The Varsity Blues women’s swimming team placed third, while the men were fourth as the 2011 CIS championships came to a close on Saturday night in Calgary.

The Blues earned three more medals on Day 3 of competition, to bring the grand total to 13.

Toronto’s women finished with a combined team score of 341 points, behind the host Calgary, Dinos (778.5) and UBC Thunderbirds (648.5). The Blues men were fourth with 363 total points, narrowly following to the third-place Laval Rouge-et-Or (397). The Dinos completed the sweep (543.5), with UBC finishing second with 493 points.

Oakville, Ont., native Zack Chetrat earned his fourth medal of the meet, finishing third in the men’s 1500-metre with a time of 15:39.09. Sophomore Zach Summerhayes reached the national podium for the first time in his career, also earning the bronze medal in the men’s 200 individual medley (IM) in a time of 2:02.49.

Veteran distance swimmer Poppy Ruksys rounded out the podium finishes, with a bronze medal in the women’s 800-metre freestyle (8:54.84).

Other top results on Day 3 included veteran Mel Davis in the 800-metre, narrowly missing a medal in the final race of her career to earn her highest placing ever on the national stage.  UBC transfer Molly Grove also had a stunning turnaround with her fifth-place finish in the 800-metre.


Day 1 Recap

Day 2 Recap


INDIVIDUAL HONOURS

Women

Swimmer of the year: Erica Morningstar, Calgary
Rookie of the year: Savannah King, UBC
Sprinter’s Cup (single winner of both 50 and 100 free): Not awarded
Coach of the year: Mike Blondal, Calgary

Men

Swimmer of the year: Ryan Cochrane, Victoria
Rookie of the year: Ryan Cochrane, Victoria
Sprinter’s Cup (single winner of both 50 and 100 free): Dominique Massey-Martel, Laval
Coach of the year: Mike Blondal, Calgary

NOTE: All gold medallists at the CIS championships (including relays) are first-team all-Canadians for the 2010-11 season, while all silver medallists (who were not gold medallists) are second-team all-Canadians).

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

Women

1. Calgary, 778.5
2. UBC, 648.5
3. Toronto, 341
4. Victoria, 227.5
5. Montreal, 224
6. Alberta, 179
7. Western Ontario, 172
8. Laval, 157
9. Guelph, 145
10. Dalhousie, 112
11. McMaster, 87
12. Ottawa, 69
13. Wilfrid Laurier, 61
14. McGill, 39
15. UQTR, 36
16. Lethbridge, 35
17. UNB, 25
18. Laurentian, 19
18. Manitoba, 19
20. Brock, 14.5
21. Regina, 7

Men (Nelson C. Hart trophy)

1. Calgary, 543:5
2. UBC, 493
3. Laval, 397
4. Toronto, 363
5. Victoria, 244.5
6. Dalhousie, 205
7. Alberta, 202
8. Western Ontario, 165
9. Montreal, 160
10. Ottawa, 154
11. McGill, 139
12. Guelph, 130
13. McMaster, 63
14. Sherbrooke, 52
15. Manitoba, 44
16. Waterloo, 28
17. Lethbridge, 15
18. Acadia, 6
19. York, 4

DAY 3 INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS (Saturday)

Women 800m Free
1. Savannah King, UBC, 8:35.86
2. Stephanie Horner, Victoria, 8:44.72
3. Pamela Ruksys, Toronto, 8:54.84

Men 50m Breast
1. Jason Block, Calgary, 27.36 (CIS Championship Record)
2. Jake Armstrong, Western, 27.83
3. Bryn Jones, Western, 28.11

W 50m Breast
1. Allison Long, Calgary, 30.91
2. Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 30.97
3. Kayla Voytechek, Alberta, 31.53

M 200m Back
1. Matt Hawes, Ottawa, 1:56.48
2. Adam Best, Ottawa, 1:57.75
3. Nicholas Sinclair, Victoria, 1:59. 47

