平特五不中

By Earl Zukerman, 平特五不中 & Michel B茅langer, CIS

VANCOUVER, B.C. 鈥� Steven Bielby of Pointe Claire, Que., became the first male in 平特五不中 history to win three individual gold medals at the CIS swim championships in Vancouver, Saturday, and in the process was voted CIS rookie of the year in men鈥檚 swimming.

The 19-year-old electrical engineering freshman won the grueling 1500-metre race in 15 minutes, 22.71 seconds, smashing his own school record (15:44.43) and dismantling the oldest Quebec university mark in the books. He erased Laval鈥檚 Andre Theoret鈥檚 standard of 15.27.94, which has stood since 1984.

Bielby, who, also stood atop the podium for the 400 individual medley (4:11.42) on Thursday and took the 400-freestyle (3:49.73) on Friday, earned all-Canadian honours and qualified for a berth on the national team that will be participating at the 2009 Universiade Summer Games in Belgrade, Serbia, August 1 to 12.

The only other triple gold winner in 平特五不中 history was hall-of-famer John Hawes, another Pointe Claire native, who won a pair of individual events and a relay at the 1972 championships.

The Calgary Dino women won their first-ever team title and the UBC Thunderbird men reclaimed top spot in the country as the fastest CIS swimming championships in history came to an end at the UBC Aquatic Centre.

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After three days of competition and 38 races, 25 CIS championship records were toppled with 15 of those also doubling as Canadian senior short-course marks.

Calgary, which had finished second behind UBC in the women鈥檚 competition for the last eight seasons, tallied a CIS-record 791 points to put an end to the Thunderbirds鈥� (566.5) streak of 11 straight national titles, a CIS record in any sports. The 平特五不中 Martlets, which sent only four qualifiers, finished 15th of 22 teams.

The men鈥檚 competition came down to the final race with UBC (689) reclaiming the banner it lost to the Dinos (661) last season, following a record 10-year reign from 1998 to 2007. The 28-point margin marks the closest finish in CIS swimming history.

The 平特五不中 Redmen, with only five qualifiers, placed 11th overall.

鈥漁ur women put on a really good show this weekend,鈥� said Calgary head coach Mike Blondal, who was named the 2009 CIS women鈥檚 coach of the year. 鈥淚 think the story is the work they did all season. From the team leader in Hanna Kubas committing way back in early August to do something special like this all the way through rookie Erica Morningstar who swam so well all weekend, you can just go through the whole ranks. I am just so proud of each and every one of them.鈥�

Morningstar, a 2008 Olympian, was named the female rookie of the year after winning her third and fourth individual gold medals of the competition on Saturday with victories in the 100-metre freestyle and 200 individual medley. She finished her first CIS meet with seven total golds 鈥� including three relays - and was awarded the first female Sprinter鈥檚 Cup since 2005 when Toronto鈥檚 Jen Porenta took home the honour for winning both the 50 and 100 freestyles at the CIS championships.

The first-year student from Regina set her second individual senior national record of the meet Saturday night with a winning time of 2:09.12 in the 200 IM. She had kicked off the meet with a national mark in the 200 free (1:56.11) on Thursday and was a key member of the Calgary relays that set three national records this weekend. On Day 3, she anchored the Dinos鈥� victorious 4 x 100 medley relay (4:04.20) to cap off her perfect weekend.

"I was hurting a lot from the 100 free," said Morningstar, who set a CIS championship mark in that event minutes before the 200 IM. "But when I went into the breaststroke (of the 200 IM) I saw I was going fast so I just decided to go for it."

Morningstar鈥檚 teammate Katy Murdoch (Calgary) set her second individual national record of the weekend Saturday with her win in Saturday鈥檚 200 backstroke (2:06.81) after notching the national mark in 100 back (58.67) on Friday.

UBC Olympian Annamay Pierse (Edmonton) took home the CIS female swimmer of the meet award. The fifth-year star swept the three breaststroke events for the second straight year at the CIS championships with senior national records in the 100 (1:05.12) and 200 (2:18.59) while notching a championship mark in winning the 50 (30.71) Saturday evening. She also took home a silver medal in 200 individual medley (2:11.61) behind Morningstar and a silver in the 4 x 100 medley relay.

The men鈥檚 competition had its fair share of star performances but in the end, it came down to each and every race as the T-Birds narrowly defeated the defending champion Dinos.

