Toronto men, Western women reclaim OUA swimming titles

Source: Jill Clark, Toronto Sports Info / Photo credit Toronto Athletics

TORONTO - The host Toronto Varsity Blues men claimed their 10th consecutive title, while the Western Mustangs women earned their fifth-straight banner as the 2013 OUA swimming championships wrapped up on Saturday night at Varsity Pool.

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U of T’s men dominated the three-day meet from start to finish and ended with a combined team score of 891 points, good for a remarkable 169-point advantage over the silver medalist McMaster Marauders (722). The Western Mustangs claimed the men’s bronze medal with 645 points.

Toronto’s men have claimed an OUA-leading 60 titles since the Dougall Trophy was first present in 1910.

Similarly, the Mustangs women stood atop the team standings for three straight days, capping off the meet with an impressive 876.5 points to claim their sixth title in school history. Western finished 114.5 points ahead of the silver medalist Varsity Blues (762), with the Marauders in a close third with 682.5 points.

Toronto’s Zach Chetrat and Guelph’s Alisha Harricharan were honoured as the 2013 male and female swimmers of the year. Chetrat broke two OUA records in the men’s 400 freestyle and 200 butterfly on Day 1 and was honoured with the Grand Slam award, claiming a fourth OUA 200 butterfly title in his university career.

After winning the 50 and 200 events on Day 1 and 2, Harricharan completed the sweep of the women’s butterfly events with an OUA record time of 1:00.22 in the 100-metre race on Day 3.

Guelph’s Evan Van Moerkerke and Western’s Emma Sproule took home OUA rookie of the year honours. Van Moerkerke won both the 50 and 100 freestyle races in record time and picked up a silver medal in the 100 backstroke on Thursday. Sproule won the 200 freestyle on Saturday night, adding to three individual silver medals and two relay gold en route to the honour.

The Dr. Jeno Tihanyi awards went to Eryn Weldon of the Ottawa Gee-Gees and McMaster's Cam Bailey. Weldon and Bailey took the women’s and men’s 200 IM titles, respectively, on Day 2.

Toronto’s Byron MacDonald and Linda Kiefer were named the OUA male coaches of the year, while Western’s Paul Midgley and Ken Fitzpatrick took the women’s laurels.

A total of 19 records fell over the three-day meet, including five on Day 3.

Teams are now set for the 2013 CIS swimming championships, February 21-23, at the University of Calgary.

INDIVIDUAL HONOURS

Women

Swimmer of the year: Alisha Harricharan, Guelph
Rookie of the year: Emma Sproule, Western
Coach of the year: Paul Midgley & Ken Fitzpatrick, Western
Dr. Jeno Tihanyi Awards for Individual Medley Excellence: Eryn Weldon, Ottawa
Graduating Athlete Award of Distinction: Andrea Jurenovskis, Toronto & Jennifer Trung, Western

Men

Swimmer of the year:  Zach Chetrat, Toronto

Rookie of the year:  Evan Van Moerkerke, Guelph
Coach of the year:  Byron MacDonald & Linda Kiefer, Toronto
2013 Dr. Jeno Tihanyi Awards for Individual Medley Excellence: Cam Bailey, McMaster
Graduating Athlete Award of Distinction: Jake Armstrong, Western, Mike Smerek, Toronto & Matthew Stephenson, Guelph

Team Standings - FINAL

Women
1. Western – 876.5
2. Toronto – 762
3. McMaster – 682.5
4. Ottawa – 359
4. Guelph – 359
6. Laurier – 185
7. Brock – 177
8. Queen’s – 161
8. Laurentian – 159
10. Waterloo – 97
11. Trent – 48
12. York – 32

Men
1. Toronto – 891
2. McMaster – 722
3. Western – 645
4. Guelph – 386
5. Ottawa – 379
6. Waterloo – 215
7. Laurier – 195
8. Laurentian – 117
9. Queen’s – 112
9. York – 108
10. Brock – 55
11. Trent – 6

DAY 3 INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS (Saturday)

W 200 Medley Relay
1. Toronto 1:55.28
(Andrea Jurenovskis, Alexandra Kalman, Cathy Phan, Jennifer Tapley)
2. McMaster 1:56.38
(Kieran Liew, Alexandra Vanommen, Natasha Strass-Hundal, Emily Fung)
3. Western 1:56.54
(Kristine Walker, Paulyne Kilty, Paulina Bond, Ashleigh Dunnington)

M 200 Medley Relay
1. Toronto 1:41.18 OUA Record
(Ross Bennett, Peter Kruzyk, Mike Smerek, George Soules)
2. Western 1:41.78
(Aaron Rode, Jake Armstrong, Mark Loyzer, Louis Wong)
3. McMaster 1:43.33
(Cory Woo, Ian Blechta, Mohamed Eldah, Jeff Braches)

