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 800m FREESTYLE
The women’s 800m freestyle seemed like a lock for UBC’s Savannah King. It was, until after she touched the wall.
King touched first in 8:49 to win the race, but after the touch it was revealed that King had false started, and the win went to Dalhousie’s Megan Bernier.
Bernier touched in at 9:01.17 to finish second, but take the win over the disqualified King. Lisa van Breugel of the University of Toronto earned herself a silver medal with her 9:01.42.
Bridget Coley of Toronto was third in 9:01.56.
MENS 50M BREASTSTROKE
With no definite favourite in the race, there were plenty of swimmers with the potential to rise to the occasion and take the breaststroke win here on the final night of competition.
Grabbing gold was Konrad Bald. Bald, swimming for McMaster University, was a 28.46 to win the event over Alberta’s Nick Kostiuk. Kostiuk clocked in at 28.63.
UBC’s Sergey Holson who has been dominant in his career in the breaststroke events was able to grab a bronze medal with his 28.79 performance. His time held Jonathan Naisby off the podium as Naisby stretched in for a 28.80.
100 and 200m breaststroke champion, Eli Wall, as first in the ‘B’ final with a 29.13. That time would have placed fifth in the championship final.
WOMENS 50M BREASTSTROKE
Fiona Doyle became the first female swimmer since Annamay Pierse to sweep all three breaststroke events at one CIS Championships. The last time it was done was back in 2009 by Pierse.
Doyle was absolutely dominant this year. She set national records, CIS records, and tonight during the day three finals was able to drop a 31.11 to take gold.
That time was close to her Irish national record.
Placing second in the final was Calgary’s Tianna Rissling to make it a Dino 1-2 finish in the event. UBC’s Erin Stamp was third in 31.92 followed by her teammate Rebecca Terejko.
Defending champion Tera Van Beilen finished sixth in 32.21.
MENS 200M BACKSTROKE
After grabbing a handful of backstroke silvers in his CIS career, Matthew Myers of the University of Toronto came out big in the 200m backstroke final here in Victoria.
Myers led the field at the 100, and kept that lead, even expanding on it towards the end. At the touch Myers was a 2:02.92 to win the race by just about a second and a half.
Coming in second was Alberta’s Joe Byram. Byram was a swift 2:04.69 for second followed by UBC’s Karl Wolk and UBC’s Marshal Parker.
100m backstroke champion Bradley Crocker was seventh overall in 2:06.98.
WOMENS 200M BACKSTROKE
The women’s 200m backstroke was won by defending CIS Champion Genevieve Cantin representing the University of Laval. Cantin dropped a 2:12.51 to win the race, but not by that much.
There were many swimmers moving in and out of the top three throughout the race, but Barbara Jardin stayed with the lead pack throughout the race. Jardin managed to hold on for a silver medal, just over a half second behind Cantin. Jardin was a 2:13.05 for silver.
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson snuck in for the bronze medal with a 2:14.85. The top three were well ahead of the remaining swimmers.
MENS 100M FREESTYLE
Yuri Kisil won the men’s 100m freestyle and did so in a fashion that must’ve had UBC head coach Steve Price close to a heart attack. Kisil, usually a back-half swimmer, turned seventh at the 50 before coming back to win the race.
Leading for most of the swim was Guelph’s Evan Van Moerkerke. Moerkerke was passed towards the end by Kisil, who won the race in 50.25. Van Moerkerke faded to second with a 50.50.
Stefan Milosevic of UBC who won the 200 freestyle earlier in the meet rounded out the to three with a 50.54.
WOMENS 100M FREESTYLE
Sandrine Mainville was out like a rocket in the women’s 100m freestyle. She turned first, and stayed that way through the remainder of the race as she trudged to a best time of 54.73 en route to winning the event.
Caroline Lapierre-Lemire was second well behind Mainville with a 55.37, but still managed to hold off Sandrine’s sister, Ariane Mainville, who touched in for bronze.
Ariane Mainville swam a 55.98 to kick Toronto’s Paige Schultz out of a podium position. Schultz was very close to Mainville’s time with a 56.09.
With the win for Sandrine Mainville, she solidified earning the Sprinters Cup for the second year in a row. The Sprinters Cup is awarded to any swimmer who wins both the 50 and 100 freestyles at any CIS Championships.
MENS 200M IM
Jonathan Brown of UBC took home the win in the men’s 200m IM with top seed Coleman Allen who ended up eighth in the final.
Allen was in the front of the pack at the 100m mark, but after the breaststroke leg Brown made some big ground on him. Brown eventually grabbed the gold with his 2:04.17 and a 35.59 breaststroke split.
Toronto’s Hochan Ryu was second behind Brown in 2:04.67. Two Toronto swimmers got on the podium as David Riley managed to take home the bronze in 2:04.70.
Fourth was Bogdan Knezevic in 2:05.53 followed by Luke Reilly.
WOMENS 200M IM
Top seed Kylie Masse led the way at the 50 and the 100m mark, but was soon passed on the breaststroke leg by IM star Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson. Seltenreich-Hodgson pulled ahead with a 37.42 breaststroke split and never looked back.
At the wall, she was a 2:13.20 to win it. Despite losing ground on the breaststroke, Toronto’s Kylie Masse held on for the silver medal with a 2:14.60.
Marie-Pier Couillard who’s been swimming very well in the backstrokes rocked a 2:16.38 to round out the top three and take the bronze.
MENS 1500m FREESTYLE
The 1500m freestyle race showed all the distance guys battling it out with UBC’s Keegan Zanatta coming out on top with a 15:36.06. That time was faster than William Brothers time of 15:41.20.
Jon McKay from the University of Victoria rocked a third place finish with a 15:42.73.
Grabbing fourth was defending CIS champion Tristan Cote in 15:49.76.
MENS 4x100M MEDLEY RELAY
In the final event of the competition the University of Alberta won the men’s 4x100m medley relay over rivals UBC. On the last 100 UBC’s Yuri Kisil started to creep up, and with five meters left it was almost dead even.
At the touch, Alberta was just slightly ahead with a 3:44.48 to UBC’s 3:44.55.
Toronto was back in third with a 3:46.94.
WOMENS 4x100M MEDLEY RELAY
The University of Montreal women swept the relays as they grabbed a third win with a 4:06.63 in the 4x100m medley relay. Not only did they win, but they did so by a huge margin as their closest competitors, the UBC Thunderbirds, were disqualified.
With UBC’s disqualification the Toronto team and Calgary team filled up the remaining two podium spots.
With the Montreal win, Katerine Savard won her seventh medal at this meet making her seven for seven in her first ever CIS Championships.