*NOTE: Following the conclusion of Saturday's second day of action, officials overturned the disqualification of the Dinos men's 400m freestyle relay team. The Dinos won the event with a time of Canada West-record time 3:17.30, giving them 40 more points on the night. Going into the final day, Calgary's men sit in first place with 595.5 points, with UBC in second with 528 points.

LETHBRIDGE – The University of Calgary Dinos men maintained their lead in the point standings and the women are hanging tough in second to the UBC Thunderbirds after two championship records and a 14-medal haul highlighted the second night of action for the Dinos the CW Championships in Lethbridge. 

With heartbreak at the end of the session where the Dinos men's 400 freestyle relay was disqualified, they are still leading the standings with 555.5 points, ahead of UBC's 534, while the UCalgary women sit just under 100 points behind the Thunderbirds at 590-493.5. 

Here's how it happened…

Starting the night off with a bang, Rebecca Smith blasted a 25.10 to touch first to win the women's 50 freestyle ahead of Dinos teammate Eliza Housman picking up her first CW hardware in a new personal best time of 25.78. Smith's time eclipsed the previous championship record of 25.12 set four years ago by UBC's Hoi Lam Tam. Rookie Julianne Moore finished just shy of the podium in fourth and Sarah Corson rounded out the A-final, touching 8th for the Dinos. 

Sprinter Daniel Boguski answered on the men's side claiming his first CW gold in the men's 50 freestyle, touching the wall in 22.66 and was joined on the podium by teammate Stephen Calkins, who tied for bronze with Lethbridge's Chris Alexander in a time of 22.78. Rookie Addison Butler finished fifth in the men's A-final. 

In the women's 400 IM, the Thunderbirds took the top-two spots, with Calgary's Hannah Bennett finishing just shy of the podium in fourth. Dinos rookie Kassua Dreyer set a new personal best of 4:55.49 to touch for fifth in the women's A-final, and Mackenzie Wallich and Emma Mitchell raced to third and fifth in the B-final, respectively. 

Scoring maximum points in the men's 400 IM, the Dinos managed a clean sweep of the podium with Nathan Versluys taking a commanding victory in a new personal best time of 4:17.35, ahead of teammates Charlie Skalenda and Richie Stokes picking up the silver and bronze for the Scarlett & Gold. In an exciting finish just one heat earlier, Patrick McCloy and Myles Wheeler stepped up to go 1-2 in the men's 400 IM B-final, where McCloy just out-touched Wheeler by 15-tenths of a second. Xavier Pimentel touched for fourth in the B-final. 

Second-year Thomas McDonald powered to the wall in the men's 100 butterfly ahead of UBC's Keir Ogilvie and Justice Migneault to win gold with a time of 52.58, just nine-hundredths ahead of Ogilvie. Ian Friesen finished seventh for the Dinos men. 

Laura Albers picked up a sixth-place finish in the women's 100 butterfly after her rookie teammates Kassua Dreyer and Kyla Nelson went 1-2 in the B-final. 

With a thrilling finish in the 200 backstroke, Hannah Johnsen nearly grabbed the gold but had to settle for silver behind the University of Victoria's Lauren Crisp by just three hundredths of a second. Her time of 2:09.91 is a new lifetime best and the first time that she has broken the 2:10 barrier. Nadine Daoud and Avery Movold touched for fifth and sixth in the women's A-final. 

In their re-match from the last conference championships, Richie Stokes went head-to-head with UBC's Hugh McNeil and Blake Tierney and snagged the bronze behind the Thunderbird pair in a new lifetime best of 1:56.70. Charlie Skalenda finished just off the podium in fourth, with Daniel Gerlach and Sebastian Castillo touching for sixth and seventh, respectively. 

Breaststroke specialists Madison Macor and Mackenzie Wallich rounded out the A-final of the women's 100 breaststroke in seventh and eighth right after Isabella Duncan set a new personal best of 1:11.74 in the B-final, finishing 13th overall. 

In the event that saw Apollo Hess of the Lethbridge Pronghorns set a new championship record of 58.55, Calgary's Ian Cameron set a new lifetime best of 1:01.41 and finished just off the podium in fourth in the men's 100 breaststroke. Matthew Gauthier raced to seventh. 

