Acadia finishes second at final event before AUS championship

SAINT JOHN - Dalhousie swimmers won nine of the 12 events on Sunday, the final day of competition at the UNB Invitational, at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre, in Saint John. 

The Tigers took the women's and men's team titles in the final meet before the Atlantic University Sport Swimming Championships, in February. 

Dal opened the final session with back-to-back-to-back 1-2-3 sweeps in the women's and men's 400-metre individual medleys and the women's 200-metre freestyle. 

Memorial's Thomas Chafe won the men's 200-metre free, beating Acadia's David Harvie to the wall by 18/100ths of a second. 

Élodie Martin of the host UNB REDS was first in the women's 200-metre backstroke, beating Dal's Katie Berwick by 3/10ths of a second. 

In the men's 200-metre backstroke, Dal's Alex Dalessio beat Mount Allison's Sebastian Cariaga and Tigers teammate Isaac Bahler. 

Acadia's Sophie Rooney outraced the field in the women's 100-metre butterfly while Dal's Noah Mascoll-Gomes won the men's 100 fly. 

Dal's Emilie Schofield won a dramatic women's 100-metre breaststroke, touching fractions of a second ahead of Memorial's Marcy Whelan and Mount Allison's Jordan Thomas. 

The Tigers' Connor Maloney won the men's 100-metre breaststroke. 

Dal's Ella Dobson outpaced the field to win the women's 1500-metre freestyle while teammate Yannick Morgans won the men's 1500 free. 

In the women's team standings, Dalhousie finished ahead of Acadia, the Mounties, UNB, and the Sea-Hawks. 

In the men's team standings, the Tigers beat the Axemen, the host REDS, Mount Allison and Memorial. 

The AUS Swimming Championships take place February 23-25 in Halifax. 

RECAP AND PHOTOS: Andy Campbell/UNB Athletics