The Waterloo Warriors wrapped up their 2018-19 swimming season with eight swimmers qualifying for the U SPORTS Championship and seven swimmers taking the trip to Vancouver to compete at the UBC Swimming Venue.
The women's team finished in 13th place with 198.5 points, 1.5 behind Dalhousie and three spots better than their 16th place finish in 2018.
Men finished in 19
th place with 39 points. All seven team members made finals and scored and certainly a highlight was the women's sixth place finish in the 400 Medley Relay –
Eloise Ladyman (Kamloops/),
Christina Ji (Oakville/),
Josie Andres (Thorndale/),
Jocelyn vanLeeuwen (Mississauga/) - with a time of 4.22.33 LCM this ranks them sixth in Canada (Includes University and Clubs) for 2019.
Rookie
Lukas Wormald (Kitchener/) after placing seventh in the 200 Individual Medley on Day 1, just managed to get into the final of the 400 Individual Medley in his morning swim placing 24
th. It was a very different story in the finals, Wormald led from start to finish to win the C Final in 4.32.59 LCM, 3.34 seconds ahead of the second place finisher, a time that would have placed him 11
th overall.
Josie Andres (Thorndale/) finished her University Swimming Career on a high, scoring 45 points for the women's squad, by winning the B final of the 50m Butterfly in 27.72LCM she qualified for the 1
st time to compete in the 2019 Canadian Swimming Trials to be held in April. Other Waarrior Swimmers who have qualified for the 2019 Trials are
Alexandre Lojko (Barrie/),
Jake Gu (Markham),
Lukas Wormald (Kitchener/),
Christina Ji (Oakville/), Cameron McCuagh and
Megan Sherwin (Toronto/)
Individual Results - Finals
Josie Andres (Thorndale/)
50m Freestyle 27.18 LCM 16
th PB
50m Breaststroke 33.03 LCM 13th PB
50m Butterfly 27.72 LCM 9th PB
Lou Salome Chou
50m Backstroke 31.34 LCM 23rd PB
Christina Ji (Oakville/)
50m Breaststroke 34.03 LCM 15
th
100m Breaststroke 1.14.63 LCM 13
th
200m Breaststroke 2.36.56 LCM 15
th PB
200 IM (Prelim) 2.19.95 SCM 13
th Team Record & PB
Eloise Ladyman (Kamloops/)
100m Backstroke 1.05.46 LCM 11
th
50m Backstroke 30.18 LCM 10
th
200m Backstroke 2.20.74 LCM 9
th
Alex Lojko
50m Freestyle 24.13 LCM 18
th
Lukas Wormald (Kitchener/)
200 Individual Medley 2.06.95 LCM 7th
400 Individual Medley 4.32.59 LCM 17
th
Jocelyn vanLeeuwen (Mississauga/)
400m Freestyle 4.36.88 LCM 23rd PB
200m Freestyle 2.0816 LCM 21
st
100m Freestyle 58.94 22nd
Relays – Women
400M Medley Relay 4.22.23 LCM 6
th – Ladyman, Ji, Andres, vanLeeuwen
800M Freestyle Relay 8.59.97LCM 13
th – vanLeeuwen, Ji, Andres, Ladyman
400M Freestyle Relay 4.01.48 LCM 13
th – vanLeeuwen, Ladyman, Andres, Ji
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
Women
1. UBC, 1,255.5 points
2. Toronto, 1,230.5
3. Montreal, 701
4. Calgary, 521
5. Victoria, 312
6. McGill, 299
7. Ottawa, 294
8. Alberta, 237
T9. Western, 217
T9. Laval, 217
11. McMaster, 206
12. Dalhousie, 200
13. Waterloo, 198.5
14. Manitoba, 192.5
15. Guelph, 141
16. Sherbrooke, 96
17. Regina, 90
18. New Brunswick, 73
19. Québec à Trois-Rivières, 72
20. Wilfrid Laurier, 58
21. Laurentian, 44
22. Acadia, 26
23. Queen's, 15
24. Lethbridge, 9
25. Memorial, 3
26. Brock, 1
Men
1. UBC, 1,075 points
2. Calgary, 925.5
3. Toronto, 682
4. McGill, 550
5. Victoria, 472.5
6. Regina, 470
7. Ottawa, 442.5
8. Laval, 397.5
9. Montreal, 388.5
10. Alberta, 249
11. Lethbridge, 234.5
12. Western, 160
13. Dalhousie, 134
14. Sherbrooke, 87
15. Manitoba, 65
16. Laurentian, 58
17. Brock, 41
18. Acadia, 40
19. Waterloo, 39
20. Queen's, 34
21. Thompson Rivers, 29
22. Mount Allison, 28
23. Guelph, 10
24. McMaster, 5
