Bielby golden at CIS swim championships

 

(PHOTO OF STEVEN BIELBY BY ABDREW DOBROWOLSKYJ)

 

CALGARY - McGill swimmer Steven Bielby of Pointe Claire, Que., has won gold on opening day of the CIS championships, a three-day meet hosted by the University of Calgary.

Bielby, a 21-year-old electrical engineering junior, won the men's 400-metre individual medley, touching the wall in four minutes, 13.60 seconds.  The 5-foot-8 middle distance specialist finished well ahead of silver medalist David Dimitrov from the University of Calgary, who was clocked at 4:17.33.

 

Bielby now owns five CIS gold medals over his three years at McGill, breaking the school career record held by Francois Castonguay (two golds in 2005 and two more in 2006). Bielby also owns a silver and a couple of bronze medals for  eight CIS medals overall, the second-highest career total ever by a McGill male swimmer, behind Alexandre Pichette's 10 (2 golds, 3 silvers, 5 bronzes) and equal to the eight previously won by David Allard (1-1-6).

 

 

DAY 1 INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS (Thursday)

 

Women 200m Free

1. Kevyn Peterson, Calgary, 1:59.08

2. Heather McLean, UBC, 1:59.89

3. Savannah King, UBC, 2:00.26

 

Men 200m Free

1. Ryan Cochrane, Victoria, 1:47.81

1. Colin Miazga, Calgary, 1:47.81

3. Adam Szoo, Laval, 1:47.83

 

W 50m Back

1. Hilary Caldwell, Victoria, 28.25

2. Bethany Flemington, Calgary, 28.67

3. Jy Lawrence, Calgary, 28.93

 

M 50m Back

1. David Sharpe, Dalhousie. 24.99

2. Kelly Aspinall, UBC, 25.21

3. Gleb Suvorov, Calgary, 25.48

 

W 100m Breast

1. Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 1:05.99

2. Allison Long, Calgary, 1:07.73

3. Martha McCabe, UBC, 1:07.83

 

M 100m Breast

1. Jason Block, Calgary, 1:00.11

2. Bogdan Knezevic, Calgary, 1:01.05

3. Bryn Jones, Western Ontario, 1:01.13

 

W 100m Fly

1. Seanna Mitchell, Calgary, 1:00.98

2. Jessica Johnson, Calgary, 1:01.18

3. Chantique Payne, Guelph, 1:01.32

 

M 100m Fly

1. Zack Chetrat, Toronto, 53.30

2. Mike Smerek, Toronto, 53.71

3. Joshua Au, Alberta, 53.85

 

W 400m IM

1. Stephanie Horner, Victoria, 4:41.40

2. Hanna Pierse, UBC, 4:43.66

3. Hayley Pipher, UBC, 4:44.12

 

M 400m IM

1. Steven Bielby, McGill, 4:13.60 2. David Dimitrov, Calgary, 4:17.33 3. Ryan Cochrane, Victoria, 4:19.24

W 4 x 100m Free Relay

1.Calgary 3:41.03

(Erica Morningstar, Bethany Flemington, Fiona Doyle, Seanna Mitchell)

2. Laval 3:46.04

(Marie-Pier Ratelle, Charlotte Dandurand, Sarah Routhier, Vanessa Taileffer)

3. UBC 3:46.39

(Kimberly Bowman, Colleen Nesbitt, Heather MacLean, Fionnuala Pierse)

 

M 4 x 100m Free Relay

1. UBC 3:17.83

(Tommy Gossland, Rory Biskupski, Kelly Aspinall, Duncan Furrer)

2. Calgary 3:17.93

(Colin Miazga, Brad Hankewich, Connor Maxey, James Goodway)

3. Laval 3:19.14

(Dominique Massie-Martel, Maxime Jacomelli, Jonathan Blouin, Adam Szoo)

 

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

McGill Athletics & Recreation

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