Golden boy Bielby three-peats at CIS championships
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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