Bielby and Hill named McGill athletes of the week
MONTREAL - Steven Bielby of Pointe Claire, Que.,
and Caroline Hill of Dorval, Que., are the McGill
University athletes of the week for the period ending on Feb. 13,
2011.
Bielby, a 21-year-old electrical engineering
junior with the men's swim team, won three gold medals and a pair
of silvers at the Quebec conference championships, where he was
named male athlete of the year.Ìý The 5-foot-8 middle distance
specialist won both the 200 and 400-metre individual medleys,
posting times of 2:01.65 and 4:20.97, respectively. His time in the
200 was a Quebec championship meet record. In addition, he swam the
third leg of the winning 4x50 freestyle relay, which was clocked in
a McGill record time of 1:30.33. Bielby also posted silver-medal
finishes in the 100 butterfly and in the 4x100 freestyle relay. He
is a product of John Abbott College.
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Hill, a 24-year-old physical and health
education senior on the women's hockey team, tied a school record
with seven points, including four goals, as McGill blanked Ottawa
10-0 on Saturday. The 5-foot-5 forward had been battling flu-like
symptoms since returning from Turkey earlier in the week where she
helped Canada win gold at the FISU Games. She was held off the
scoresheet in a Feb. 11 win over Concordia but bounced back the
next night to register the seven-point soiree. Hill enrolled at
McGill in 2006 after attending the Loomis Chaffee School.
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation
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514-398-7012 (Tel.)
m.athletics.mcgill.ca (mobile website)
earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca