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Quebec City, Que. – Capping off the 2021-22 season with three more school records for a total of 12 over the course of the three-day meet, the University of Victoria swimming teams completed competition at the U SPORTS Swimming Championships, March 26.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Reaching the A Final in her third breaststroke event of the meet, Sophie Tarrant finished fourth in the 50 breast prelims with a time of 32.11. With the qualification, Tarrant has contended for medals in all the breaststroke events at both the Canada West and U SPORTS championships.
- Adding a second A Final appearance to her evening docket, Tarrant took seventh in the 200 IM prelims, touching the wall in 2:19.05.
- Looking to podium for the second-straight championship in the 200 back, Lauren Crisp secured her spot in the A Final with a fourth place, 2:11.51 showing in the prelims.
- The Vikes finished the morning prelims with three bids to the A Finals, four to the B Finals, and two to the C Finals.
- Setting a new school record in the 50 breast A Final, Tarrant clocked in at 31.90 to surpass teammate Jamie Hellard's time of 32.00 set Nov. 22, 2019. The Vikes record time finished fifth overall in the final.
- Matching her prelims finish in the 200 back A Final, Lauren Crisp finished fourth overall, dropping nearly one and a half seconds off her prelims time to finish in 2:10.06.
- Closing out his first season as a Vike with a school record, Maxwell Fang took fourth in the 100 free C Final with a time of 50.30, surpassing Brett Zollen's time of 50.42 set Dec. 4, 2015.
- Wrapping the Vikes' A Final appearances, Tarrant dropped almost two seconds and improved one spot from her prelims swim in the 200 IM, taking sixth at 2:17.75.
- Winning the 200 IM B Final, Jacob Rambo touched the wall in 2:01.32. His time beat two A Final swims.
- Narrowly missing the podium at the first U SPORTS Championships of his career, William Risk finished fourth in the 1500 Free with a time of 15:20.54.
- Ending the meet with one final new school record entry, the foursome of Rambo, Padric Mckervill, Ethan Hemeon and Fang took sixth in the 4x100 medley relay with a time of 3:38.75, lowering the previous Vikes standard of 3:42.91 set Nov. 23, 2018.
- Recording the 100 back school record swim a day ago, Rambo lowered his record time to 54.09 after his leg of the relay.
- As teams, both the men's and women's sides finished sixth overall.
2022 VIKES U SPORTS MEDAL WINNERS
200 Breast – Bronze –
Sophie Tarrant (2:27.44)
THAT'S A WRAP
With the completion of the U SPORTS Championships, the 2021-22 U SPORTS season comes to a close for the Vikes.
RESULTS
Prelims
Men 50 Breast
14.
Ethan Hemeon – 28.41
T39.
Ricky Millns – 29.81
Women 50 Breast
4.
Sophie Tarrant – 32.11
Men 200 Back
19.
Ethan Phillips – 2:05.91
Women 200 Back
4.
Lauren Crisp – 2:11.51
26.
Amanda McCallum – 2:20.03
29.
Olivia Roschat – 2:23.61
Men 100 Free
23.
Maxwell Fang – 50.66
25.
Ricky Millns – 50.72
T35.
Elijah Agostinelli Stull – 51.31
49.
Ethan Jensen – 52.16
51.
William Risk – 52.45
Women 100 Free
33.
Mareya Valeva – 59.77
Men 200 IM
11.
Padric Mckervill – 2:03.68
16.
Jacob Rambo – 2:04.15
26.
Ethan Hemeon – 2:07.51
Women 200 IM
7.
Sophie Tarrant – 2:19.05
14.
Cameron Hill – 2:20.28
29.
Shanna Tierney – 2:23.95
30.
Amanda McCallum – 2:24.92
Finals
Women 800 Freestyle
19.
Sophia Brunoro – 9:17.08
Men 50 Breast – B Final
13.
Ethan Hemeon - 28.39
Women 50 Breast – A Final
5.
Sophie Tarrant – 31.90
Men 200 Back – C Final
18.
Ethan Phillips – 2:03.72
Women 200 Back – A Final
4.
Lauren Crisp – 2:10.06
Men 100 Free – C Final
20.
Maxwell Fang – 50.30
Men 200 IM – B Final
9.
Jacob Rambo – 2:01.32
13.
Padric Mckervill – 2:04.02
Women 200 IM – B Final
12.
Cameron Hill – 2:18.63
Women 200 IM – A Final
6.
Sophie Tarrant – 2:17.75
Men 1500m Free
4.
William Risk – 15:20.54
15.
Drew Edwards – 15:52.21
Women 4x100m Medley Relay
6. Victoria (Crisp, Hill, Tarrant, McCallum) – 4:10.63
Men 4x100m Medley Relay
6. Victoria (Rambo, Mckervill, Hemeon, Fang) - 3:38.75
