RSEQ SWIM CHAMPIONSHIPS: No. 3 ranked McGill males win sixteenth straight meet, sixth consecutive league banner

(VERSION FRANÇAISE SUIT)

SHERBROOKE, Que. — Loïc Courville-Fortin, who captured 5 gold medals and a silver whereas incomes each swimmer of the meet and RSEQ athlete of the yr honours, powered the McGill Redbirds to their sixth consecutive convention championship Sunday on the three-day RSEQ swim meet in Sherbrooke.

In 21 races over the weekend, the Redbirds collected 9 gold, eight silver and eight bronze medals. They completed first general with 926 factors, forward of Ottawa (711), Montreal (643), Laval (430.5), Sherbrooke (286.5) and UQTR (66). The title marked the Redbirds’ sixteenth straight convention meet victory, courting again to 2022, when McGill final completed second at a Cup 2 competitors in Ottawa.

Points scored within the RSEQ standings are amassed over the 5 league meets, with the championship meet counting for 50 per cent of the ultimate rating. McGill additionally acquired its sixth straight RSEQ mixed banner, which includes the boys’s and girls’s outcomes over the yr.

Courville-Fortin delivered some of the dominant performances of the championship, breaking each faculty and RSEQ information within the 100 backstroke with a time of 52.77 seconds. He additionally struck gold within the 200 backstroke (1:57.14) and the 200 particular person medley (1:59.91), and swam on McGill’s profitable 4×50 medley (1:39.09), 4×100 medley (3:38.09) and 4×100 freestyle (3:19.92) relay groups.

The 4×50 medley and 4×100 medley relays featured Courville-Fortin alongside Erik Linseisen, Robin Domingo and Hocine Feddag, whereas the 4×100 freestyle relay included Courville-Fortin, Yegor Semenyuk, Feddag and Linseisen.

Courville-Fortin’s exhibiting overshadowed teammate Linseisen, who compiled 4 gold medals and two bronze. Linseisen swept the 50 breaststroke (28.08) and 100 breaststroke (1:01.84), contributed to each medley relay victories and the 4×100 freestyle win, and added bronze within the 200 breaststroke (2:17.30) and 50 butterfly (24.38).

McGill additionally acquired a lift in its nationwide championship outlook as Charles-Antoine Boucher secured a brand new U SPORTS qualifying normal within the 50 backstroke, touching in 25.52 seconds. The efficiency offers the Redbirds 18 certified swimmers heading into the nationwide championships in Hamilton, Ont., March 12–14.

Major convention awards have been introduced following the meet. Courville-Fortin was named each athlete of the yr and athlete of the meet. Montreal’s Édouard Duffy earned rookie of the yr honours. Boucher acquired the RSEQ management and social engagement award, whereas McGill head coach Peter Carpenter was named coach of the yr.

“It was a tough meet, coming off hard weeks of training, but everyone pulled their weight and made every swim count,” mentioned McGill assistant coach Nikki van Noord, filling in for Carpenter who needed to depart after the competitors to are likely to his ailing father. “This team really showed their grit and team culture in an awesome way this weekend, and we now shift our focus to bringing a full complement of 18 men 18 women to the nationals.”

With one other banner secured, the Redbirds now shift their focus to Hamilton, the place they are going to look to construct on their convention dominance on the U SPORTS nationwide championship.
 

LINK TO WOMEN’S RECAP

CHAMPIONSHIP MEET RESULTS

RSEQ STATS & STANDINGS & RECORDS

2026 RSEQ SWIM CHAMPIONSHIP MEET STANDINGS

(Coupe universitaire #5 at Sherbrooke, Feb. 13-15, 2026)

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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Sports Information Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
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