LETHBRIDGE – Fifth-year Dinos swimmer Bogdan Knezevic captured a gold medal and the student-athlete community service award Sunday as the Canada West swimming championships wrapped up in Lethbridge.

Knezevic, a multiple Academic All-Canadian, has volunteered at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and recently had his first article published in the Journal of Experimental Biology. In addition to his work with the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, he is also involved in the University of Calgary chapter of the Triple Helix and given talks to several age group swim teams about maintaining a balance while pursuing dreams athletically and academically.

He did just that Sunday, capturing the gold medal in the men's 200-metre individual medley by a comfortable eight-tenths margin - one of nine podium finishes on the day for Calgary.

UBC captured both team championships, with the Dinos finishing second on the women's side and third in the men's standings.

Fiona Doyle, the reigning Dinos female athlete of the year, fell short in her quest to sweep the breaststroke events, settling for bronze in the 200 after winning both the 50 and the 100. She finished the meet with six medals, adding bronze in the 100 freestyle while helping the Dinos to a silver in the 4x100 medley relay with teammates Stefanie Schmidt, Rachael Grothe, and Amanda Reason. Knezevic also helped the team reach the podium on the men's side, with Josh Dow, Wyatt Yarish, and Tristan Cote joining him with a bronze-medal finish.

Yarish added a silver medal in the 200 butterfly, while Tianna Rissling captured bronze in the women's 200 IM. Schmidt and Cote both reached the podium in their respective 400-metre freestyle races, with Cote taking silver and Schmidt bronze.

The Dinos will now get set for the 2015 CIS Swimming Championships mid-February in Victoria, B.C.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
Women
1. UBC, 1059
2. Calgary, 640
3. Alberta, 517
4. Victoria, 297
5. Lethbridge, 233
6. Manitoba, 196
7. Regina, 67
8. Thompson Rivers, 14

Men
1. UBC, 1007 (Canada West Record)
2. Alberta, 647
3. Calgary, 643
4. Lethbridge, 258
5. Victoria, 246
6. Manitoba, 192
7. Regina, 50

Canada West Award Winners

Swimmers of the Meet
Women: Savannah King, UBC     
Men: Coleman Allen, UBC                            

Rookie of the Meet
Women: Jacomie Strydom, UBC
Men: Yuri Kisil, UBC                         

Student-Athlete Community Service
Women: Colleen Nesbit, UBC
Men: Bogdan Knezevic, Calgary

Coach of the Year
Women: Steve Price, UBC
Men: Steve Price, UBC
All qualifiers now head to the CIS championship meet, February 19 -21 at the University of Victoria

DAY 3 RESULTS (SUNDAY)

Women 200 Butterfly
1. Jacomie Strydom, UBC, 2:11.23 (Canada West record)
2. Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, UBC, 2:14.59
3. Erin Assman, UBC, 2:17.17
 
Men 200 Butterfly
1. Coleman Allen, UBC, 1:55.61 (Canada West record)
2. Wyatt Yarish, Calgary, 2:01.18
3. Justin Chan, UBC 2:01.41
 
Women 100 Freestyle
1. Fionnuala Pierse, UBC, 55.06
2. Amanda Reason, Calgary, 55.93
3. Fiona Doyle, Calgary, 56.28
 
Men 100 Freestyle
1. Yuri Kisil, UBC, 48.73 (Canada West record)
2. Stefan Milosevic, UBC, 49.58
3. Luke Peddie, UBC, 49.94
 
Women 200 IM
1. Erin Stamp, UBC, 2:10.51
2. Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, UBC, 2:14.07
3. Tianna Rissling, Calgary, 2:15.11
 
Men 200 IM
1. Bogdan Knezevic, Calgary, 2:01.90
2. Jonathan Brown, UBC, 2:02.69
3. Luke Reilly, UBC, 2:03.15
 
Women 100 Backstroke
1. Sarah McLean, UBC, 1:01.47
2. Katherine Stamp, UBC,  1:02.80
3. McKenzie Summers, UBC, 1:02.86
 
Men 100 Backstroke
1. Coleman Allen, UBC, 52.94 (Canada West record)
2. Joe Byram, Alberta, 54.12
3. Mitchell Benkic, UBC, 55.66
 
Women 200 Breaststroke
1. Tera Van Beilen, UBC, 2:24.86
2. Erin Stamp, UBC, 2:25.60
3. Fiona Doyle, Calgary, 2:27.50
 
Men 200 Breaststroke
1. Nick Kostiuk, Alberta, 2:14.58
2. Dillon Perron, Manitoba, 2:15.76
3. Hunter Balch, Alberta, 2:16.61
 
Women 400 Freestyle
1. Savannah King, UBC, 4:08.17
2. Maia Brundage, UBC, 4:16.53
3. Stefanie Schmidt, Calgary, 4:20.98
 
Men 400 Freestyle
1. Keegan Zanatta, UBC, 3:46.82 (Canada West record)
2. Tristan Cote, Calgary, 3:51.81
3. Jonathan Brown, UBC, 3:55.82
 
Women 4x100 Medley Relay
1. UBC (Erin Stamp, Tera Van Beilen, Jacomie Strydom, Fionnuala Pierse), 4:01.54 (Canada West record)
2. Calgary (Stefanie Schmidt, Fiona Doyle, Rachael Grothe, Amanda Reason), 4:09.29
3. Alberta(Camille Barr, Kristan Kushlyk, Karlyn Elford, Nikki Macleod), 4:16.32
 
Men 4x100 Medley Relay
1. UBC (Mitchell Benkic, Sergey Holson, Coleman Allen, Yuri Kisil), 3:37.31
2. Alberta (Joe Byram, Nick Kostiuk, Josiah Binnema, Hunter Balch), 3:40.87
3. Calgary (Josh Dow, Bogdan Knezevic, Wyatt Yarish, Tristan Cote), 3:44.42

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