October 19, 2003

BOTH WOMEN AND MEN SWEEP YORK, RYERSON, AND TRENT. WOMEN’S RECORD AT 3-5, AND MEN STAND AT AN IMPRESSIVE 7-1.

The Carleton Ravens varsity swimming team powered home today, making a clean sweep of their last six dual competitions of the weekend. Both the women and men defeated York, Ryerson, and Trent. In a dominant performance by both the men’s and women’s teams, Carleton was able to win handily even after competing in three other meets this same weekend. The women’s squad, led by team captain Krista Boegel with a sweep of the three breaststroke events, defeated all comers, only really being challenged by Trent, who eventually fell 209-198. Other strong performances were turned in by Melissa Juergensen in the sprint butterfly events, distance and butterfly swimmer Paola Osorio, with three wins of her own, and her sister Luz Osorio, with a win in the 50m freestyle. The women capped off their strong showing with wins in both the 4X50m medley and 4X100m freestyle relays.

The men had an even more impressive performance with first year backstroke standout John Mills sweeping the three backstroke events as well as leading the 4X50m medley relay and anchoring the 4X100 freestyle relay to victories. Other notables included Keegan Harris in the breaststroke events, Brandon Crawford with two individual wins and perennial tough guy and assistant team captain Brock Clayden with a win in the 400m freestyle.

“We did a good job of battling through some adversity this weekend and refused to ease down when the going got tough” commented men’s coach John Waring, adding “we really came together as a team this weekend and showed a lot of backbone. Everybody did a really good job.”

Never ones to rest on their laurels, the team is back in the pool preparing for upcoming duals with Ottawa U and Brock followed by OUA divisionals in November.

October 18, 2003

CARLETON MEN DEFEAT WATERLOO BY A SIGLE POINT, 141-140.

Competing in their second tri-meet of the day, the Carleton Ravens faced off against: Queen’s once again, and Waterloo for the first time this weekend. The women’s team was led by winning performances by Krista Boegel in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and the 1-2 punch of sisters Paola and Luz Osorio in the 200 freestyle. Paola was also able to capture gold in the 200 freestyle and 200 butterfly as well. Unfortunately the women’s team again suffered from being outnumbered falling to both Queen’s and Waterloo by 52 points and 38 points respectively.

The men’s side faired much better though, downing Queen’s 167-111, and Waterloo in a nail-biter 141-140. Led by second year veteran Brandon Crawford, with three individual wins, the ravens were able to upset Waterloo in their own pool after great swims by Keegan Harris and a sweep of the sprint backstrokes by rookie John Mills. The Ravens wind up their road trip tomorrow in York against York, Ryerson, and Trent.

October 18, 2003

QUELPH DEFEATS CARLETON WOMEN AND MEN.

Carleton Ravens varsity swimming continued their marathon weekend with strong performances in their tri-meet against Guelph and Queen’s this morning at the university of Guelph. Despite being outnumbered, the women’s team put up a tough fight falling to Queen’s and Guelph by 49 and 78 points respectively. Individually the women did very well though, with both rookie Paola Osorio and team captain Krista Boegel capturing two individual golds and coming very close to qualifying for the Canadian Interuniversity National Championships.

On the men’s side, team captain Trevor McLoughlin, as well as veterans Keegan Harris and Brandon Crawford were able to capture individual golds while helping to defeat Queen’s 168-118. The Raven’s weren’t quite up to the task of beating a very deep Guelph Griffins men’s team though, falling 141-159.

“We were right in there until the last two events but Guelph was able to pull it out in the end.” Said men’s coach John Waring. Other notable performances were turned in by Brock Clayden: second in the 800m freestyle, despite having technical difficulties with his equipment, and John Mills, second in the 50m freestyle.

October 17, 2003

CARLETON WOMEN PLACE 6^th AND MEN PLACE 3^rd AT OUA RELAY MEET.

Varsity swimming started off its busiest weekend of the season with a bang at the OUA relay meet. Leading the way was the men’s 4X100 medley relay team, winning in a near varsity record of 4:00.09. The women as well had some great performances with three silver medal finishes in the 4X100 medley, 3X200 freestyle, and the 4X100 freestyle relays. Other medal winning efforts were turned in by the men’s 4X50 freestyle, 3X200 freestyle, 3X100 backstroke, and 4X100 freestyle relays.

“Carleton is finally starting to get the respect it deserves from the other coaches and teams.” Said men’s head coach John Waring, adding that this indicated “a great new direction for the Carleton Ravens swim team”. Competition continues throughout this weekend with dual meets versus Queen’s, Guelph, Waterloo, Ryerson, York and Trent.