McGill seven reach CIS qualifying standard after prelims in Maritime swim meet
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(PHOTO BY ANDREW DOBROWOLSKYJ)
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HALIFAX, NS -- The McGill swim team has gotten off to a great start after the preliminaries at the Atlantic University Sport intercollegiate meet, a two-day competition hosted by Dalhousie, Saturday. Seven members of the team have surpassed the qualifying standard for the CIS championships in February, with many others right on the doorstep heading into the opening-day finals Saturday night.
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Live results are available at the following:
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Among the qualifiers from the morning session was freshman Laura Mendonca (50m breastroke, 34.14 seconds), junior Matt Khatchadourian (29.32) and senior Joe Toops, who swam a personal best of 51.82 to get under the standard.
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Other McGill qualifiers were Myriam Donato (200 IM, 2:20.97) and freshman Sophie Overney-Ragan (50 butterfly, 29.01). Also, veteran breastrokers Leanne Roach and Maxime Charron both surpassed the 2:42.0 standard in the 200 breaststroke, posting times of 2:37.65 and 2:36.13, respectively.
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"All in all an incredible start," says McGill head coach Peter Carpenter.Ìý "We're hoping for more tonight!"
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The CIS qualifying watch tonight will be centered on:
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- Pierre-Alexandre Renaud who dropped two seconds in his 200 fly to get to within 0.5 seconds of making the cut.
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- Alexa Haugan and Caitlin Chapman were both about half a second off in the 50 breast this morning.
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- Arthur Baux is five-hundredths of a second off in the 50 breast and less than half a second off in the 200 breast.
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- Derek Engel and Vincent Roy are both one-tenth off in the 50 breast and 50 fly, respectively.
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- Phil Morin is half a second away in the 200 breast
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- Valerie Grand'Maison is two-tenths away in the 400 free and Hector Hernandez, who qualified in the 400 free last year, has to take two seconds off in the same event.
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(MORE DETAILS TO BE POSTED WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE)
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
McGill Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012