W 200m Free
1. Emma Sproule, Western, 2:00.32
2. Bridget Coley, Toronto, 2:01.93
3. Jennifer Tapley, Toronto, 2:04.43

M 200m Free
1. Frank Despond, Toronto, 1:49.09
2. Matthew Myers, Toronto, 1:49.75
3. Robert Wise, Western, 1:50.58

W 50m Breast
1. Alexandra Vanommen, McMaster, 32.90
2. Delia Caughlin, Brock, 32.98
3. Alexandra Kalman, Toronto, 33.17

M 50m Breast
1. Konrad Bald, McMaster, 27.86 OUA Record
2. Jake Armstrong, Western, 28.30
3. Brian Lee, Toronto, 28.53

W 50m Back
1. Jennifer Trung, Western, 28.86
2. Andrea Jurenovskis, Toronto, 29.01
3. Emily Jones, Laurentian, 29.14

M 50m Back
1. Adam Best, Ottawa, 25.78
2. Matthew Myers, Toronto, 25.84
3. Robert Wise, Western, 25.91

W 100m Fly
1. Alisha Harricharan, Guelph, 1:00.22 OUA Record
2. Shannon Nell, Western, 1:01.11
3. Paulina Bond, Western, 1:01.22

M 100m Fly
1. Edward Liu, Toronto 53.42 OUA Record
2. Mike Smerek, Toronto, 53.31
3. Mark Loyzer, Western, 54.59

W 400 IM
1. Vanessa Treasure, Toronto, 4:43.08
2. Eryn Weldon, Ottawa, 4:45.08
3. Bridget Coley, Toronto, 4:49.72

M 400 IM
1. Jeremie Holdom, Toronto, 4:20.91
2. Ben Stubbs, McMaster, 4:21.99
3. Cameron Bailey, McMaster, 4:26.27

W 400 Free Relay
1. Western 3:46.97 OUA Record
(Emma Sproule, Jennifer Trung, Paulina Bond, Ashleigh Dunnington)
2. McMaster 3:47.06
(Sarah Taylor, Meg Sloan, Emma Mittermaier, Emily Fung)
3. Guelph 3:53.05
(Tess Wey, Alisha Harricharan, Sasha Boulton, Erica Pate)

M 400 Free Relay
1. Toronto 3:20.87
(Edward Liu, Brian Lee, Matthew Myers, Cameron Bailey)
2. McMaster 3:24.06
(Marc Muise, Konrad Bald, Jeff Braches, Cameron Bailey)
3. Western 3:24.76
(Louis Wong, Miguel Lozano, David Hatch, Robert Wise)

DAY 2 INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS (Friday)

W 200 IM
1. Eryn Weldon, Ottawa, 2:14.99
2. Vanessa Treasure, Toronto, 2:15.29
3. Margot Cunningham, Toronto, 2:16.98

M 200 IM
1. Cameron Bailey, McMaster, 2:01.31
2. Zach Summerhayes, Toronto, 2:01.87
3. Robert Bonomo, Ottawa, 2:03.09

W 100m Free
1. Emma Mittermaier, McMaster, 56.41
2. Andrea Jurenovskis, Toronto, 56.48
3. Paulina Bond, Western, 57.05
3. Sarah Taylor, McMaster, 57.05

M 100m Free
1. Evan Van Moerkerke, Guelph, 49.14 OUA Record
2. Adam Best, Ottawa, 50.38
3. Mike Smerek, Toronto, 50.48

M 1500m Free
1. Robert Wise, Western, 15:26.78
2. David Hatch, Western, 15:40.17
3. Derek Quick, Guelph, 15:51.52

W 200m Back
1. Taylor Moore, Ottawa, 2:10.60 OUA Record
2. Emma Sproule, Western, 2:11.39
3. Margot Cunningham, Toronto, 2:13.16

M 200m Back
1. Matthew Myers, Toronto, 1:57.39
2. Ben Stubbs, McMaster, 1:59.17
3. Austin Mulder, Guelph, 2:02.27
W 100m Breast
1. Alexandra Vanommen, McMaster, 1:10.41 OUA Record
2. Vanessa Treasure, Toronto, 1:11.10
3. Eryn Weldon, Ottawa, 1:11.92

M 100m Breast
1. Konrad Bald, McMaster, 1:01.18
2. Jake Armstrong, Western, 1:01.67
3. Matthew Stephenson, Guelph, 1:03.09

W 50m Fly
1. Alisha Harricharan, Guelph,27.52
2. Sarah Taylor, McMaster, 27.53
3. Paulina Bond, Western, 27.69

