Banner Season: Another dominant day in the pool for the Varsity Blues
London, Ont. (via Western Mustangs) – It was another dominant day in the pool for the Toronto Varsity Blues, as they continue to lead both team standings through the second day of the 2023 OUA Swimming Championships.
The top three team scores after two days of competition, on the women’s side the University of Toronto leads with 831 points, followed by the host Western Mustangs with 525.5 and Guelph Gryphons at 297. Toronto also leads the men’s standings with 559.5 points, ahead of Western at 481 and Waterloo with 408.5.
WOMEN’S RESULTS:
The Varsity Blues took the top spot on the podium in all events on Friday evening.
This included five instances when they swept the podium in individual races. Claire Howard won a pair of gold medals on the night including the 400m Free and was part of the 800 Free Relay team. She wasn’t the only Varsity Blue with a multi-gold medal performance, Ainsley McMurray won the 50m Free & 50m Fly. A pair of Western Mustangs made podium finishes in the 200m Breaststroke with Ella Rennie taking silver and Megan Deering winning bronze, but they were the only other swimmers to pick up medals in the individual competitions.
In total Toronto took 17 medals on the night with Western taking three medals and Guelph with one medal, coming in the 800m Free Relay.
MEN'S RESULTS
The Varsity Blues continued a solid pace but there was a bit more variation of results across the races in the Western Student Recreation Centre (WSRC) Pool. Toronto had 5 gold medal finishes in individual competitions. The team of Max Tambling, Jacob Gallant, Ben Loewen and Quinn Matteis closed out the night winning the 800m Free Relay, which was the second medal of the night for Loewen and Matteis as they won the 200m Fly and 400 Free respectively.
Waterloo and McMaster picked up the only other two gold medals on the night. The Warriors Lukas Wormald won the 50 Fly in a time of 24.34 which was a U SPORTS qualifier time. Meanwhile, the Marauders Cameron Johnsen won gold in the 200m Breaststroke and pounded the water and gestured proudly in the shape of an M with his fingers toward his team poolside after taking the win.
The medal count for the day saw the Varsity Blues with ten, Western with four medals, York with three and McMaster & Waterloo with 2.
DAY 2 TEAM STANDINGS
Men's:
Toronto – 559.5
Western – 481
Waterloo – 408.5
McMaster – 336
Guelph – 138
Carleton – 113
Queen’s – 108
Brock – 106
Laurier – 102
York – 96
Women's:
Toronto – 831
Western – 525.5
Guelph – 297
McMaster – 285
Waterloo – 217.5
Queen’s – 85
Brock – 77
Carleton – 70
Laurier – 61
York – 18
DAY 2 INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS (Friday)
Women 400m Free
1. Claire Howard, Toronto, 4:12.80
2. Anna Hein, Toronto, 4:13.48
3. Mahaylia Datars, Toronto, 4:17.38
Men 400 Free
1. Quinn Matteis, Toronto, 3:53.75
2. Kieran Stone, Western, 3:54.32
3. Max Tambling, Toronto, 3:57.98
Women 50m Fly
1. Ainsley McMurray, Toronto, 27.50
2. Kaitlyn Burwell, Toronto, 27.94
3. Teagan Vander Leek, Toronto, 27.95
Men 50 Fly
1. Lukas Wormald, Waterloo, 24.34
2. Erik Ginzburg, York, 24.60
3. Gabe Mastromatteo, Toronto, 24.81
Women 200m Breast
1. Tina Guan, Toronto, 2:30.15
2. Ella Rennie, Western, 2:30.33
3. Megan Deering, Western, 2:31.26
Men 200m Breast
1. Cameron Johnsen, McMaster, 2:11.98
2. Gabe Mastromatteo, Toronto, 2:12.51
3. Jacob Gallant, Toronto, 2:14.06
Women 100m Back
1.Aleksa Gold, Toronto, 59.85
2. Hayley Klenk, Toronto, 1:00.53
3. Angelica Bath, Toronto, 1:01.37
Men 100m Back
1. Carter Buck, Toronto, 54.81
2. Andrew Herman, York, 55.37
3. David Armstrong, Western, 56.22
Women 200m Fly
1. Nina Mollin, Toronto, 2:13.54
2. Katie Marovino, Toronto, 2:16.88
3. Caroline Carruthers, Toronto, 2:17.95
Men 200m Fly
1. Ben Loewen, Toronto, 1:58.59
2. Michael Sava, Toronto 1:59.80
3. Alex Boden, Waterloo, 2:01.24
Women 50 Free
1. Ainsley McMurray, Toronto, 25.22
2. Lily Chubaty, Toronto, 25.57
3. Teagan Vander Leek, Toronto, 25.99
Men 50 Free
1. Liam Weaver, Toronto, 22.47
2. Eric Ginzburg, York, 22.59
2. Luke Stewart-Beinder, Western, 22.72
Women 800 Free Relay
1. Toronto, 8:14.79
(Hayley Klenk, Mahaylia Datars, Claire Howard, Anna Hein)
2. Western, 8:22.75
(Danielle Treasure, Ella Rennie, Hannah Estabrooks, Heidi Bartoch)
3. Guelph, 8:26.72
(Jessica Reibel, Tressa Billson, Isabella Mastroianni, Elizabeth Greaves)
Men 800 Free Relay
1. Toronto, 7:31.80)
(Max Tambling, Jacob Gallant, Ben Loewen and Quinn Matteis)
2. Western, 7:34.93
(Hayden Bartoch, Matthew Ketchin, Brent Davison, Kieran Stone)
3. McMaster, 7:36.41
(Max Angove, Trevor Laupland, Kevork Baghdassarian, Colin Campbell)