W 200m Back
1. Hilary Caldwell, Victoria, 2:08.22
2. Jessika Craig, Calgary, 2:10.53
3. Vanessa Taillefer, Laval, 2:12.41

M 100m Free
1. Dominique Massie-Martel, Laval, 48.91
2. Tommy Gossland, Laval, 49.91
3. Connor Maxey, Calgary, 50.11

W 100m Free
1. Seanna Mitchell, Calgary, 54.72
2. Marie-Pier Ratelle, Laval , 55.28
3. Chantique Payne, Guelph, 55.47

M 200m IM
1. Steven Bielby, McGill, 2:00.24
2. Bogdan Knezevic, Calgary, 2:01.87
3. Zach Summerhayes, Toronto, 2:02.49

W 200m IM
1. Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 2:09.70
2. Hanna Pierse, UBC, 2:15.07
3. Stephanie Horner, Victoria, 2:16.13

M 1500m Free
1. Ryan Cochrane, Victoria, 15:03.27
2. David Dimitrov, Calgary, 15:30.33
3. Zack Chetrat, Toronto, 15:39.09

W 4 x 100m Medley Relay
1. Calgary 4:04.82
(Erica Morningstar, Fiona Doyle, Jessica Johnson, Seanna Mitchell)
2. UBC, 4:09.80
(Rachelle Salli, Martha McCabe, Shaneese Nowlan, Heather MacLean)
3. Montréal, 4:12.78
(Karah Stanworth-Belleville, Sarah-Lee Hevey, Emilie Belleau, Marie-Pierre Berube)

M 4 x 100m Medley Relay
1. Calgary, 3:37.66
(Gleb Suvorov, Jason Block, David Dimitrov, Colin Miazga)
2. Laval, 3:39.68
(Jonathan Blouin, Kevin Deret, Maxime Jacomelli, Dominique Massie-Martel)
3. UBC, 3:40.48
(Kelly Aspinall, Sam Acton, Rory Biskupski, Tommy Gossland)

DAY 2 INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS (Friday)

Women 100m Back
1. Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 59.34
2. Hilary Caldwell, Victoria, 1:00.70
3. Andrea Jurenovskis, Toronto, 1:00.88

Men 100m Back
1. Kelly Aspinall, UBC, 53.89
2. Matt Hawes, Ottawa, 53.98
3. Gleb Suvorov, Calgary, 54.08

W 50m Fly
1. Paige Schultz, Toronto, 27.43
2. Chantique Payne, Guelph, 27.55
3. Caroline Lapierre-Lemire, UQTR, 27.61

M 50m Fly
1. Mike Smerek, Toronto, 24.05
2. Mark Maizonnasse, Sherbrooke, 24.33
3. Joshua Au, Alberta, 24.61

W 400m Free
1. Savannah King, UBC, 4:11.47
2. Julianne Brown, Calgary, 4:14.88
3. Kevyn Peterson, Calgary, 4:16.12

M 400m Free
1. Ryan Cochrane, Victoria, 3:48.13
2. David Dimitrov, Calgary, 3:51.12
3. Frank Despond, Toronto, 3:52.81

W 200m Breast
1. Martha McCabe, UBC 2:23.15
2. Hanna Pierse, UBC, 2:26.84
3. Fiona Doyle, Calgary, 2:28.70

M 200m Breast
1. Jason Block, Calgary, 2:12.11
2. Bryn Jones, Western, 2:12.46
3. Frédéric Le Blanc, Montreal, 2:12.59

W 50m Free
1. Marie-Pier Ratelle, Laval, 25.05 (CIS championship record)
2. Seanna Mitchell, Calgary, 25.27
2. Chantique Payne, Guelph, 25.50

M 50m Free
1. Dominique Massie-Martel, Laval, 22.68
2. Tommy Gossland, UBC, 22.73
3. James Goodway, Calgary, 22.78

