CALGARY – The University of Calgary Dinos swim teams finished off their season at the Aquatic Center on Saturday night at the 2013 CIS Swimming Championships. A number of gold medals were awarded to the Dinos including Jason Block, Tianna Rissling, Erica Morningstar, Gleb Suvorov, and the women's 4x100m medley relay team.
 
The University of Toronto Varsity Blues put an end to 18 years of western domination Saturday night, emerging victorious in an extraordinary three-way race to capture the 2013 CIS men's swimming title with the UBC Thunderbirds finishing second and the Dinos taking third, with just 25 points separating the three teams.
 
In women's action, the UBC Thunderbirds captured their second consecutive national banner with a big 691.5-548 win over the host University of Calgary Dinos. The home team came second with 548 points while Toronto women's team finished third.
 
The top female rookie honours went to Calgary freshman Tianna Rissling. Rissling won a total of four individual medals at the event, including gold in both the 50-metre breaststroke and the 400-metre individual medley. Her IM swim on Thursday night set a new championship record, and she finished a mere handful of points behind King in the overall swimmer of the year standings.
 
Former CIS swimmer of the year Erica Morningstar dominated the field with a victory by nearly three seconds in the women's 200-metre individual medley. Morningstar, a two-time Olympian, announced after the race that it would be her final meet as she takes a break from the sport to consider her options moving forward.
 
She joined her Dinos teammates atop the podium one last time by swimming the backstroke leg of Calgary's gold medal-winning medley relay along with Fiona Doyle, Lindsay Delmar, and Amanda Reason.
 
Other gold medallists on the day included Calgary's Gleb Suvorov who won his respective 200-metre backstroke event and Jason Block who swept the breast-stroke events over the weekend, setting a new CIS record in the 50m breaststroke with a time of 27.22.
 
COMPLETE RESULTS: http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/swim/index.
 
INDIVIDUAL HONOURS
 
Women
Swimmer of the year: Savannah King, UBC
Rookie of the year: Tianna Rissling, Calgary
Sprinter's Cup (single winner of both 50 and 100 free): Caroline Lapierre-Lemire, UQTR
Coach of the year: Steve Price, UBC
Student-Athlete Community Service Award: Erica Dugas, Brock
 
Men
Swimmer of the year: Kelly Aspinall, UBC
Rookie of the year: Eric Hedlin, Victoria
Sprinter's Cup (single winner of both 50 and 100 free): Not awarded
Coach of the year: Byron MacDonald, Toronto
Student-Athlete Community Service Award: David Dorian, Toronto
 
NOTE (swimmers of the year): Female and male swimmers with the highest aggregate point total for his/her two best swims as based on Swim Canada's performance charts.
 
NOTE (All-Canadians): All gold medallists at the CIS championships - including relays - are first-team all-Canadians for the 2012-13 season. All silver medallists - who did not win a gold medal - are second-team all-Canadians.
 
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
 
Women
 
1. UBC, 691.5 points
2. Calgary, 548
3. Toronto, 300
4. Montreal, 270.5
5. Dalhousie, 251
6. Western, 216
7. Laval, 164
8. McGill, 160
9. Alberta, 150.5
10. UQTR, 148
11. McMaster, 133
12. Victoria, 97
13. Ottawa, 84
14. Guelph, 78
15. Wilfrid Laurier, 26
16. Manitoba,  25
17. Sherbrooke, 15.5
18. Laurentian, 14
19. UQAM, 10
20. Regina, 7
21. Brock, 3
22. UNB, 1
 
Men (Nelson C. Hart trophy)
 
1. Toronto, 539 points
2. UBC, 524
3. Calgary, 514
4. Victoria, 273.5
5. Laval, 246
6. Alberta, 239
7. McMaster, 180
8. McGill, 171.5
9. Montreal, 143
10. Western, 142
11. Dalhousie, 127
12. Lethbridge, 82
13. Ottawa, 66
14. Guelph, 62
15. Manitoba, 37
16. Acadia, 14
17. Waterloo, 12
18. Regina, 3
 
DAY 3 INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS (Saturday)
 
Men 50m Breast
1. Jason Block, Calgary, 27.22 (CIS Championship Record)
2. Brian Lee, Toronto, 27.95
3. Kevin Deret, Laval, 28.10
 
W 50m Breast
1. Tianna Rissling, Calgary, 30.97
2. Fiona Doyle, Calgary, 31.00
3. Tera Van Beilen, UBC, 31.11
 
M 200m Back
1. Gleb Suvorov, Calgary, 1:55.29
2. Matthew Byers, Toronto, 1:55.89
3. Russell Wood, Calgary, 1:55.95
 
M 200m IM
1. Steven Bielby, McGill, 2:00.00
2. Cameron Bailey, McMaster, 2:00.32
3. Bogdan Knezevic, Calgary, 2:00.48
 
W 200m IM
1. Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 2:10.49
2. Katie Caldwell, McGill, 2:13.25
3. Sarah-Lee Hevey, Montreal, 2:13.65
  
W 4 x 100m Medley Relay
1. Calgary 4:02.86
(Erica Morningstar, Fiona Doyle, Lindsay Delmar, Amanda Reason)
2. UBC 4:03.88
(Erin Stamp, Tera Van Beilen, Grainne Pierse, Heather MacLean)
3. Montreal 4:10.61
(Gabrielle Soucisse, Marie-Soleil Jean-Lachapelle, Marie-Pierre Berube, Sarah-Lee Hevey)
 
