Erica Morningstar, the 2009 CIS rookie of the year, accounted for two of the four Canada West records broken on the weekend with both coming on Sunday. In the 100-metre freestyle, she lowered her own record set in 2009 by 17 hundredths, stopping the clock in 54.51 seconds. Seanna Mitchell, Breanna Hendriks, and Erin Wamsteeker finished in spots two, three, and four behind Morningstar.
Just four races later, she was back in the pool for the 100-metre backstroke and promptly became the first woman in Canada West championship history to break the minute mark, winning with a time of 59.87 to break Erin Gammel’s mark of 1:00.07 set in 2007.
Morningstar also won gold in the 50-metre freestyle and took silver in both the 100-metre breaststroke.
A native of Regina, Morningstar is a second year Communication and Culture student. She and the Dinos now get set to defend their national title at the CIS Swimming Championships Feb. 18-20 in Toronto.
