St. JOHN'S, NL - A Day 2 finals on Saturday Night, reaped additional medal wins for several Acadia swimmers. While the women's and men's team combined dropped from second to third, the Axewomen's results included two medal wins that boosted the women's team into a third place team standing. The Axemen added three more medals including a bronze medal in the 4X200m Free Relay.
Second year backstroke specialist Kristen MacPherson won gold in the 100m backstroke while teammate Eliza McGuire posted a third place bronze medal win in the 50m Fly.
Senior swimmer Luc Boudreau added a notch to his belt with a gold medal win in the 200m breaststroke. Justin Leblanc trailed Boudreau with a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke.
The Acadia swim team heads back to the pool for Day 3 heats and finals.
Notable Performances:
Saturday Night
100m Back - Cynthia Pfeiffer - 7th
50m Fly - Jessica Bent - 4th, Justin LeBlanc - 9th & Patrick Henger - 5th
400m Free - Elizabeth Skuriat - 6th, Ben Corkum - 10th, Mike Adams - 9th, Collin Reynolds - 5th
200m Breaststroke - Kayla Boudreau - 8th
50m Free - Henger 11th
200m Fly - Jessica Bent - 4th, Eliza McGuire - 6th, Jake Doiron - 10th, Ben Corkum - 4th
4x200m Free Relay - Women 4th (Skuriat, MacPherson, Pfeiffer, Bent), & Men Bronze (Corkum, Reynolds, Boudreau, Henger.
UPDATE FROM SUNDAY AM Heats:
50m Breast - Kayla Boudreau 10th, Jane Pomeroy 16th, Justin LeBlanc 4th & Luc Boudreau 1st going into Finals
200m Backstroke - Kristen MacPherson 2nd, Elizabeth Skuriat 7th, Cynthia Pfeiffer 10th, Collin Reynolds 3rd going into finals
200m IM - Eliza McGuire 10th, Luc Boudreau 2nd going into finals
800m Free - Elizabeth Skuriat going in 5th - Pfeiffer swim in the morning and cannot finish below 10th.
1500m Free - Collin Reynolds going in 2nd, Ben Corkum going in 5th, Mike Adams going in 6th - Jake Doiron lifetime PB in the morning and cannot finish worse than 9th
Coach Chris Stone is thrilled with the women's team's performance this weekend. "Our women have really stepped up their game, and are out scoring the men right now, which is a great step forward for them. On our men's side, with Hayden (Adams) out on injury, we're definitely feeling it in the points totals and the impact on our relays, but the rest of the guys have raised the bar for themselves and are reaping the rewards, with every member of the men's team scoring something to contribute to the team total."