UBC soars on Day 1, dominating the rostrum at Canada West Swimming Championships

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – The UBC Thunderbirds swept the competitors on the opening day of the 2025 Canada West Swimming Championships introduced by Team Aquatic Supplies and Commercial Aquatic Supplies, incomes gold medals in 9 of the ten occasions. 

After day one, the UBC girls lead with 305.5 factors, adopted by Calgary (202.5), Victoria (112), Lethbridge (100), Manitoba (47) and Regina (40). 

On the lads’s facet, UBC additionally holds first with 318 factors, forward of Calgary (202), Victoria (114), Lethbridge (71), Manitoba (50) and Regina (45). 

UBC opened the night time with podium sweeps in each the ladies’s 800m freestyle and males’s 1500m freestyle. Emma O’Cronin received the ladies’s 800m freestyle in 8:41.09, with Emma Spence (8:52.22) and Ruby Kehler (8:52.35) incomes silver and bronze. 

In the lads’s 1500m freestyle, Aiden Kirk took gold in 15:02.62, adopted by Olivier Risk (15:25.44) and Tanner Cole (15:25.57). 

The Thunderbirds continued their momentum within the girls’s 50m butterfly, the place Eloise Allen claimed gold in 26.27. Teammates Brooklyn Wiens (26.87) and Sela Wist (27.07) accomplished the sweep. 

In the lads’s 50m butterfly, UBC’s Kai Lilienthal captured gold in 23.11, with teammate Siu Lun Ho taking silver in 23.86. Calgary’s Thomas McDonald earned bronze in 23.93. 

In the ladies’s 50m backstroke, UBC’s Sela Wist completed third in 28.30, Piper Mitchell positioned second in 28.05, and Kayla Noelle Sanchez received gold in 25.98—setting a brand new Canada West document and posting the eighth-fastest time on the earth this 12 months. 

The males’s 50m backstroke noticed Calgary’s Ethan Fast declare bronze in 24.87. UBC’s Raben Domman took silver in 24.47, whereas Lilienthal secured his second gold of the night time in 24.06. 

In the ladies’s 50m breaststroke, Calgary added one other podium end with bronze for Isabella Duncan (32.21). UBC’s Eloise Allen positioned second in 30.71, whereas Calgary’s Alexanne Lepage received gold in 30.08—breaking her personal 2024 Canada West document of 30.20. 

Calgary’s Stephen Moore earned bronze within the males’s 50m breaststroke. UBC’s Justice Migneault (27.49) took silver, and Ethan Hemeon (27.46) captured gold. 

The Thunderbirds closed out the session with victories in each 800m freestyle relays. The UBC girls posted a time of 8:00.76, whereas the lads touched in 7:11.81. 

Day 2 of the 2025 Canada West Swimming Championships continues Saturday, with prelims at 10 a.m. MDT and finals at 5 p.m. MDT. 

 

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Team Scores 

 

WOMEN 

UBC – 305.5 

Calgary – 202.5 

Victoria – 112 

Lethbridge –100 

Manitoba-47 

Regina– 40 

 

  

MEN 

UBC – 318 

Calgary – 202 

Victoria – 114 

Lethbridge –71 

Manitoba-50 

Regina– 45 

 

Schedule for Saturday, November 29, 2025 

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Preliminary Heats): W/M 50m Freestyle, W/M 400m IM, W/M 100m Butterfly, W/M 200m Backstroke, W/M 100m Breaststroke, W/M 200m Freestyle. 

4:50 p.m.: Recognize fifth Year Graduating Athletes 

5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (Finals): W/M 50m Freestyle, W/M 400m IM, Awards, W/M 100m Butterfly, W/M 200m Backstroke, Awards, W/M 100m Breaststroke, W/M 200m Freestyle, Awards, W/M 4x100m Freestyle Relay, Awards.