2021-22 Acadia Swimming News
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Axewomen / Axemen qualify for 10 individual finals at U SPORTS Championships
March 27, 2022Quebec City, QC - Six Acadia swimmers competed at the 2022 U-Sports Swimming Championships at Laval University March 24th-26th. Grace Earle, Jessica Pelletier, Dean Sangster, Gordon Shortt, Shane Kenny, and Bo Stokesbury-Price achieved the qualifying standards to compete for Acadia. Over the course of three days, the Axemen and Axewomen qualified for a total of 10 individual finals. Read on for a day-by-day breakdown. -
Axemen hang on to 2nd, while Axewomen move up to 3rd at AUS Championship
March 12, 2022Halifax, N.S. - After two days of competition at the 2022 AUS Swimming Championships the Acadia Axemen are sitting in second place with 517 points behind the Dalhousie Tigers with 692 points.
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AUS Swimming Championship: Axemen 2nd, Axewomen 4th in Day 1 results
March 11, 2022Halifax, N.S. - The Acadia Axemen are currently in second place in the overall team scores while the Axewomen sit in fourth after the first night of competition at the 2022 Subway AUS Championships hosted by Dalhousie University.
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AUS Swimming Awards - Bell named Female Coach of the Year
March 10, 2022(HALIFAX, N.S.) Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2021-22 AUS swimming major award winners as selected by the conference's head coaches. Acadia Swimming's head coach Kris Bell was named the Female Coach of the Year.
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Acadia Axemen and Axewomen Swimming Compete In Dual Meet Against Dalhousie Tigers
February 26, 2022HALIFAX, N.S. - Acadia Axemen and Axewomen Swimming competed for the first time since November in a dual meet against the Dalhousie Tigers on February 26th.
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Three Halifax Trojans to join Axewomen swim team in 2022-23
February 22, 2022WOLFVILLE, N.S. – Acadia Athletics and Acadia Swim Team head coach Kris Bell are pleased to announce the addition of three swimmers for the 2022-2023 season, all hailing from the Halifax Trojans Aquatic Club.
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Acadia swim team finishes third in combined team standings at Kemp Fry Meet
November 28, 2021(HALIFAX, N.S.) - Acadia’s Axewomen and Axemen Swimming finished in third place in the combined team standings after three days of competition at the Kemp Fry Invitational hosted by Dalhousie University November 26th-28th.
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Axewomen in third place; Axemen in second place in Standings after Day 2 at Kemp-Fry
November 27, 2021HALIFAX, N.S. - After Day 2 in the pool at the Kemp-Fry Invitational Swim Meet hosted by Dalhousie, Acadia posted 667 points and trail the Dalhousie Tigers who have racked up 1152 points after two days of competition.
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Axewomen & Axemen sit 2nd in Standings after Day 1 at Kemp Fry Meet
November 26, 2021(HALIFAX, N.S.) - Acadia’s Axemen and Axewomen Swimming sit in second place in the overall standings after the first session at the Kemp Fry Invitational at Dalhousie University on November 26th. With 108 points, Acadia trails the Dalhousie Tigers who scored 213 points on day 1.
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Axemen and Axewomen finish second in team standings at Legere Meet at UNB
October 31, 2021(FREDERICTON, NB) The second meet of the 2021-2022 Atlantic University Sport swimming season came to an end Sunday with the Dalhousie Tigers atop the team and women’s and men’s standings.
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Day one of Amby Legere Meet produces great results for Axemen and Axewomen
October 30, 2021(FREDERICTON, NB) The first day of UNB’s Amby Legere Invitational was dominated by swimmers from Dalhousie and Acadia.
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Acadia captures most individual wins, but loses in final team standings
October 17, 2021WOLFVILLE, N.S. ? The Dalhousie Tigers swept this year?s Jack Scholz meet with wins in the men?s and women?s team standings along with the combined standings.
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Tigers grab top spot in team standings on Day 1 of Jack Scholz Meet
October 16, 2021WOLFVILLE, N.S. – Today’s was the first official in-person meet since February of 2020 and all of the swimmers were very appreciative of returning to the pool. The meet began with a thunderous roar and many smiling faces by many of the new and veteran swimmers.
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Acadia Athletics names Bell as new swimming head coach
July 15, 2021WOLFVILLE, N.S. - Acadia University and the Department of Athletics announced today, the hiring of Kris Bell as the new head coach of the Acadia swim team.
