Dinos mine silver at CW Championships

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – The University of Calgary Dinos racked up 14 extra medals within the third and closing day of competitors and completed in second place on each the lads’s and girls’s aspect on the 2025 Canada West Championships Sunday afternoon contained in the Max Bell Regional Aquatic Centre.

The Dinos completed the three-day meet with 892 factors on the lads’s aspect and 801.5 factors within the girls’s workforce rating. UBC swept this 12 months’s convention banners.

Calgary began the ultimate day with a bang, sweeping the rostrum within the girls’s 200 butterfly. Rookie Kaitlyn Luu introduced residence the gold in 2:17.61, with Hayley French (2:19.18) taking silver and rookie Jasmine Nicols (2:19.53) bringing residence the bronze.

On the lads’s aspect Nicholas Duncan earned the bronze medal with a time of two:01.64, with fellow second 12 months Carter Scheffel taking fifth in 2:03.21.

Next up, Eliza Housman introduced residence one other medal, this time taking silver within the girls’s 100 freestyle in 55.38. Myriam Hickey (56.32) got here in sixth and Julianne Moore (57.67) eighth because the Dinos as soon as once more loaded up the A-final.

Rookie Sarah Haugen was the subsequent Dino to prime the rostrum, successful the 200 IM by half a second in a decent race with a successful time of two:16.41. Nicols (2:23.66) got here in sixth and Abby Gebhardt (2:31.71) eighth, whereas French received the B-final because the Dinos as soon as once more loaded up extra factors within the occasion.

It was an unimaginable exhibiting of depth by the Dinos within the males’s 200 IM, taking six of the highest eight spots. Ian Cameron claimed the silver medal in 2:00.25, whereas N. Duncan introduced residence one other bronze in 2:01.14. Ewan Shearer (2:02.71), Patrick McCloy (2:05.09), Matthew Syrgiannis (2:05.55) and Aiden Luykenaar (2:05.73) all additionally completed within the A-final in one other spectacular exhibiting by the Scarlet & Gold.

Calgary claimed two extra medals within the males’s 100 backstroke. Thomas McDonald touched the wall second total in 54.06, with Ethan Fast proper behind at 54.75 to carry residence the bronze. Shearer (56.85) and Gibson Black (56.96) completed seventh and eighth, respectively, so as to add extra precious factors.

It was one other gold-medal end for Alexanne Lepage within the girls’s 200 breaststroke. The third 12 months topped the sector within the occasion for the third 12 months in a row, touching the wall in 2:25.16 – practically a full seven seconds forward of the subsequent swimmer. Haugen (2:32.42) simply missed out on one other medal by taking fourth, with Gebhardt (2:37.88) proper behind in fifth and Brooklyn Pickford (2:41.36) including extra factors with an eighth-place end.

Rookie Aiden Gyorfi introduced residence the ultimate particular person medal of the weekend for Calgary. The Edmonton native earned the bronze in 3:55.03, with McCloy (4:01.18), Syrgiannis (4:03.70) and Xavier Pimentel (4:07.67) as soon as once more loaded up the A-final for the Dinos.

In the ultimate occasions of this 12 months’s championships, the Dinos completed runner-up in each the lads’s and girls’s 400 medley relay. The girls’s workforce of Hannah Johnsen, Lepage, Luu and E. Housman touched the wall in 4:05.47, whereas the lads’s foursome of T. McDonald, Cameron, N. Duncan and Black earned the silver in 3:35.37. 

In all, the Dinos completed this 12 months’s convention championships by bringing residence 35 complete medals over the three days of swimming.

After the conclusion of the meet, Stephen Moore was named the recipient of the 2025 Canada West Community Service Award for his work outdoors of the pool. 

FINAL TEAM SCORES

MEN

1. UBC – 1062.5

2. Calgary – 892

3. Victoria – 492.5

4. Lethbridge – 271

5. Manitoba – 166

6. Regina – 133

WOMEN

1. UBC – 1032.5

2. Calgary – 801.5

3. Victoria – 512.5

4. Lethbridge – 321

5. Manitoba – 193

6. Regina – 145.5

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