Vikes capture five bronze medals at Canada West Championships

Lethbridge, AB – The University of Victoria swimming team captured five bronze medals and finished third in both team competitions at the Canada West Championships hosted by the University of Lethbridge, Nov. 28-30.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
Day 1

• The Vikes captured a pair of bronze medals as the men's and women's 800M free medley teams finished third in the first set of finals races.
• The women's team of Mackenzie Hurd, Sienna Cyca-Loree, Lydia James-Brennan, and Ayiana Gagne battled hard as they held off Lethbridge to capture the third spot with a time of 8:25.62.
• The men's team, Keir Ogilvie, Matthew MacDonald, Peyton Pearse, and Ricky Millns, posted a time of 7:19.56, battling the Dinos all the way to the end.

 
Day 2

• Keir Ogilvie returned to the podium as he captured another bronze medal in the 200M free as well as part of the 4x100M team. Ogilvie's stellar time of 1:49.10 had him drop 1.52 seconds from his prelim time.
• The men's 4x100M team of Ricky Mills, Peyton Pearse, Matthew MacDonald, and Keir Ogilvie won the fourth bronze medal for the Vikes with a program record time of 3:19.95.

 
Day 3

• The men's 400M medley relay team of Ryan Murphy, Jordan Raume, Keir Ogilvie, and Matthew MacDonald raced strongly, posting a time of 3:40.51 and winning the bronze medal.

 
FROM THE POOL - Head coach Ryan Clouston
"Day one: swimmer of the day was Jordan Raume on the men's side, and Sidney Boone on the women's side.  Highlights were the relay medals; the women's relay fought hard to hold off a feisty Lethbridge team that was hungry for a home team medal.  The men's team fought all the way to the end with Calgary, having out-touched them for a USPORTS bronze in March. Calgary slightly got the best of us for silver today, but it was a great race."

"Day two - swimmers of the day were Kendra Murray for some big, best times in the 100 fly and a great relay split.  Swimmers of the day on the men's side were Matt MacDonald for earning two big A-finals, never having made an A-final previously in his career, and with two big, best times as well."

"Day three - Peyton Pearse was the swimmer of the day for the men, and Georgia Romstead's near-medal in the 200 fly earned her swimmer of the day for the Vikes women's team."
 
The Vikes will return to the pool for the Winter Warmup, Jan. 17, hosted by the University of British Columbia."