Meet Recap: SFU Swimming Exhibits Promise in Twin Meets Towards Biola

The Simon Fraser University Men’s and Women’s Swim groups traveled to La Mirada, California this weekend, taking up Biola University in back-to-back twin meets at Lansing Pool. On Friday, Biola posted a 98-68 win within the males’s meet and a 106-64 win for the ladies, adopted by one other pair of victories on Saturday, with the lads’s rating at 81-66 and the ladies’s at 86-62. Despite the robust remaining outcomes for the Red Leafs, a number of athletes turned in standout performances, hinting at a promising season forward.
 
Evan Vellescig, a freshman from Coquitlam, BC, wasted no time making an impression, profitable the 50-yard breaststroke on Friday with a time of 27.35, the fourth quickest in class historical past. Vellescig returned Saturday to earn first place within the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 51.89 and contributed to a second-place end within the 200-medley relay, swimming alongside Lukas Buck, Thomas Bakica, and Alex Petriw. Junior Luka Tomic from Kitchener, ON, led the crew with a win within the 500-yard freestyle and joined the victorious 400-yard medley relay with Buck, Bakica, and Petriw. Tomic additionally anchored the second place 400-yard freestyle relay together with Buck, Dominik Kwiecien, and Petriw. On Saturday, Tomic maintained momentum, inserting first in each the 100-yard freestyle (48.27) and 100-yard butterfly (51.75), and swimming to a second-place end within the 200-yard freestyle relay with Petriw, Bakica, and Buck. Additionally on the lads’s facet, senior Thomas Bakica from Whitehorse, YK, collected a person win within the 200-yard particular person medley on Saturday (2:00.85) and completed second in Friday’s 100-yard particular person medley.
 
For the ladies’s squad, senior Alyssa Whitmore from Newmarket, ON, stood out with a sweep of dash fly and free races on Friday, profitable each the 50-yard freestyle (24.80) and 50-yard fly (26.39), and topping the rostrum Saturday within the 100-yard butterfly (59.79). Sophomore Keira Kennedy from Calgary, AB, narrowly missed setting a Lansing Pool file throughout her 500-yard freestyle win on Friday, clocking in at 5:11.92. Freshman Madi Connell, additionally from Calgary, was second within the 50-yard freestyle on Friday (25.41) and competed on a number of relays, serving to lead the 400-yard medley squad of Ryan Leslie, Mateah Purdy, and Whitmore to second. On Saturday, Connell anchored the 200-yard medley relay with Leslie, Delrae Vetter, and Whitmore for an additional second-place end, captured her personal first place within the 100-yard freestyle (54.63), and contributed to a profitable 200-yard freestyle relay with Whitmore, Laine Perry, and Nicole Petrisor.
 
With rising underclassmen becoming a member of seasoned veterans in bringing dwelling particular person wins, the weekend’s outcomes confirmed development of each squads. The Red Leafs can be again in motion on Saturday October 18^th at Conyonview Pool in La Jolla, California as they tackle the University of California San Diego Tritons.