BlackBerry - CIS Top Ten Tuesday (#22): Calgary, Regina ranked No. 1 heading into Nationals

OTTAWA (CIS) – Three teams from the University of Calgary and one from the University of Regina are ranked No. 1 heading into this week’s Canadian Interuniversity Sport swimming and wrestling championships.

In swimming, the Dinos top the women’s and men’s rankings as they get set to defend both CIS team titles in their own pool, starting on Thursday. Calgary swept the national banners for the first time in school history a year ago. The 2011 CIS meet concludes on Saturday with preliminaries kicking off at 10 a.m. Mountain Time and finals at 6 p.m. MT daily.

In wrestling, the Calgary women and Regina men are seeded No. 1 going into the CIS meet set for Friday and Saturday at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. New national champions will be crowned on Saturday as Simon Fraser – which now competes in the NCAA – swept the team banners last season.

In other CIS sports, Saskatchewan (women’s basketball), Carleton (men’s basketball), McGill (women’s hockey), UNB (men’s hockey) and Windsor (women’s & men’s track and field) all maintain their No. 1 status.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)

1. Saskatchewan (22-2) / 492 pts (41) / (1)
2. Windsor / (20-2) / 451 / (2)
3. Western Ontario (19-3) / 410 / (3)
4. Regina (19-5) / 365 / (5)
5. Toronto (18-4) / 310 / (6)
6. Carleton (18-4) / 303 / (4)
7. UNB (14-4) / 249 / (8)
8. Cape Breton (14-4) / 201 / (7)
9. Winnipeg (20-4) / 170 / (9)
10. Alberta (17-7) / 121 / (10)

Other teams receiving votes: McGill (75), Wilfrid Laurier (33), UBC (8), Ottawa (3), StFX (2).

MEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)

1. Carleton (22-0) / 492 pts (41) / (1)
2. UBC (22-2) / 451 / (2)
3. Saskatchewan (20-4) / 405 / (3)
4. Trinity Western (21-3) / 370 / (4)
5. Cape Breton (17-1) / 332 / (5)
6. StFX (13-5) / 262 / (7)
7. Lakehead (17-5) / 235 / (6)
8. Windsor (16-6) / 223 / (9)
9. Dalhousie (13-6) / 176 / (8)
10. Concordia (11-4) / 125 / (NR)

Other teams receiving votes: Laval (53), Alberta (44), Victoria (8).

WOMEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / (previous rankings)

1. McGill (20-0-0) / (1)

NOTE: Complete rankings to follow later on Tuesday.

MEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)

1. UNB (23-5-0) / 179 pts (17) / (1)
2. McGill (24-2-2 / 2-0 playoffs) / 152 (1) / (2)
3. Alberta (18-5-3) / 141 / (3)
4. Saint Mary’s (18-9-1) / 127 / (4)
5. Western Ontario (20-3-5 / 2-0 playoffs) / 96 / (6)
6. St. Francis Xavier (17-10-1 / 2-0 playoffs) / 87 / (7)
7. Calgary (16-8-2) / 78 / (8)
8. Saskatchewan (16-10-0) / 56 / (5)
9. UQTR (19-8-1 / 2-1 playoffs) / 31/ (9)
10. Carleton (18-8-2 / 2-1 playoffs) / 17 / (10)

Other teams receiving votes: Acadia (14), Manitoba (4), UPEI (2), Waterloo (2), Wilfrid Laurier (2), Guelph (1), Nipissing (1).

WOMEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous rankings)

1. Calgary / 692 pts / (1)
2. UBC / 461 / (2)
3. Toronto / 264 / (3)
4. Montreal / 204 / (4)
5. Victoria / 153 / (NR)
6. Laval / 146 / (T5)
7. Western Ontario / 143 / (T5)
8. Guelph / 113 / (7)
9. McMaster / 82 / (8)
10. Dalhousie / 69 / (9)

MEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous rankings)

1. Calgary / 517 pts / (1)
2. Toronto / 336 / (2)
3. Laval / 290 / (3)
4. UBC / 214 / (4)
5. Alberta / 204 / (5)
6. Western Ontario / 198 / (6)
7. Victoria / 181 / (8)
8. Ottawa / 157 / (7)
9. Dalhousie / 145 / (9)
10. Guelph / 114 / (10)

WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous rankings)

1. Windsor / 121.5 pts / (1)
2. Guelph / 104 / (2)
3. Calgary / 68.83 / (3)
4. Alberta / 49.5 / (4)
5. Saskatchewan / 39.5 / (6)
6. Ottawa / 38 / (5)
7. UQAM / 33 / (10)
8. Toronto / 32.5 / (9)
9. Regina / 28.33 / (7)
10. Sherbrooke / 28 / (NR)

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous rankings)

1. Windsor / 117 pts / (1)
2. Guelph / 99.5 / (2)
3. Western Ontario / 51.5 / (3)
4. Calgary / 51 / (4)
5. York / 49 / (5)
6. Regina / 47.5 / (6)
7. Dalhousie / 39.5 / (9)
8. Saskatchewan / 38.5 / (8)
9. Alberta / 37 / (7)
10. Sherbrooke / 20.5 / (NR)

WOMEN’S WRESTLING
(points) / (previous rankings – Nov. 23)

1. Calgary / 50 pts / (1)
2. Alberta / 37 / (6)
3. Brock / 35 / (3)
4. Western Ontario / 31 / (2)
T5. Concordia / 28 / (5)
T5. Lakehead / 28 / (8)
7. Saskatchewan / 24 / (10)
8. Guelph / 22 / (9)
9. Regina / 18 / (4)
10. UNB / 10 / (7)

MEN’S WRESTLING
(points) / (previous rankings – Nov. 23)

1. Regina / 65 pts / (2)
2. UNB / 59 / (1)
3. Concordia / 49 / (4)
4. Saskatchewan / 43 / (6)
5. Guelph / 37 / (5)
6. Western Ontario / 27 / (NR)
7. Lakehead / 24 / (3)
T8. Alberta / 20 / (8)
T8. Brock / 20 / (9)
10. Calgary / 18 / (NR)

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