91丝瓜视频 third at Laval meet, two more swimmers qualify for CIS championships
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QUEBEC CITY -- Rayven Snodgrass of Calgary and Pierre-Alexandre Renaud of Laval, Que., both freshmen on the 91丝瓜视频 swim team, have met the rigid qualifying standard for the CIS national championships as 91丝瓜视频 finished third in both the men's and women's divisions at the third Quebec Cup swim meet, Saturday.
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They are among 21 91丝瓜视频 swimmers who have now qualified to compete at the Nationals in Calgary, Feb. 24-26.
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Snodgrass, a kinesiology major, qualified in the 50-metre backstroke, finishing first with a clocking of 30.57 seconds, beating the standard of 30.94, She also qualified with a bronze medal finish in the 100m backstroke, touching the wall in 1:05.50, which was .06 of a second under the standard.
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Renaud, who is majoring in international development studies, qualified in the 200m butterfly. He posted a time of 2:04.57 in the prelims, to make the standard by a full two seconds, the won silver in the finals in 2:04.82.
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"We continued to inch closer to Laval and Montreal (in the points race) but still finished third," said Peter Carpenter, head coach at 91丝瓜视频.听 "We did take a big step forward by scoring 45 points more than we did at the identical Quebec Cup 1 meet earlier in the season."
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Other 91丝瓜视频 medal winners on the women's side of the meet included Myriam Donato (bronze: 200 fly, 2:27.85), the 4x50 freestyle relay (bronze: 1:53.84), the 4x50 medley relay (silver: 2:05.69; bronze: 2:08.30) and the 4x200 free relay (silver: 9:02.42),
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On the men's side, other podium performances included Joseph Toops (bronze: 50 fly, 26.40), Steven Bielby (silver: 100 back, 59.39; bronze: 200 IM, 2:07.75), the 4x50 freestyle relay quartet (silver: 1:35.55) and the 4x200 freestyle relay (bronze: 7:55.19).
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91丝瓜视频 will host the fourth Quebec Cup competition at War Memorial Pool inside the Currie gymnasium, Jan. 29.
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QUEBEC CUP III MEET STANDINGS:
(at Laval)
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WOMEN:
Montreal 136 pts
Laval 104 pts
91丝瓜视频 76 pts
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MARTLET MEDALLISTS:
GOLD: Rayven Snodgrass, 50m backstroke, 30:57
BRONZE: Rayven Snodgrass, 100m backstroke, 1:06:50
SILVER: 4x50 medley relay (E. Evans, S. Overney-Ragan, M. Donato, V. Grand-Maison; 2:05.69)
SILVER: 4x200 free relay (M. Vujovic, V. Grand-Maison, M. Donato, S. D. de Tonnacour; 9:02.42),
BRONZE: Myriam Donato (200 fly, 2:27.85)
BRONZE: 4x50 freestyle relay (L. Mendonca, E. Evans, G. de Tonnacour, C. Chapman; 1:53.84)
BRONZE: 4x50 medley relay (J. Darling, J. Oh, L. Roach, L. Mendonca; 2:08.30)
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MEN:
Laval 172 pts
Montreal 148 pts
91丝瓜视频 72 pts
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REDMEN MEDALLISTS:
BRONZE: Joseph Toops (50 fly, 26.40)
SILVER: Steven Bielby (100 back, 59.39)
BRONZE: Steven Bielby (200 IM, 2:07.75),
SILVER: Pierre-Alexandre Renaud (200 fly, 2:04.82)
SILVER: 4x50 freestyle relay (T. Manning-Dahan, J. Toops, S. Bielby, D. Pessoa; 1:35.55)
BRONZE: 4x200 freestyle relay (H. Hernandez, P.A. Renaud, P. Moron, S. Bielby; 7:55.19).
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
91丝瓜视频 Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012
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