M 50m Fly
1. Mike Smerek, Toronto, 23.86 OUA Record
2. Edward Liu, Toronto, 24.39
3. Brian Lee, Toronto, 24.78

W 800m Free
1. Bridget Coley, Toronto, 8:39.11
2. Emma Sproule, Western, 8:49.87
3. Esther Haines, Toronto, 8:52.56

W 400 Medley Relay
1. Western 4:11.54 OUA Record
(Jennifer Trung, Paulyne Kilty, Shannon Nell, Ashleigh Dunnington)
2. Toronto 4:13.27
(Andrea Jurenovskis, Alexandra Kalman, Nathalin Moy, Margot Cunningham)
3. McMaster 4:14.67
(Kieran Liew, Alexandra Vanommen, Virginia Hetherington, Meg Sloan)

M 400 Medley Relay
1. Toronto 3:42.10 OUA Record
(Matthew Myers, David Riley, Edward Liu, Luke Hall)
2. McMaster 3:42.31
(Mitchell Warnica, Konrad Bald, Mohamed Eldah, Marc Muise)
3. Western 3:43.42
(Gordon Barkwell, Jake Armstrong, Peter Serles, Miguel Lozano)

DAY 1 INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS (Thursday)

Women 200 Free Relay
1. McMaster 1:43.15 OUA Record
(Sarah Taylor, Emma Mittermaier, Meg Sloan, Emily Fung)
2. Western 1:44.64
(Katie Keeping, Ashleigh Dunnington, Shannon Nell, Kristine Walker
3. Toronto 1:45.99
(Margot Cunningham, Jennifer Tapley, Maddie Timlin, Cathy Phan)

Men 200 Free Relay
1. Toronto 1:30.46 OUA Record
(Brian Lee, George Soules, Mike Smerek, Luke Hall)
2. McMaster 1:33.71
(Jeff Braches, Konrad Bald, Ali Rizk, Corey Helie-Masters)
3. Western 1:34.73
(Miguel Lozano, Parker Garrod, Aaron Rode, Ryan Campbell)

Women 400m Free
1. Bridget Coley, Toronto, 4:11.56
2. Emma Sproule, Western, 4:13.57
3. Nicole Lachance, Ottawa, 4:19.19

Men 400m Free
1. Zack Chetrat, Toronto, 3:47.87 OUA Record
2. Frank Despond, Toronto, 3:49.95
3. David Hatch, Western, 3:53.68

W 100m Back
1. Andrea Jurenovskis, Toronto, 1:01.16
2. Jennifer Trung, Western, 1:01.48
3. Emily Jones, Laurentian, 1:02.01

M 100m Back
1. Matthew Myers, Toronto, 54.42
2. Evan Van Moerkerke, Guelph, 55.42
3. Adam Best, Ottawa, 55.68

W 200m Breast
1. Vanessa Treasure, Toronto, 2:29.18 OUA Record
2. Eryn Weldon, Ottawa, 2:29.47
3. Alexandra Vanommen, McMaster, 2:30.34

M 200m Breast
1. Matthew Stephenson, Guelph, 2:14.64
2. Konrad Bald, McMaster, 2:14.73
3. Ian Blechta, McMaster, 2:16.53

W 200m Fly
1. Alisha Harricharan, Guelph, 2:13.80
2. Shannon Nell, Western, 2:15.18
3. Jennifer McNaughton, Western 2:16.43

M 200m Fly
1. Zack Chetrat, Toronto, 1:56.34 OUA Record
2. Edward Liu, Toronto, 1:59.34
3. Ben Stubbs, McMaster, 2:00.58

W 50m Free
1. Emma Mittermaier, McMaster, 25.88
2. Sarah Taylor, McMaster, 25.91
3. Andrea Jurenovskis, Toronto 26.24

M 50m Free
1. Evan Van Moerkerke, Guelph, 22.41 OUA Record
2. Louis Wong, Western, 22.82
3. Luke Hall, Toronto, 22.98

W 800 Free Relay
1. Western 8:13.06 OUA Record
(Emma Sproule, Jennifer McNaughton, Victoria Munro, Briana Kilty)
2. Toronto 8:15.08
(Esther Haines, Bridget Coley, Vanessa Treasure, Jennifer Tapley)
3. McMaster 8:27.76
(Emily Fung, Meg Sloan, Jessica MacKenzie, Louisa Chan)

M 800 Free Relay
1. Toronto 7:23.84 OUA Record
(David Riley, Frank Despond, Kent Kikot, Zack Chetrat)
2. McMaster 7:26.72
(Marc Muise, Dominic Walter, Cameron Bailey, Ben Stubbs)
3. Western 7:35.39
(David Hatch, Adam Vowles, Robert Wise, Jacob Kukovica)