OUA Championship Day 2: Record day in the pool

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Three new Ontario University Athletics (OUA) records were set on Friday in Day 2 of the 2010 OUA Swimming Championships at the Eleanor Misener Aquatic Centre at Brock University.

Toronto Varsity Blues swimmer and Canadian Olympian Colin Russell (Burlington, Ont.) was part of two record swims, setting a new standard in the men's 200m freestyle in a time of 1:47.23. He was also the anchor in the men's 4x100m medley relay. Russell and Toronto teammates Cam Cummings (Oakville, Ont.), Stevan Kalaba (Toronto), and Zack Chetrat (Oakville, Ont.) won in an OUA record time of 3:44.81. Russell holds Canadian records in both the 100m and 200m freestyle and 4x100m and 4x200m free relays. He represented Canada at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

The other record was set by the Western Mustangs team of Jennifer Trung (Maple, Ont.), Paulyne Kilty (Newmarket, Ont.), Melissa Loyzer (Hamilton, Ont.) and Amber Hutchinson (Brampton, Ont.), swimming the women's 4x100m medley relay in a time of 4:15.87. All but fourth-year swimmer Hutchinson are competing at their first OUA championships.

A pair of swimmers joined Russell as double-gold medalists on Friday. Whitney Rich (Dorchester, Ont.) of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks won both the women's 100m breaststroke (1:11.82) and 200m individual medley (2:19.74), successfully defending her 2009 titles. Russell's teammate Chetrat won the men's 100m butterfly in a time of 55.44. Varsity Blues swimmers swept the podium in this race as Mike Smerek (St. Catharines, Ont.) and Andy Townsend (Toronto) won silver and bronze, respectively. Chetrat also won bronze in the men's 200m freestyle.

Chantique Payne (Brantford, Ont.) of the Guelph Gryphons won her second gold medal of the meet, defending her women's 100m butterfly title in a time of 1:02.02, 5-100ths of a second ahead of Sasha Theron (Mississauga, Ont.) of the Varsity Blues in the closest final race on Friday. Payne won the women's 50m butterfly on Thursday. She was one of two Gryphons to win gold on Friday, as teammate Andrew Ford (Guelph, Ont.) won the men's 200m individual medley in a time of 2:02.21.

A pair of Mustangs also won individual medals. Hayley Nell (London, Ont.) won the women's 200m freestyle in a time of 2:01.37, while Bryn Jones (Newmarket, Ont.) won the 100m breaststroke in a time of 1:03.44. Nell and Jones both successfully defended their 2009 titles.

Once again, both the Mustangs and Varsity Blues lead the medal count. After finishing Thursday with seven medals each, Western and Toronto swimmers added another 11 on Friday for a total of 18 entering Saturday. Combined, the Mustangs and Varsity Blues swept the podium in four races, and at least one student-athlete from either Western or Toronto won a medal in each final.
   
The OUA swimming championships resume on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.

COMPLETE REAL-TIME RESULTS: www.brocku.ca/brockswimming/results/oua2010/

RESULTS - DAY 2

Women's 200m Freestyle
1. Hayley Nell (Western) 2:01.37
2. Brittany Cooper (Western) 2:04.20
3. Heather Maitland (Toronto) 2:04.31

Men's 200m Freestyle
1. Colin Russell (Toronto) 1:47.23
2. Julien Sauvage (Western) 1:50.64
3. Zack Chetrat (Toronto) 1:51.33

Women's 100m Breaststroke
1. Whitney Rich (Laurier) 1:11.82
2. Alexandra Vanommen (McMaster) 1:12.54
3. Katie Fox (Western) 1:12.93

Men's 100m Breaststroke
1. Bryn Jones (Western) 1:03.44
2. Jake Armstrong (Western) 1:04.03
3. Marco Monaco (Toronto) 1:04.10

Women's 100m Butterfly
1. Chantique Payne (Guelph) 1:02.02
2. Sasha Theron (Toronto) 1:02.07
3. Melissa Loyzer (Western) 1:02.23

Men's 100m Butterfly
1. Zack Chetrat (Toronto) 55.44
2. Mike Smerek (Toronto) 55.75
3. Andy Townsend (Toronto) 56.72

Women's 200m Individual Medley
1. Whitney Rich (Laurier) 2:19.74
2. Heather Martin (Western) 2:21.19
3. Alex Cooper (Western) 2:21.43

Men's 200m Individual Medley
1. Andrew Ford (Guelph) 2:02.21
2. Robert Irvine (Ottawa) 2:05.30
3. Zach Summerhayes (Toronto) 2:05.72

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
1. Jennifer Trung, Paulyne Kilty, Melissa Loyzer, Amber Hutchinson (Western) 4:15.87
2. Brooke Buckland, Alexandra Vanommen, Sara Thompson, Meg Sloan (McMaster) 4:20.58
3. Andrea Jurenovskis, Pamela Ruksys, Sasha Theron, Samantha Bancescu (Toronto) 4:21.11

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
1. Cam Cummings, Stevan Kalaba, Zack Chetrat, Colin Russell (Toronto) 3:44.81
2. Trevor Nicholas, Jake Armstrong, Bryn Jones, Brandon Loshusan (Western) 3:46.50
3. Benjamin Roberts, Matthew Stephenson, Andrew Ford, Wil Wright (Guelph) 3:48.03

OUA SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE
Eleanor Misener Aquatic Centre, Walker Complex, Brock University

Saturday, February 6
Preliminaries: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
W/M - 400m Freestyle
W/M - 100m Backstroke
W/M - 100m Freestyle
W/M - 200m Breaststroke
W/M - 200m Butterfly
Finals: 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
W/M - 400m Freestyle
W/M - 100m Backstroke
W/M - 100m Freestyle
W/M - 200m Breaststroke
W/M - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Sunday, February 7
Graduate Parade: 11:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Finals: 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
W/M - 4x50m Medley Relay
W/M - 400m Individual Medley
W/M - 50m Freestyle
W/M - 200m Backstroke Final
W/M - 50m Breaststroke
W/M - 200m Butterfly Final
W/M - 4x100m Freestyle Relay

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