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Mac captures division title

Thursday, November 26th 2009

The McMaster Marauders swim team captured their third consecutive division title last week, on the strength of a first place showing at the divisional meet from the McMaster women (908 points), and a second place finish from the men (830 points), coming in just behind the Varsity Blues (884.5).

This saw McMaster finish first with a team total of 1738 points from 29 medals, propelling them above second and third place finishers Toronto (1678.5) and Guelph (1439).

The Marauders started the weekend well, winning silver medals in the meet’s first two events: the men’s and women’s 4×50m relays. The women’s team of Sarah Taylor, Lindsay Charles (Etobicoke, ON), Meg Sloan (St Thomas, ON), and Jessica Mackenzie (Innisfil, ON) finished second in 1:49:08, behind the University of Toronto team, who finished in1:48:22.

Alexandra VanOmmen (Oakville, ON) led the McMaster women by dominating the breaststroke events, winning gold in the 50m, 100m, and 200m races, and qualifying for the CIS Championships in her very first race of the weekend.

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Louisa Yee Wai Chan (Delta, ON) secured the most medals of any McMaster woman with four in total. This included a gold medal in the 400m individual medley, second place finishes in the 200m IM and 200m fly, and a bronze in the 100m fly.

Tristan Vowles (Hamilton, ON) led the Marauders men’s team with two individual medals in total, including a silver in the 200m breaststroke and a bronze in the 100m freestyle race. Frank Despond (Hamilton, ON) picked up the first individual medal of the weekend for the men, placing second in the 200m freestyle.

McMaster’s cause was helped by the team’s ability to medal in all six of the meet’s relay races, including the aforementioned 4×50m races that kicked off the festivities. The divisional victory saw five more entrants from McMaster for the CIS Championship meet in February at the University of Toronto.

The swim teams now prepare for their final meet before the new year, when they travel to Brock this Saturday to compete with the Badgers and five other squads, including Ontario rivals from Laurier, Queen’s, and York.