Warriors swimming win DeBray Divisional Championships
The DeBray Divisional Championships concluded on Sunday night with an exciting finish in the Men's 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay with the Warriors team of Danyon Chu (Unionville/),Alex Lojko,Jon Ramkissoon and Hoyhun Ryu edging out the Laurentian A Team by .37 , the winning time 3.29.18 to second place 3.29.55.
The scores went back and forth over the weekend with Laurentian leading in the combined scored by 40 at the end of day one, however the Warriors came out fighting on day two and at the end of the championship combined scores were:
Waterloo 1765.5
Laurentian 1654.5
As winners of the Divisional title, the Warriors will now move up next year to compete in the Fairweather Division. It was the fourth straight divisional title for the men's team.
Women Total Scores
Laurentian 889.5
Waterloo 820.5
Men Total Scores
Waterloo 936
Laurentian 765
Six meet records were broken by Waterloo Warriors swimmers:
Eloise Ladyman (Kamloops/), Nicole Nowicki (Toronto/), Josie Andres (Thorndale/), Tamara Shaw (Ottawa/)
200m Medley Relay Women – 1.56.84 – Previous Record – 1.57.16 – 2016 Laurier
Jocelyn van Leeuwen (Mississauga/)
200 Freestyle – 2.04.20 – Usport Q.T - Previous Record – 2.05.05 – Drescher –2016 Laurentian
100 Freestyle – 57.89 - Previous Record – 58.08 Drescher –2016 Laurentian
Eloise Ladyman (Kamloops/)
200 Backstroke –2.13.58 – U Sport QT- Previous Record – 2.18.36 Vanderbeek –2015 Wilfrid Laurier
Josie Andres (Thorndale/)
50 Butterfly - 27.95 - U Sport QT -Previous Record – 28.23 Andres 2016 Waterloo
Jonathan Ramkissoon (Trinidad/)
50 Breaststroke – 28.37 – U Sport QT- Previous Record – 28.68 – Ramkissoon 2016 Waterloo
Jocelyn Van Leeuwen, Eloise Ladyman (Kamloops/), Tamara Shaw (Ottawa/), Josie Andres (Thorndale/)
400m Freestyle Relay – 3.54.32 Previous Record – 3.57.04 – Waterloo
Full results can be found here.
Source: Waterloo Warriors