MARAUDERS WIN CAMPBELL DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP IN SWIMMING
November 18, 2009
GUELPH, Ont. - Members of the McMaster swim team collected 29 medals in 38 events while tallying 1,738 points to claim the Campbell Division Championship in front of Toronto (1678.5), Guelph (1439), Laurentian (688), Queen's (633.5), York (217) and Carleton (183).
The win gives the Marauders their third division title in three years.
The McMaster women tallied 908 points to top their category while the men came together for 830 to finish second behind the Varsity Blues men (884.5).
The meet kicked off with the men's and women's 200m free 4x50m relays where the women's team of Sarah Taylor, Lindsay Charles, Meg Sloan and Jessica Mackenzie finished second in 1:49.08 behind the University of Toronto (1:48.22). The men's team also reached the silver lined spot with Michael McDonald, Matthew Vogelzang, Frank Despon and Zach Dewolfe finishing .20 seconds behind Toronto.
Alexandra Vanommen was the top swimmer for the McMaster women, capping the event with three first place finishes in the 100m, 200m and 50m breaststroke events in 1:14.34, 2:43.26, and 34.14 respectively.
Sophomore swimmer Louisa Yee Wai Chan was the most decorated individual female Marauder finishing first in her first event of the day, the 400m IM (5:11.27), third in the 100m fly (1:06.38), and second in both the 200m IM (2:27.73) and 200m fly (2:23.20).
The third best spot in the women's 50m backstroke event went to Meg Sloan in 31.13. Sloan also finished second in 27.04 the women's 50m free behind Guelph's Chantique Payne (26.98). In the women's 200m IM Sloan picked up her third individual medal of the day, this time a gold, in 57.77.
Teammate Sarah Taylor finished seconds behind Sloan in the event to take third behind Guelph's Bethany Flemington (58.25). Taylor was also the recipient of one of the McMaster women's five bronze medals when she finished third in the women's 50m free. Like Sloan and Vanommen before her, Taylor also reached the top of the podium with her 28.79 win in the women's 50m fly.
For the McMaster men, rookie Frank Despond picked up the team's first individual medal with a second place finish in a time of 1:54.61 in the men's 200m free.
Tristan Vowles walked away with two medals from the championship after racing to third in the men's 100m free (2:10.27) and second in the 200m breaststroke (2:23.63).
Ian Blechta finished 0.43 seconds behind Toronto's Stevan Kelaba for second in the men's 50m breaststroke.
Third place Marauder men's finishes belonged to Tony Giannopoulos in the 1500m free (16:32.93), Randal Bonham in the 200m fly (2:13.01), Matt Vogelzang in the 50m free (24.32), and Zack Dewolfe and Glendon Dumitru in the men's 100m free and 50m fly respectively. Dewolfe (53.63) out touched Toronto's Luke Hall by .01 seconds while Dumitru (26.22) was 0.6 seconds out of second place.
McMaster medalled in each of the six relay events as well. In the 200m 4x50m relay, the women's combination of Sloan, Vanommen, Sara Thompson and Taylor finished with a silver in 2:00.71. Brown, Blechta, Vogelzang and Vowles totalled 1:50.63 for third in the men's category.
The final events of the meet were the men's and women's 400m 4x100m relay where Charles, Mackenzie, Natalie Tong and Andrea Loyer finished third (2:05.11) and Landry, McDonald, Dewolfe and Vowles placed second (3:31.10).
McMaster will now head to Brock on Saturday, Nov. 28 to race the Badgers, Gaels, Excalibur, Lions, Voyageurs and Golden Hawks in their final meet of 2009.
Source: McMaster Marauders
FULL RESULTS
The win gives the Marauders their third division title in three years.
The McMaster women tallied 908 points to top their category while the men came together for 830 to finish second behind the Varsity Blues men (884.5).
The meet kicked off with the men's and women's 200m free 4x50m relays where the women's team of Sarah Taylor, Lindsay Charles, Meg Sloan and Jessica Mackenzie finished second in 1:49.08 behind the University of Toronto (1:48.22). The men's team also reached the silver lined spot with Michael McDonald, Matthew Vogelzang, Frank Despon and Zach Dewolfe finishing .20 seconds behind Toronto.
Alexandra Vanommen was the top swimmer for the McMaster women, capping the event with three first place finishes in the 100m, 200m and 50m breaststroke events in 1:14.34, 2:43.26, and 34.14 respectively.
Sophomore swimmer Louisa Yee Wai Chan was the most decorated individual female Marauder finishing first in her first event of the day, the 400m IM (5:11.27), third in the 100m fly (1:06.38), and second in both the 200m IM (2:27.73) and 200m fly (2:23.20).
The third best spot in the women's 50m backstroke event went to Meg Sloan in 31.13. Sloan also finished second in 27.04 the women's 50m free behind Guelph's Chantique Payne (26.98). In the women's 200m IM Sloan picked up her third individual medal of the day, this time a gold, in 57.77.
Teammate Sarah Taylor finished seconds behind Sloan in the event to take third behind Guelph's Bethany Flemington (58.25). Taylor was also the recipient of one of the McMaster women's five bronze medals when she finished third in the women's 50m free. Like Sloan and Vanommen before her, Taylor also reached the top of the podium with her 28.79 win in the women's 50m fly.
For the McMaster men, rookie Frank Despond picked up the team's first individual medal with a second place finish in a time of 1:54.61 in the men's 200m free.
Tristan Vowles walked away with two medals from the championship after racing to third in the men's 100m free (2:10.27) and second in the 200m breaststroke (2:23.63).
Ian Blechta finished 0.43 seconds behind Toronto's Stevan Kelaba for second in the men's 50m breaststroke.
Third place Marauder men's finishes belonged to Tony Giannopoulos in the 1500m free (16:32.93), Randal Bonham in the 200m fly (2:13.01), Matt Vogelzang in the 50m free (24.32), and Zack Dewolfe and Glendon Dumitru in the men's 100m free and 50m fly respectively. Dewolfe (53.63) out touched Toronto's Luke Hall by .01 seconds while Dumitru (26.22) was 0.6 seconds out of second place.
McMaster medalled in each of the six relay events as well. In the 200m 4x50m relay, the women's combination of Sloan, Vanommen, Sara Thompson and Taylor finished with a silver in 2:00.71. Brown, Blechta, Vogelzang and Vowles totalled 1:50.63 for third in the men's category.
The final events of the meet were the men's and women's 400m 4x100m relay where Charles, Mackenzie, Natalie Tong and Andrea Loyer finished third (2:05.11) and Landry, McDonald, Dewolfe and Vowles placed second (3:31.10).
McMaster will now head to Brock on Saturday, Nov. 28 to race the Badgers, Gaels, Excalibur, Lions, Voyageurs and Golden Hawks in their final meet of 2009.
Source: McMaster Marauders
FULL RESULTS