M 4 x 100m Medley Relay
1. UBC 3:35.10
(Kelly Aspinall, Sergey Holson, Coleman Allen, Luke Peddie)
2. Calgary 3:35.57
(Russell Wood, Jason Block, Gleb Suvorov, David Woodman)
3. Laval 3:37.90
(Pascal-Hugo Caron-Cantin, Kevin Deret, Quentin Martin, Dominique Massey-Martel)
 
DAY 2 INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS (Friday)
 
Women 100m Back
1. Gabrielle Soucisse, Montreal, 59.08
2. Geneviève Cantin, Laval, 1:00.59
3. Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 1:00.81
 
Men 100m Back
1. Kelly Aspinall, UBC, 51.95 (CIS Championship Record)
2. David Sharpe, Dalhousie, 52.34
3. Russell Wood, Calgary, 53.23
 
W 400m Free
1. Savannah King, UBC, 4:09.24
2. Lindsay Delmar, Calgary, 4:13.44
3. Julianne Brown, Calgary, 4:14.09
  
W 200m Breast
1. Tera Van Beilen, UBC, 2:23.87
2. Fiona Doyle, Calgary, 2:24.94
3. Tianna Rissling, Calgary, 2:25.25
 
M 200m Breast
1. Jason Block, Calgary, 2:09.86
2. Frédéric Le Blanc, Montreal, 2:12.41
3. Evan Broderick, UBC, 2:13.31
 
W 50m Free
1. Caroline Lapierre-Lemire, UQTR, 24.87 (CIS Championship Record)
2. Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 25.15
3. Amanda Reason, Calgary, 25.53
  
W 200m Fly
1. Stephanie Horner, Victoria, 2:12.93
2. Vanessa Treasure, Toronto, 2:13.21
3. Lindsay Delmar, Calgary, 2:16.36
 
M 200m Fly
1. Zach Chetrat, Toronto, 1:55.59
2. Coleman Allen, UBC, 1:58.10
3. Thomas Jobin, Calgary, 1:59.40
 
W 4 x 200m Free Relay
1. UBC, 8:00.55
(Savannah King, Brittney Harley, Tera Van Beilen, Heather MacLean)
2. Calgary, 8:02.15
(Fiona Doyle, Lindsay Delmar, Amanda Reason, Julianne Brown)
3. Toronto, 8:14.99
(Andrea Jurenovskis, Jennifer Tapley, Bridget Coley, Vanessa Treasure)
 
M 4 x 200m Free Relay
1. Calgary, 7:14.27
(Russell Wood, Reid Scarrow, David Woodman, Connor Maxey)
2. Toronto, 7:18.33
(Frank Despond, Matthew Myers, David Riley, Zack Chetrat)
3. Alberta, 7:19.58
(Hunter Balch, Joe Byram, Joshua Au, Robert MacKinnon)
 
DAY 1 INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS (Thursday)
 
Women 200m Free
1. Lindsay Delmar, Calgary, 1:58.46
2. Heather MacLean, UBC, 1:59.19
3. Savannah King, UBC, 1:59.54
 
Men 200m Free
1. Coleman Allen, UBC, 1:46.40
2. David Woodman, Calgary, 1:47.39
3. Keegan Zanatta, Victoria, 1:47.52
 
M 50m Back
1. Kelly Aspinall, UBC, 24.05 (CIS Championship Record)
2. David Sharpe, Dalhousie, 24.56
3. Russell Wood, Calgary, 24.64
 
W 100m Breast
1. Fiona Doyle, Calgary, 1:06.57
2. Tianna Rissling, Calgary, 1:06.72
3. Tera Van Beilen, UBC, 1:06.80
 
M 100m Breast
1. Jason Block, Calgary, 59.08 (CIS Championship Record)
2. Konrad Bald, McMaster, 1:00.14
3. Kevin Deret, Laval, 1:00.88
 
W 100m Fly
1. Alisha Harricharan, Guelph, 59.72
2. Kendra Chernoff, Alberta, 59.77
3. Alana Skocdopole, Calgary, 1:01.17
 
W 400m IM
1. Tianna Rissling, Calgary, 4:37.81 (CIS Championship Record)
2. Vanessa Treasure, Toronto, 4:42.88
3. Katie Caldwell, McGill, 4:44.83
 
W 4 x 100m Free Relay
1. Calgary 3:40.34
(Erica Morningstar, Amanda Reason, Lindsay Delmar, Fiona Doyle)
2. UBC 3:42.47
(Heather McLean, Rebecca Terejko, Brittney Harley, Fionnuala Pierse)
3. McMaster 3:45.45
(Emma Mittermaier, Sarah Taylor, Emily Fung, Meg Sloan)
 
M 4 x 100m Free Relay
1. UBC 3:15.53
(Kelly Aspinall, Luke Peddie, Sergey Holson, Coleman Allen)
2. Calgary 3:16.94
(David Woodman, Russell Wood, Connor Maxey, Bryan Wray)
3. Toronto 3:18.40
(Mike Smerek, Brian Lee, Luke Hall, Matthew Myers)