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Friday, February 20, 2009

New CIS And Canadian Records In Swimming

After day one of the 2009 CIS Swimming Championships saw several CIS and Canadian record performances what can we expect for the rest of the tournament? The following records were set yesterday at the University of British Columbia in beautiful Vancouver, BC.

New Canadian and CIS Championship Record:

  • Women's 200m Free - Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 1:56.11
  • Men's 200m Free - Colin Russell, Toronto, 1:43.31
  • Women's 100m Breast - Annamay Pierse, UBC, 1:05.16
  • Men's 100m Breast - Scott Dickens, UBC, 59.34 (tied Canadian record)
  • Women's 4x100m Free Relay - Calgary, 3:38.74 (Erica Morningstar, Katy Murdoch, Seanna Mitchell, Breanna Hendriks)
  • Men's 4x100m Free Relay - UBC, 3:15.42 (Scott Dickens, Rory Biskupski, Callum Ng, Tommy Gossland)

New CIS Championship Record:

  • Women's 50m Back - Hanna Kubas, Calgary, 27.48

For full details and results of Day 1 events check out the article here.

Note: I am really not into swimming, more of a land lover, but with these type of results one cannot help but to take notice...and perhaps be amazed.

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