 2021: 650 Verbal Commitments from the Class of 2022

Check out the more than 650 verbal commitments from the high school class of 2022, many of which became contractual today.

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Kamryn Cannings Continues Climb of Canadian Rankings in Calgary

Camryn Kannings is now the 4th-fastest 15-year old 100 butterflier in Canadian history, including behind a pair of Olympic gold medalists.

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Rebecca Smith Kicks Off Post-Olympic Season; Kamryn Cannings Ranks #1 in Canada

Rebecca Smith swam a 1:54 in the 200 short course meter free over the weekend in her first official racing since winning an Olympic silver medal in Tokyo.

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Recruiting Trends in the High School Class of 2023

The Kentucky women’s team, building off their 2021 SEC title, have already scored five verbal commitments from the high school class of 2023.

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Two-Time Canadian Junior Champion Michael Sava Commits to Toronto

Sava will provide a massive boost to the program’s fly group, with the potential to challenge the USPORTS records in both races with small improvements.

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2019 USports Rookie of the Year Rebecca Smith Will Swim for Calgary Next Season

21-year old Rebecca Smith will swim for Canada later this month in Tokyo. After that, she’ll return home to Alberta to swim for the Calgary Dinos.

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