2015 CIS Championships: Day Two Finals – Real-Time Recaps

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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Women’s 100 backstroke

Marie-Pier Couillard of Laval took her second event of the competition winning the women’s 100 backstroke in a time of 1:01.85. Couillard took the 50 backstroke on the first evening. Her result beat her lifetime best of 1:02.33.

Kylie Masse of the University of Toronto and Genevieve Cantin of Laval hit the half way mark with only five one-hundredths of a second separating the two. Masse had the stronger second half taking the silver in a time of 1:02.11. Cantin finished third in a time of 1:02.69.

The top three in the 100 backstroke mirrored the top three in the 50 backstroke on Thursday evening.

Men’s 100 backstroke

The fastest swimming didn’t come from those who secured the middle lanes after the morning session.

Yuri Kisil of UBC, who just snuck into the final, took the race out half a second faster than the rest of the field. University of Calgary’s Bradley Crocker was able to make up the deficit and more taking the event in a time of 56.83. Matthew Myers of the University of Toronto also made a move on Kisil, but was not able to pass the freshman.

The two tied for second with both men finishing in a time of 57.12.

Women’s 50 butterfly

Make it three for three for national team member Katrine Savard of Montreal. On the first night she took the women’s 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly, she started the second night of competition taking gold in the 50 butterfly.

Savard won the event in a time of 26.81. Her teammate Sandrine Mainville finished second in a time of 27.12. Kimberly Moors of the University of Manitoba collected the bronze hitting the wall in a time of 27.46.

Men’s 50 butterfly

In the morning swim UBC’s Coleman Allen broke the CIS record and tied Joe Bartoch‘s Canadian record in the short course 50 butterfly. This evening in the long course pool Allen was impressive winning the event in a time of 24.04, taking his second gold of the competition.

Dillion Perron of the University of Manitoba collected the silver finishing in a time of 24.86. He was followed by Robert Bonomo of the University of Ottawa who picked up the bronze in a time of 24.97.

Women’s 400 freestyle

Savannah King of UBC almost tied her short course morning time with her winning swim in the women’s 400 freestyle. King qualified with a time of 4:14.24 in the 25 meter tank and return to race in the long course pool this evening finishing in a time of 4:14.95.

King dominated the race from start to finish. She went out three seconds faster than the field in the first 200 meters and eventually won the event by almost six seconds.

The battle for the silver was a good one between Barbara Jardin of Montreal, Fionnuala Pierse of UBC and Victoria Radowski of the University of Toronto. With 100 meters to go all three women turned within five tenths of each other. Jardin pulled away finishing second in a time of 4:20.54.

With 50 meters to go Radowski turned just ahead of Pierse, but could not maintain that lead. Pierse won the bronze in a time of 4:21.19 while Radowski finished fourth posting a time of 4:21.73.

Men’s 400 freestyle

Just like his UBC teammate Keegan Zanatta dominated the men’s 400 freestyle winning the event by just over four seconds. Zanatta took the event in a time of 3:52.68 beating his lifetime best of 3:53.20 which he posted last June.

Tristan Cote of the University of Calgary was able to hang on to second place by a very narrow margin, holding off a fast charging Jonathan Brown of UBC. Cote took the silver in a time of 3:57.23 while Brown finished third in a time of 3:57.26.

Women’s 200 breaststroke

Like clockwork Fiona Doyle of the University of Calgary took down another Irish record, this time in the women’s long course 200 breaststroke. Doyle took the event in a time of 2:27.63 breaking her own Irish mark of 2:29.86 which she set at the Canadian Swimming Trials last year.

• Doyle – 2014 Trials – 33.74/1:11.79 (38.05)/1:49.91 (38.12)/2:29.86 (39.95)
• Doyle – 2015 CIS – 33.39/1:11.55 (38.16)/1:49.15 (37.60)/2:27.63 (38.48)

The race for the silver was a tight one. Tianna Rissling of the University of Calgary and Erin Stamp of UBC were never separated by more than 35 one-hundredths of a second. Rissling eventually finished second in a time of 2:30.13 followed by Stamp who hit the wall in a time of 2:30.44.

Men’s 200 breaststroke

After taking the men’s 100 breaststroke on the first night of competition Eli Wall of the University of Toronto returned to the pool to collect gold in the men’s 200 breaststroke. Wall took the event in a time of 2:14.34 over three seconds ahead of his next competitor.

As seems to the be trend this evening the race for the silver was a close one. Jonathan Naisby of the University of Sherbrooke was able to hold off a fast charging Bogdan Kzezevic of the University of Calgary. Naisby finished second in a time of 2:17.59 while Knezevic hit the wall in a time of 2:17.88.

Women’s 50 freestyle

Sadrine Mainville found herself on the medal podium for the second time this evening, but unlike the first she took the top spot after the women’s 50 freestyle. Mainville took the event in a time of 25.65, six one-hundredths of a second ahead of Carolina Lapierre-Lemire who touched in a time of 25.71.

Sadrine’s younger sister Ariane Mainville picked up the bronze posting a time of 26.10.

Men’s 50 freestyle

For the second time this evening Yuri Kisil found himself in a tie for a medal, this time it was for gold. Kisil and fellow UBC Thunderbird Alex Loginov both finished with a winning time of 22.68.

Chris Manning of the University of Toronto collected the bronze touching in a time of 23.12.

Women’s 200 butterfly

Why not make it four for four for Katerine Savard. Savard has had four swims at this year’s CIS Championships each time picking up a gold.

Savard posted a 2:11.89 to win the women’s 200 butterfly. Jacomie Strydom of UBC had a tremendous swim picking up the silver in a time of 2:12.91. Strydom beat her lifetime best of 2:14.22 which she swam at the Canadian Trials last year.

Sophie Marois of the University of Montreal finished third in a time of 2:16.07.

Men’s 200 butterfly

Coleman Allen won the men’s 200 butterfly, picking up his third gold of the competition. Allen took the race out in a time of 56.82 and eventually won the event in a time of 2:01.40.

Thomas Jobin of the University of Calgary made a late push swimming the final 50 meters in a time of 31.11. Jobin had enough to catch and pass Hochan Ryu of the University of Toronto, but did not have enough pool to catch Allen. Jobin finished in a time of 2:02.07 followed by Ryu who posted a time of 2:02.72.

Women’s 800 freestyle relay

The UBC women were in control going into the final 200 meter with a two and half second lead over the University of Montreal. That is when Katerine Savard hit the water. Savard who won the women’s 200 freestyle on the first day of competition swam a 2:00.60 for the final split, leading her team to a victory with a total time of 8:12.79.

UBC finished second with a time of 8:13.34 followed by the University of Toronto who posted a time of 8:15.79.

After the second day of competition the UBC women lead the standings with a total of 440 pts followed by the University of Montreal who have collected 386 pts and the University of Toronto who have earned 280 pts.

Men’s 800 freestyle relay

The UBC men’s team consisting of Keegan Zanatta, Stefan Milosevic, Yuri Kisil and Coleman Allen crushed the field winning the event by six seconds posting a time of 7:29.15.

The University of Toronto was able to hold on for the silver recording a 7:35.18 while the University of Calgary finished third in a time of 7:35.58.

At the end of the night UBC was on top of both the men’s and women’s standings. The UBC men lead the way with 485 pts followed by the University of Toronto who garnered 421 pts and the University of Calgary who slots in third with 271.5 pts.