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Swim Report: Western Dual Meet

For the last meet of 2021, your Warriors travelled to London and competed against the Western Mustangs.

Starting the meet with the 200m medley relay, the women's team captured 2nd (1:56.93) and 3rd (2:04.43) place while the men's team captured 1st (1:41.91) and 3rd (1:45.10). Christina Ji (Oakville/) (2:23.97) won the first gold of the women's team in the 200m individual medley and Liam Wallich (Kaleden/) (2:10.10) added another silver for the men's team in the event. Next up in the 100m freestyle, the Warriors captured a pair of silvers behind Katherine Ye (North York/) (58.71) and Raymond Duong (Markham/) (51.95). Alex Boden (Dundas/) (2:02.58) then added a gold to the Warriors' count in the men's 200m butterfly, Ava Luzzi (Oakville/) (2:39.24) and Christian Florea (Mississauga/) (2:05.38) both captured silver medals in the event. The men's team then swept the podium in the 100m breaststroke with Max Hao (Vaughan/) (1:04.16) in 1st, Charles Marcial (Mississauga/) (1:04.26) in 2nd, and Jake Gu (Markham/) (1:04.50) finishing 3rd. Christina Ji (Oakville/) (1:11.88) and Kaelyn Kelly (Thornton/) (1:14.67) also won silver and bronze respectively in the women's 100m breaststroke.
 
Eloise Ladyman (Kamloops/) (1:04.53) came first in the women's 100m backstroke. Nadeem Said (Amman, Jordan/) (1:00.75) collected silver and Tyler Bell (Waterloo/) (1:01.79) won his first medal of the day with a bronze in the men's 100m backstroke event. In the 50m freestyle, Katherine Ye (North York/) (27.11) and Lukas Wormald (Kitchener/) (23.26) won another pair of silvers for the Warriors. Alyssa Zhang (Mississauga/) (27.39) also captured bronze in the event. Sam Pei (4:04.96) and Aiden Iapicco (4:07.68) then added their own pair of silver and bronze medals in the men's 400m freestyle event. Next in the men's 200m breaststroke, Liam Wallich (Kaleden/) (2:20.19) came 1st and Ian Chambers (Burlington/) (2:21.87) finished 3rd. Alyssa Zhang (Mississauga/) (1:08.60) continued adding to her medals in the women's 100m butterfly, finishing with a silver while Kate Netherton (1:10.19) won her first bronze of the day. The men's also added a gold and silver in the 100m butterfly behind Lukas Wormald (Kitchener/) (55.22) and Alex Boden (Dundas/) (56.15). Up next in the 200m backstroke, the men's team swept the podium behind strong performances of Nadeem Said (Amman, Jordan/) (2:09.06), Tyler Bell (Waterloo/) (2:09.47), and Noah Gillespie-Friesen (Dartmouth/) (2:13.25). Eloise Ladyman (Kamloops/) added to the Warrior's medal count with a gold in the women's 200m backstroke as well.
 
The Warriors then captured 1 silver and 2 bronze medals in the 200m freestyle event. Katherine Ye (North York/) (2:11.83) captured bronze for the women's; Samuel Pei (Richmond/) (1:53.37) finished with a silver while Aiden Iapicco (1:58.05) claimed bronze. In the final event of the day, the women's team (1:54.19) claimed silver in 200m freestyle relay and the men's team (1:34.04) finished the day strong with a gold in the relay.

The teams were evenly matched throughout the meet, with the Mustangs barely coming out on top with a 2 point differential.

Combined Team Scores:
Waterloo 158.5 / Western: 160.5
Men's: Waterloo 92.5 / Western 67.5
Women's: Waterloo 66 / Western 93
 
A special congratulations to Alex Boden (Dundas/) who qualified for U SPORTS Nationals with his time of (2:02.58) in the 200m butterfly event!
 
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Players Mentioned

Ian Chambers

#M Ian Chambers

Second Year
2
Noah Gillespie-Friesen

#M Noah Gillespie-Friesen

5' 10"
Third Year
3
Jake Gu

#M Jake Gu

5' 7"
Second Year
2
Max Hao

#M Max Hao

6' 3"
Third Year
3
Lukas Wormald

#M Lukas Wormald

Second Year
2
Christina Ji

#W Christina Ji

Second Year
2
Eloise Ladyman

#W Eloise Ladyman

5' 8"
Third Year
3
Tyler Bell

Tyler Bell

First Year
1
Alex Boden

Alex Boden

First Year
1
Raymond Duong

Raymond Duong

Second Year
1
Christian Florea

Christian Florea

Second Year
1
Charles Marcial

Charles Marcial

Second Year
1

Players Mentioned

Ian Chambers

#M Ian Chambers

Second Year
2
Noah Gillespie-Friesen

#M Noah Gillespie-Friesen

5' 10"
Third Year
3
Jake Gu

#M Jake Gu

5' 7"
Second Year
2
Max Hao

#M Max Hao

6' 3"
Third Year
3
Lukas Wormald

#M Lukas Wormald

Second Year
2
Christina Ji

#W Christina Ji

Second Year
2
Eloise Ladyman

#W Eloise Ladyman

5' 8"
Third Year
3
Tyler Bell

Tyler Bell

First Year
1
Alex Boden

Alex Boden

First Year
1
Raymond Duong

Raymond Duong

Second Year
1
Christian Florea

Christian Florea

Second Year
1
Charles Marcial

Charles Marcial

Second Year
1