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 2
nd (1:56.93) and 3
rd (2:04.43) place while the men's team captured 1
st (1:41.91) and 3
rd (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 1
st,
Charles Marcial (Mississauga/) (1:04.26) in 2
nd, and
Jake Gu (Markham/) (1:04.50) finishing 3
rd.
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.
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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 1
st and
Ian Chambers (Burlington/) (2:21.87) finished 3
rd.
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.
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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
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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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