W 200m Fly
1. Stephanie Horner, Victoria, 2:12.69
2. Vanessa Treasure, Toronto, 2:14.72
3. Jessica Johnson, Calgary, 2:15.02

M 200m Fly
1. Zack Chetrat, Toronto, 1:57.45
2. David Dimitrov, Calgary, 1:59.69
3. Curtis Samuel, Toronto, 2:00.53

W 4 x 200m Free Relay
1. Calgary, 8:05.63
(Erica Morningstar, Julianne Brown, Talia Benson, Kevyn Peterson)
2. UBC, 8:11.44
(Brittney Harley, Heather MacLean, Savannah King, Fionnuala Pierse)
3. Victoria, 8:16.49
(Stephanie Horner, Siobhan Newell, Hilary Caldwell, Kim Bryan)


M 4 x 200m Free Relay
1. Calgary, 7:17.97
(Connor Maxey, Brad Hankewich, Colin Miazga, David Dimitrov)
2. Laval, 7:19.62
(Dominique Massie-Martel, Vincent Fontaine, Jonathan Blouin, Adam Szoo)
3. Toronto, 7:21.30
(Zack Chetrat, Taylor Bond, Frank Despond, Curtis Samuel)


DAY 1 INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS (Thursday)

Women 200m Free
1. Kevyn Peterson, Calgary, 1:59.08
2. Heather McLean, UBC, 1:59.89
3. Savannah King, UBC, 2:00.26

Men 200m Free
1. Ryan Cochrane, Victoria, 1:47.81
1. Colin Miazga, Calgary, 1:47.81
3. Adam Szoo, Laval, 1:47.83

W 50m Back
1. Hilary Caldwell, Victoria, 28.25
2. Bethany Flemington, Calgary, 28.67
3. Jy Lawrence, Calgary, 28.93

M 50m Back
1. David Sharpe, Dalhousie. 24.99
2. Kelly Aspinall, UBC, 25.21
3. Gleb Suvorov, Calgary, 25.48

W 100m Breast
1. Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 1:05.99
2. Fiona Doyle, Calgary, 1:07.73
3. Martha McCabe, UBC, 1:07.83

M 100m Breast
1. Jason Block, Calgary, 1:00.11
2. Bogdan Knezevic, Calgary, 1:01.05
3. Bryn Jones, Western Ontario, 1:01.13

W 100m Fly
1. Seanna Mitchell, Calgary, 1:00.98
2. Jessica Johnson, Calgary, 1:01.18
3. Chantique Payne, Guelph, 1:01.32

M 100m Fly
1. Zack Chetrat, Toronto, 53.30
2. Mike Smerek, Toronto, 53.71
3. Joshua Au, Alberta, 53.85

W 400m IM
1. Stephanie Horner, Victoria, 4:41.40
2. Hanna Pierse, UBC, 4:43.66
3. Hayley Pipher, UBC, 4:44.12

M 400m IM
1. Steven Bielby, McGill, 4:13.60
2. David Dimitrov, Calgary, 4:17.33
3. Ryan Cochrane, Victoria, 4:19.24

W 4 x 100m Free Relay
1.Calgary 3:41.03
(Erica Morningstar, Bethany Flemington, Fiona Doyle, Seanna Mitchell)
2. Laval 3:46.04
(Marie-Pier Ratelle, Charlotte Dandurand, Sarah Routhier, Vanessa Taileffer)
3. UBC 3:46.39
(Kimberly Bowman, Colleen Nesbitt, Heather MacLean, Fionnuala Pierse)

M 4 x 100m Free Relay
1. UBC 3:17.83
(Tommy Gossland, Rory Biskupski, Kelly Aspinall, Duncan Furrer)
2. Calgary 3:17.93
(Colin Miazga, Brad Hankewich, Connor Maxey, James Goodway)
3. Laval 3:19.14
(Dominique Massie-Martel, Maxime Jacomelli, Jonathan Blouin, Adam Szoo)