Colorado Springs, CO - The Simon Fraser University men's and women's swim teams each defeated Colorado College in dual meet action on Saturday while dropping the decision to Division I Air Force.
The men defeated Colorado College 156-48 and lost to Air Force 144-81 while the women defeated Colorado College 165-64 and lost 145-88 to Air Force.
Much like Friday, the Clan started the day with a win in a relay as the Clan's 400-yard medley relay team of
Grace Ni (Prince George, BC),
Brianna Bailey (Red Deer, AB),
Lauren Swistak (Port Moody, BC) and
Nicole Cossey (Innisfail, AB) won in a time of 3:57.03.
The men's team followed the women's performance by taking second and fourth place in their 400-yard medley relay as
Hans Heyer (Frankfurt, Germany),
Julian Monks (Whitby, ON),
Ciaran McDonnell (Pitt Meadows, BC) and
Justin Kiedrzyn (New Westminster, BC) in a time of 3:28.53 and while
Dimitar Ivanov (Coquitlam, BC),
Lucas Greenough (Barrie, ON), Keenan Elliot (Barrie, ON) and
Igor Gasovic-Varga (New Westminster, BC) came fourth in a time of 3:35.20.
In the women's 1000-yard freestyle,
Meghan Quon (Richmond, BC) and
Claudia Mathieu (Toronto, ON) finished second and third in times of 11:12.99 and 11:15.53 respectively.
Alex Schofield (Coquitlam, BC) finished third and
Carmen Nam (Hong Kong, China) finished fifth in the women's 200-yard freestyle in times of 1:57.43 and 2:03.17 which was followed by Ivanov and Gasovic-Varga placing third and fifth in the men's race in times of 1:48.74 and 1:49.13.
Cossey then won the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 24.29, a race in which
Katrina Sharpe (Edmonton, AB) finished fifth.
In the men's 50-yard freestyle, Heyer and
Brandon Bronson (Oshawa, ON) finished second and third respectively in times of 21.45 and 22.46.
Katie McEvoy (Victoria, BC) and Bailey finished third and fourth in the women's 200-yard individual medley in times of 2:15.92 and 2:21.56 before Greenough, Elliott, and Alexandre Duguay (Montreal, QC) took second, third and fourth on the men's side in times of 2:01.85, 2:03.51 and 2:05.95.
In the 200-yard butterfly, Clan women finished first and second as Swistak won in a time of 2:09.65 and Nam finished second in 2:10.96. The men finished second, third and fourth with McDonnell taking second in 1:57.52, Kiedrzyn third in 2:00.58 and Jordan Morford (Maple Ridge, BC) fourth with a time of 2:03.81.
In the 100-yard freestyle, Schofield finished second in the women's race in a time of 54.31 while Heyer took the men's race in a time of 47.21 and Duguay finished third in a time of 49.73.
Ni, Mathieu, and
Carly Guraliuk (Surrey, BC) finished second, third and fourth in the women's 200-yard backstroke in times of 2:09.28, 2:15.22 and 2:16.06 before Ivanov and Bronson finished first and third on the men's side, in times of 1:56.23 and 1:57.90.
In the 500-yard freestyle, Clan women finished second and third as Quon took second in 5:30.33 and Nam finished third in 5:36.93 while Gasovic-Varga finished second on the men's side in 4:56.59 and
Duncan Andrews (Barrie, ON) finished third in 4:59.70.
In the final individual race of the day, the 200-yard breaststroke, McEvoy and Bailey finished second and third for the Clan women in times of 2:32.29 and 2:32.30, finishing neck and neck. On the men's side, Monks, Greenough and Elliott finished second third and fourth in times of 2:09.72, 2:16.37 and 2:17.32.
The competition ended with the 200-yard freestyle relay as Clan teams took second and third on the women's side in times of 1:38.65 and 1:44.13 while the Clan finished second on the men's side in 1:27.89.
In the diving competition,
Elizabeth Durward (Victoria, BC) finished fourth in both the 1-metre and 4-metre competitions, with scores of 216.45 and 211.65. Â
The Clan men's and women's swim teams will be back in action on October 26 at the BC Senior Circuit in Victoria, BC.