鈥淕oing into the meet we knew we had a chance on the men鈥檚 side but that was it,鈥� said UBC head coach Derrick Schoof, who earned CIS male coach of the year honours. 鈥淲e knew we had to step up in every race and the men did it from day one all the way through the final relay. I鈥檓 extremely proud of what our men accomplished and I am still in shock that we were able to pull it off.鈥�

Toronto Olympian Colin Russell (Burlington, Ont.), was named the 2009 CIS male swimmer of the year after he set his third Canadian record of the competition on Saturday with a winning time of 47.23 in the men鈥檚 100 freestyle, bettering world champion Brent Hayden鈥檚 time of 47.47 and smashing the CIS championship record of 49.12 set last year by Calgary鈥檚 Chad Hankewich.

Russell became the first winner of the male Sprinter's Cup since Hayden took home the award in 2003 swimming for UBC.

"I had no idea I was going to break all these records," said Russell, who set a new national mark in the 200 freestyle on Thursday and a CIS championship record in the 50 free on Friday. "I usually just get in the pool and give it all I have. This has been a pretty special weekend.鈥�

The fourth-year Varsity Blues standout, in his first year of CIS swimming after starting his university career at Indiana, also narrowly missed a national record in the men鈥檚 50 breaststroke, finishing behind UBC鈥檚 Scott Dickens of Ancaster, Ont., who took the title and national senior record with a winning time of 27.53 on Saturday. Russell touched second in 27.66.

"It feels great to have my own Canadian record," said Dickens, who tied Morgan Knabe's national mark in the 100 breast (59.34) on Thursday. "I'm just trying to enjoy my last CIS championships. To be honest, coming into the race I was only thinking about getting points for the team."

Dickens, a fifth-year T-Bird and 2004 Olympian, added more points for the T-Birds Saturday night with a bronze-medal performance in the men鈥檚 200 individual medley (2:00.31), a race won by 2008 Olympian Keith Beavers (Waterloo, Ont.) of Waterloo.

Beavers was competing in his first CIS championships after a long career on the national team and won the 200 IM with a meet record of 1:55.98 besting long-time rival and CIS legend Brian Johns鈥� CIS mark of 1:56.23 from 2003.

UBC鈥檚 Matt Hawes was the only other individual winner in the men鈥檚 competition Saturday with a gold-medal time of 1:55.96 in the men鈥檚 200 backstroke.

The UBC foursome of Callum Ng (Vancouver), Dickens, Rory Biskupski (West Vancouver) and Tommy Gossland (Nanaimo, B.C.) closed the meet with a senior national record in the 4 x 100 medley (3:33.04). That time erased the oldest Canadian record still on the books, bettering Calgary鈥檚 1992 standard of 3:34.86.

INDIVIDUAL HONOURS

Women
Swimmer of the year: Annamay Pierse, UBC
Rookie of the year: Erica Morningstar, Calgary
Sprinter鈥檚 Cup (single winner of both 50 and 100 free): Erica Morningstar, Calgary
Coach of the year: Mike Blondal, Calgary

Men
Swimmer of the year: Colin Russell, Toronto
Rookie of the year: Steven Bielby, 平特五不中
Sprinter鈥檚 Cup (single winner of both 50 and 100 free): Colin Russell
Coach of the year: Derrick Schoof, UBC

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

Women

1. Calgary, 791 points
2. UBC, 566.5
3. Toronto, 369
4. Laval, 295
5. Western Ontario, 255
6. Alberta, 206
7. Dalhousie, 178.5
8. Victoria, 168
9. Guelph, 142
10. Manitoba, 86
11. McMaster, 73.5
12. UQTR, 64
13. Wilfrid Laurier, 48
14. Brock, 42
15. 平特五不中, 32
16. Ottawa, 27
17. Regina, 26
T18. Montreal, 6
T18. Lethbridge, 6
T20. UNB, 4
T20. Laurentian, 4
22. UQAM, 2.5

Men (Nelson C. Hart trophy)

1. UBC, 689 points
2. Calgary, 661
3. Toronto, 404
4. Laval, 371.5
5. Montreal, 199
6. Dalhousie, 171
7. Alberta, 155
8. Victoria, 153
9. Guelph, 127
10. Waterloo, 113
11. 平特五不中, 100
12. Western Ontario, 69
13. Ottawa, 63
14. McMaster, 56.5
15. Manitoba, 31
16. Memorial, 14
17. Lethbridge, 9
18. Laurentian, 8
19. Sherbrooke, 7
20. Wilfrid Laurier, 6
21. Regina, 1

DAY 3 INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS (Saturday)

W 800m Free
1. Breanna Hendriks, Calgary, 8:38.07
2. Julianne Brown, Calgary, 8:38.97
3. Heather Maitland, Toronto, 8:43.61

M 50m Breast
1. Scott Dickens, UBC, 27.53 (Canadian record / CIS championship record)
2. Colin Russell, Toronto, 27.66
3. Mike Brown, Calgary, 27.85

