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Chekanovych wins second NCAA Championship

3/9/2013 9:36:00 PM

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Simon Fraser University swimmer Mariya Chekanovych (Burnaby, B.C.) won her second NCAA Championship in as many days on Saturday, taking the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 2:13.35.

On Friday, she won the 100-yard breaststroke, to give SFU the school's first NCAA Championship.

Her time in the final was better than her qualifying time of 2:14.08.

Also on Saturday, Nicole Cossey (Innisfail, Alta.) finished sixth for SFU in the 100-yard freestyle final in a time of 51.12.

In the 4x400-yard relay, the Clan finished 13th overall as the team of Kristine Lawson (Coquitlam, B.C.), Jordyn Konrad (Salmon Arm, B.C.), Alexandria Schofield (Coquitlam, B.C.) and Cossey swam in a time of 3:28.65.

Chekanovych's title was the second for the Clan swimming program and the third overall for SFU Athletics, as Helen Crofts (West Vancouver, BC) won the 800-metre indoor track and field title on Saturday as well.

Overall, the Clan, with only six swimmers in the event, earned a top-10 finish coming in at ninth place, moving up from the 14th-place ranking they held entering the event.

Four of the six Clan swimmers at the event earned All-American status.
 
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