ST. JOHN'S, NL - Results from the AUS championship weekend at Memorial have been favourable for an impressive group of swimmers representing a reasonably new swim program. Day one was peppered with personal bests and medal winners.
Highlights include a gold medal win by former Wolfville Tritons Swimmer Kristen MacPherson who won gold in the 50m backstroke and qualified for the CIS championships in two weeks time. MacPherson will join Hayden Adams and Luc Boudreau who both qualified earlier this season. MacPherson posted a third place in today's morning heats in the 100m backstroke.
Senior swimmer Eliza MacGuire grabbed a silver win in the 100m Fly in a personal best fashion.
Luc Boudreau captured gold in the 100m breaststroke and teammate Justin Leblanc finished second with a silver best time. Collin Reynolds will bring home a bronze in the 400m Individual Medley.
Head coach Chris Stone is happy with the results so far and looks forward to the remaining results. "Overall the meet is going well, and the swimmers are excited and swimming fast. Looking toward tonight's final and tomorrow, we still have some great chances to put a few more swimmers through to CIS for this season."
Notable highlights so far include:
DAY 1
200m Free - Elizabeth Skuriat 9th, Patrick Henger 6th & Mike Adams 9th
50m Back - Kristen MacPherson gold & CIS qualified, Jessica Bent 5th, Cynthia Pfeiffer 7th, Taylor Russell 11th
100m Breast - Kayla Boudreau 7th, Luc Boudreau & Justin Leblanc Gold-Silver both in lifetime personal bests.
100m Fly - Eliza McGuire silver, Jessica Bend 4th, Patrick Henger 4th, Ben Corkum 7th, Jake Doiron 9th, all in lifetime personal bests
400m IM - Collin Reynolds Bronze, Kristen MacPherson 5th, Kayla Boudreau 7th, Jake Doiron 7th
4x100m Free Relays both 4th (MacPherson, Pfeiffer, Skuriat, Bent & Corkum, Henger, LeBlanc, Boudreau)
POINTS STANDINGS:
Men & Women in 3rd individually, 2nd combined after Day 1
DAY 2 - HEATS
100m Back - Kristen MacPherson 3rd, Cynthia Pfeiffer 7th, Taylor Russell 10th
50m Fly - Eliza McGuire & Jessica Bend 3rd & 4th, Taylor Russell 12th - Patrick Henger 3rd & Justin Leblanc 10th
400m Free - Elizabeth Skuriat 7th, Collin Reynolds 4th, Ben Corkum 9th & Mike Adams 10th
200m Breast - Kayla Boudreau 7th, Luc Boudreau 1st & Justin 6th
50m Free - Taylor Russell 19th, Patrick Henger 9th
200m Fly - Jessica Bent 4th, Eliza McGuire 6th, Ben Corkum 7th, Jake Doiron 11th
The Axewomen and Axewomen compete this weekend in the AUS Swimming Championships hosted by Memorial University. Results> AUStv Webcast>