W 50m Breast
1. Annamay Pierse, UBC, 30.71 (CIS championship record)
2. Kayla Voytechek, Alberta, 31.67
T3. Haylee Johnson, UBC, 31.81
T3. Marie-Pier Ratelle, Laval, 31.81

M 200m Back
1. Matt Hawes, UBC, 1:55.79
2. Jordan Hartney, UBC, 1:56.90
3. Bruno Langlois, Laval, 1:57.37

W 200m Back
1. Katy Murdoch, Calgary, 2:06.81 (Canadian record / CIS championship record)
2. Jessika Craig, Calgary, 2:08.90
3. Lauren Gillespie, Alberta, 2:12.20

M 100m Free
1. Colin Russell, Toronto, 47.23 (Canadian record / CIS championship record)
2. Rory Biskupski UBC, 48.38
3. Ryan Gow, Calgary, 49.42

W 100m Free
1. Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 54.03 (CIS championship record)
2. Seanna Mitchell, Calgary, 55.25
3. Hayley Nell, Western Ontario, 55.69

M 200m IM
1. Keith Beavers, Waterloo, 1:55.98 (CIS championship record)
2. Jordan Hartney, UBC, 1:59.65
3. Scott Dickens, UBC, 2:00.31

W 200m IM
1. Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 2:09.12 (Canadian record / CIS championship record)
2. Annamay Pierse, UBC, 2:11.61
3. Hanna Pierse, UBC, 2:14.59

M 1500m Free
1. Steven Bielby, 平特五不中, 15:22.71
2. Brian Yakiwchuk, Alberta, 15:29.12
3. Max Moore, Calgary, 15:34.84

W 4 x 100m Medley Relay
1. Calgary, 4:04.20 (Canadian record / CIS championship record)
(Katy Murdoch, Erica Morningstar, Orla O鈥橩elly, Seanna Mitchell)
2. UBC, 4:06.07
(Rachelle Salli, Annamay Pierse, Grainne Pierse, Haylee Johnson)
3. Laval, 4:11.08
(Myriam Plante, Sabrina McKinnon, Pamela Filiatrault-Veilleux, Marie-Pier Ratelle)

M 4 x 100m Medley Relay
1. UBC, 3:33.04 (Canadian record / CIS championship record)
(Callum Ng, Scott Dickens, Rory Biskupski, Tommy Gossland)
2. Calgary, 3:35.88
(Dan Langlois, Mike Brown, Andre Kudaba, Ryan Gow)
3. Toronto, 3:37.78
(Cam Cummings, Marco Monaco, Zack Chetrat, Colin Russell)

DAY 2 INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS (Friday)

W 100m Back
1. Katy Murdoch, Calgary, 58.67 (Canadian record / CIS championship record)
2. Hanna Kubas, Calgary, 59.11
3. Andrea Jurenovskis, Toronto, 1:00.71

M 100m Back
1. Callum Ng, UBC, 52.24 (CIS championship record)
2. Dan Langlois, Calgary, 54.15
3. Cam Cummings, Toronto, 54.52

W 50m Fly
1. Jennifer Carroll, UQTR, 26.87 (CIS championship record)
2. Chantique Payne, Guelph, 27.74
3. Sasha Theron, Toronto, 27.76

M 50m Fly
1. Nicolas Murray, Laval, 24.16
2. Kelly Aspinall, Calgary, 24.25
3. Alexander Johnson, UBC, 24.37

W 400m Free
1. Breanna Hendriks, Calgary, 4:08.02
2. Julianne Brown, Calgary, 4:10.87
3. Kevyn Peterson, Calgary, 4:12.65

M 400m Free
1. Steven Bielby, 平特五不中, 3:49.73
2. Colin Miazga, Calgary, 3:51.87
3. David Woodman, Calgary, 3:54.44

W 200m Breast
1. Annamay Pierse, UBC, 2:18.59 (Canadian record / CIS championship record)
2. Martha McCabe, UBC, 2:22.44
3. Haylee Johnson, UBC, 2:25.18

M 200m Breast
1. Mike Brown, Calgary, 2:07.58 (CIS championship record)
2. Scott Dickens, UBC, 2:08.05
3. Marco Monaco, Toronto, 2:12.69

W 50m Free
1. Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 25.17 (CIS championship record)
2. Marie-Pier Ratelle, Laval, 25.28
3. Seanna Mitchell, Calgary, 25.61

M 50m Free
1. Colin Russell, Toronto, 22.03 (CIS championship record)
2. Ryan Gow, Calgary, 22.42
3. Tommy Gossland, UBC, 22.51

