SWIM | Voyageurs Stand Tall at U SPORTS Championships

A quartet of athletes from each of the men's and women's swim teams competed at the U SPORTS Championships in Toronto over the weekend.

The four members of the men's team (Samuel Boily-Dufour, Chris Eastick, Andrew Hrycusko and Matt Schouten) were led by Schouten, who made the finals each time he hit the water.  Schouten's meet was highlighted by a 6th place finish in the 50 Freestyle with a time of 22.65 seconds.  He followed that up with a 17th place in 50 Backstroke, a 20th place in the 50 Butterfly and a 21st place in the 100 Freestyle.  His 42 points accounted for all of the Voyageurs scoring as the men finished 17^th as a team.

On the women's side, the quartet of Riley Konrad, Natalie Lefebvre, Bethany Robinson and Francesca Zammit-Maempel improved last year's 28 point total by tallying 32 points over the weekend for a 22^nd place finish as a team.  The squad was led by Konrad who swam to a 17^th place finish in the 400 IM with a time of 4:57.26, a 17^th place in the 200 IM and a 22^nd place in the 50 breaststroke.

On top of Konrad's individual performances, the women also scored points in the 400 Medley Relay with their 20^th place finish and the 400 Freestyle Relay with their 19^th place finish.

Schouten's times in the 50 freestyle and 50 backstroke and Konrad's time in the 400 IM were all fast enough to pre-qualify them in to next year's U SPORTS Championships.

The end of the Championships officially brings the swimmers' 2017-18 season to a close.