MILLS BREAKS VARSITY RECORD
IN 50 FLY
The Ravens neared the end of their impressive
regular season by traveling to Queen’s University for an invitational
competition. Competing against University of Ottawa, York and Queen’s, the Ravens
were able to win the men’s division and place well on the women’s side. The
first day’s events were highlighted by the CIS qualification of Krista Boegel
in a second event (50 breaststroke) as well as wins by Keegan Harris (200
breaststroke) and John Mills (100 Backstroke). After 8 events, the women’s team
had strong showing with 19 points, led by Krista Boegel’s win in the 200m
Breaststroke; while the men were in a tight race for the lead, trailing first
place Queen’s by four, with third place Ottawa only three points behind.
The second day started with a bang as John Mills
swam to a new varsity record in the 50m butterfly. The swim, Mills’ second
varsity record of the year, gave the Ravens its third gold medal of the meet
and pushed the men’s team ahead of Queens by one point. Brandon Crawford
maintained the momentum by winning the next event, the 200 freestyle. The men’s
team never looked back and with further contributions from Mills (1st, 50m
Backstroke), Keegan Harris (2nd, 100m breaststroke and 1500m freestyle) and
team captain Trevor McLoughlin (3rd, 200m butterfly and 400m individual medley)
they were able to win by a comfortable 20 points over second place Queens.
Other scorers for the ravens included Brock Clayden, Brandon VanDyk, John Scroggie,
and Mark Blenkinsop. Also scoring
points was rookie Nathan Churchill, who swam every grueling event, totaling
3900m!
The women hung on to collect a great 39 points
despite, as usual, being significantly outnumbered. Paola Osorio scored in the
400m freestyle as well as the 100m butterfly to help team captain Krista
Boegel, who swam every event except the 200m butterfly!
The
Ravens are now gearing up for the big meet of the season, OUA championships,
hosted by the University of Ottawa, February 13-15.