W 200m Fly
1. Pamela Filiatrault-Veilleux, Laval, 2:11.37
2. MacKenzie Downing, Victoria, 2:11.41
3. Jessica Johnson, Calgary, 2:15.23

M 200m Fly
1. Zack Chetrat, Toronto, 1:55.99
2. Callum Ng, UBC, 1:58.42
3. Jordan Hartney, UBC, 1:58.50

W 4 x 200m Free Relay
1. Calgary, 7:55.91 (Canadian record / CIS championship record)
(Katy Murdoch, Breanna Hendriks, Kevyn Peterson, Erica Morningstar)
2. Western Ontario, 8:10.46
(Alyssa Molenaar, Hayley Nell, Lenore Chesworth, Brittany Cooper)
3. Toronto, 8:12.15
(Andrea Jurenovskis, Heather Maitland, Kristin McLlroy, Melanie Davis)

M 4 x 200m Free Relay
1. UBC, 7:12.09
(Scott Dickens, Rory Biskupski, Matt Hawes, Duncan Furrer)
2. Toronto, 7:12.31
(Zack Chetrat, Colin Russell, Curtis Samuel, Cam Cummings)
3. Laval, 7:24.94
(Jordan Szoo, Bruno Langlois, Nicolas Murray, Adam Szoo)

DAY 1 INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS (Thursday)

Women鈥檚 200-meter Free
1. Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 1:56.11 (Canadian record / CIS championship record)
2. Breanna Hendriks, Calgary, 1:56.95
3. Katy Murdoch, Calgary, 1:58.63

Men鈥檚 200m Free
1. Colin Russell, Toronto, 1:43.31 (Canadian record / CIS championship record)
2. Rory Biskupski, UBC, 1:46.77
3. Colin Miazga, Calgary, 1:47.07

W 50m Back
1. Hanna Kubas, Calgary, 27.48 (CIS championship record)
2. Katy Murdoch, Calgary, 28.10
3. Jennifer Carroll, UQTR, 28.14

M 50m Back
1. Callum Ng, UBC, 24.49
2. Dan Langlois, Calgary, 24.92
3. Kelly Aspinall, Calgary, 25.02

W 100m Breast
1. Annamay Pierse, UBC, 1:05.16 (Canadian record / CIS championship record)
2. Haylee Johnson, UBC, 1:07.34
3. Martha McCabe, UBC, 1:08.12

M 100m Breast
1. Scott Dickens, UBC, 59.34 (Ties Canadian record / New CIS championship record)
2. Mike Brown, Calgary, 59.74
3. Kevin Deret, Laval, 1:00.86

W 100m Fly
1. Pamela Filiatrault-Veilleux, Laval, 59.83
2. MacKenzie Downing, Victoria, 1:00.42
3. Sasha Theron, Toronto, 1:00.79

M 100m Fly
1. Callum Ng, UBC, 52.74
2. Rory Biskupski, UBC, 53.51
3. Zack Chetrat, Toronto, 54.19

W 400m IM
1. Hanna Pierse, UBC, 4:41.58
2. Tara Ivanitz, UBC, 4:46.55
3. Jessica Johnson, Calgary, 4:47.29

M 400m IM
1. Steven Bielby, 平特五不中, 4:11.42
2. Jordan Hartney, UBC, 4:15.81
3. Matt Hawes, UBC, 4:19.05

W 4 x 100m Free Relay
1. Calgary, 3:38.74 (Canadian record / CIS championship record)
(Erica Morningstar, Katy Murdoch, Seanna Mitchell, Breanna Hendriks)
2. Toronto, 3:45.85
(Sasha Theron, Andrea Jurenovskis, Heather Maitland, Kristin McLlroy)
3. Western Ontario, 3:46.78
(Alyssa Molenaar, Hayley Nell, Lenore Chesworth, Brittany Cooper)

M 4 x 100m Free Relay
1. UBC, 3:15.42 (Canadian record / CIS championship record)
(Scott Dickens, Rory Biskupski, Callum Ng, Tommy Gossland)
2. Calgary, 3:16.79
(Kelly Aspinall, Colin Miazga, Ryan Gow, David Woodman)
3. Toronto, 3:18.02
(Zack Chetrat, Colin Russell, Curtis Samuel, Cam Cummings)

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For more information please contact:

Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
平特五不中 Dept. of Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012
earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca


Michel B茅langer
CIS Communications Manager
Cell: (613) 447-6334
belanger [at] universitysport.ca


Ben Schach
UBC Sports Information Director
Cell: (604) 809-1485
varsity [at] interchange.ubc.ca