University of Calgary Wins Short Course University Challenge Cup in Canada

TORONTO, Canada, November 27. THE University of Calgary Dinos won the two 4X50 medley relays that concluded the competition to win the overall team crown on Thursday at the University Challenge Cup swimming competition.

In the women's 4X50 medley relay, Katie Murdoch, Allison Long, Zoe Miles and Seanna Mitchell combined forces to lead the Dinos to victory. In the men's 4X50 relay victory, the Dino swimmers were Dan Langlois, Jason Block, Andre Kudaba and James Goodway.

"We brought a strong team and swam really well," said Mike Blondal, head coach of the University of Calgary swim team. "There was a lot of depth at this meet and we had some exceptional performances."

The Dinos other three wins were in the women's events. They were earned by Katy Murdoch in the 100 backstroke, Breanna Hendricks in the 400 freestyle and Erica Morningstar in the 100 freestyle.

Calgary also placed first in the women's team standings followed by the UBC Thunderbirds and the University of Alberta. UBC race winners were Martha McCabe in the 100 breaststroke and Hanna Pierse in the 200 IM. Bobbi Mielnichuk won the 50 freestyle for Alberta.

In the men's team standings, the University of Toronto, last year's overall champs, placed first followed by Calgary and Alberta.

U of T race winners were Colin Russell in 50 and 100 freestyles, Cam Cummings in the 100 backstroke, Zack Chetrat in the 100 butterfly and the men's 4X50 freestyle relay. Andrew Ford also won twice for the University of Guelph placing first in the 100 and 200 IM's.

"I'm really happy with my times for this point in the season," said Russell. "This is my last year with the U of T and I really want to help our school have a lot of success. This was a great start to what we hope can culminate with the team title at the CIS championships (in February)."

Two races were held in each event, with the top ranked swimmer from each school in the A heat and the second ranked in the B heat. Points for each school were earned based on placements in each event.

"About two-thirds of the meet records were lowered tonight," said Pierre Lafontaine, Swimming Canada's head coach and CEO. "We're not surprised to see those kinds of performances. Everyone saw the fast times at the recent World Cups and they came here ready."

The Canada Cup competition gets underway Friday at the Etobicoke Olympium Pool featuring Canadian swimming stars Annamay Pierse, Brent Hayden and Amanda Reason.

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