The Warriors swimming team put together their best OUA Championship meet in over 30 years as the men's team won the team silver (575.5 points) while women finished a very impressive fourth overall (403.5 points).
Lukas Wormald (Kitchener/) was Waterloo's top performer in the pool with incredible swims throughout the three day event. The Warriors upstart rookie won gold in the 400 Individual Medley on Day 1 and followed that up with two more medals on Day 3; another gold medal in the 200 IM and a bronze with in the 200 Medley Relay. Also winning the 200 Medley Relay bronze was
Jake Gu (Markham),
Alex Lojko (Barrie/), and
Peter Li (Oakville/).
For his outstanding weekend, Wormald collected two OUA Major Awards including Male Rookie of the Year and the Individual Medley Excellence Award.
On the women's side the Warriors finished 1-2 in the 50m breast stroke with
Christina Ji (Oakville/) winning the gold in a time of 32:41 while
Josie Andres (Thorndale/) was right behind at 32:67. Waterloo also got a silver medal performance from their 200m Medley Relay team.
Eloise Ladyman (Kamloops/),
Christina Ji (Oakville/),
Josie Andres (Thorndale/) and
Jacquelyne Mariano (Mississauga/) earned those team points for the black and gold to help them earn a fourth place finish. Katherine Ivancic was the winner of the Community Service Award.
Leading both squads was head coach Jacquline Beckford-Henrique who was named the Men's Team Coach of the Year.
"It was a fantastic weekend for our Warriors swimmers," said Beckford-Henrique. "I am very proud of the way we performed on all three days and all of the hard work these student-athletes have put in paid off."
Medal Total – 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 6 Bronze
Individual Medal Winners
Lukas Wormald (Kitchener/)
200m Individual Medley 1st 2.02.62
400m Individual Medley 1st 4.27.63
Christina Ji (Oakville/)
50m Breaststroke 1st 32.53 Team Record
100m Breaststroke 3rd 1.10.76 Team Record
Josie Andres (Thorndale/)
50m Breaststroke 2nd 32.90
Eloise Ladyman (Kamloops/)
50m Backstroke 3rd 28.79
Relay Medals – Women
200 Freestyle Relay – 3rd – 1.47.67
Jocelyn Van Leeuwen, Jacquelyne Mariano (Mississauga/), Ellie Wong (London/), Josie Andres (Thorndale/)
400 Medley Relay – 2nd – 4.10.66 – Team Record
Eloise Ladyman (Kamloops/), Christina Ji (Oakville/), Josie Andres (Thorndale/), Jocelyn Van Leeuwen
200 Medley Record – 2nd – 1.54.12 – Team Record
Eloise Ladyman (Kamloops/), Christina Ji (Oakville/), Josie Andres (Thorndale/), Jacquelyne Mariano (Mississauga/)
Relay Medals – Men
200 Free Relay – 3rd – 1.34.69
Alexandre Lojko (Barrie/), Peter Li (Oakville/), Maksym Levytskyy (Toronto/), Danyon Chu (Unionville/)
200 Medley Relay – 3rd – 1.42.71
Lukas Wormald (Kitchener/), Jake GU, Alexandre Lojko (Barrie/), Peter Li (Oakville/)
400 Freestyle Relay – 3rd – 3.25.76 – Team Record
Alexandre Lojko (Barrie/), Peter Li (Oakville/), Hohyun Ryu (Richmond Hill/), Danyon Chu (Unionville/)
Additional Team Records
Alexandre Lojko (Barrie/) 50m Freestyle 23.10
Jocelyn vanLeeuwen (Mississauga/) 100m Freestyle 56.77 / 200m Freestyle 2.02.76
Eloise Ladyman (Kamloops/) 100m Backstroke 1.01.59
Josie Andres (Thorndale/) 50m Butterfly 27.43
Cameron McCuaig (Kitchener/) went under 2 Canadian National Para records in the S9sb9sm9 category
50m Backstroke – 30.72
100m Backstroke – 1.06.86.
Complete OUA Championship Recap
Overall Results
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Women's
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1. University of Toronto (1160)
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2. Mcmaster (545)
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3. Western (536.5)
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4. Waterloo (403.5)
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5. Guelph (313)
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6. Laurentian (285)
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7. Laurier (181)
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8. Queens (159)
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9. Brock (135)
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10. Carleton (77)
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11. York (26)
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Men's
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1. UofT (982.5)
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2. Waterloo (575.5)
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3. Western (560.5)
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4. McMaster (336)
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5. Guelph (305)
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6. Queens (287)
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7. Laurentian (267.5)
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8.Brock (172)
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10.Laurier (146)
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9. Carleton (111)
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11. York (21)
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