Smith was golden once again notching another victory, this time in the women's 200 freestyle. Her time of 1:54.97 was over three seconds ahead of her next competitor. Rookie Emily De Jager touched for fourth, closely followed by senior Avery Movold. 

The Dinos men stacked the A-final of the 200 freestyle and it paid off. Paul McKenzie picked up his second individual medal of the championships – a silver with his time of 1:49.56, followed by teammate Nathan Versluys who grabbed the bronze in 1:49.75. Ian Friesen and Liam Dennett rounded out the final for the men with Friesen touching for fifth and Dennett eighth. Patrick McCloy finished tenth overall. 

In the final event of the evening, the women's 400 freestyle relay team of Eliza Housman, Hannah Bennett, Avery Movold and Rebecca Smith celebrated their new championship record of 3:41.36 with gold. The previous record of 3:41.46 was set by the UBC Thunderbirds back in 2017. 

Shortly after, the men's 400 freestyle relay team of Daniel Boguski, Stephen Calkins, Liam Dennett and Addison Butler touched for the win, but it was announced that the team was disqualified for a technical infraction, leaving the Thunderbirds to take the gold. 

The final day of racing begins Saturday with preliminaries starting at 9 a.m., while the evening finals are scheduled to start at 3 p.m.

UPDATED TEAM SCORES - DAY 2
Men:
Calgary - 595.5
UBC - 528
Lethbridge - 260.5
Victoria - 211
Alberta - 204
Regina - 121
Manitoba - 53
Thompson Rivers - 2

Women:
UBC - 590
Calgary - 493.5
Victoria - 339.5
Manitoba - 183.5
Alberta - 161
Lethbridge - 140.5
Regina - 69

DAY 2 MEDALS

Women's 50m Freestyle
1. Rebecca Smith    Calgary    25.10
2. Eliza Housman    Calgary    25.78
3. Dora Modrcin    UBC        26.04

Men's 50m Freestyle
1. Daniel Boguski    Calgary    22.66
2. Siu Lun Ho       UBC    22.73
t3. Stephen Calkins    Calgary    22.78
t3. Chris Alexander    Lethbridge    22.78

Women's 400m IM
1. Camryn Stannard    UBC    4:48.15
2. Emma Spence    UBC    4:49.48
3. Erin Epp    Victoria    4:50.79

Men's 400m IM
1. Nathan Versluys    Calgary    4:17.35
2. Charlie Skalenda    Calgary    4:19.23
3. Richie Stokes    Calgary    4:20.48

Women's 100m Butterfly
1. Yasmin Perry    Victoria    59.00
2. Josie Field    UBC    1:00.36
3. Sela Wist    UBC    1:01.05

Men's 100m Butterfly
1. Thomas McDonald    Calgary    52.58
2. Keir Ogilvie    UBC    52.67
3. Justice Migneault    UBC    53.17

Women's 200m Backstroke
1. Lauren Crisp    Victoria    2:09.88
2. Hannah Johnsen    Calgary    2:09.91
3. Kamryn Leslie    Alberta    2:12.62

Men's 200m Backstroke
1. Blake Tierney    UBC    1:54.40
2. Hugh McNeill    UBC    1:56.00
3. Richie Stokes    Calgary    1:56.70

Women's 100m Breaststroke
1. Eloise Allen    UBC    1:07.48
2. Alicia L'Archeveque    UBC    1:08.16
3. Sophie Tarrant    Victoria    1:09.55

Men's 100m Breaststroke
1. Apollo Hess    Lethbridge    58.55
2. Justice Migneault    UBC    1:00.52
3. Brayden Hemeon    UBC    1:01.09

Women's 200m Freestyle
1. Rebecca Smith    Calgary    1:54.97
2. Emma O'Croinin    UBC    1:58.26
3. Anna Dumont-Belanger    UBC    1:59.84

Men's 200m Freestyle
1. Raine Arden    Lethbridge    1:48.42
2. Paul McKenzie    Calgary    1:49.56
3. Nathan Versluys    Calgary    1:49.75

Women's 400m Freestyle Relay
1. Calgary    3:41.36    Eliza Housman, Hannah Bennett, Avery Movold, Rebecca Smith
2. UBC        3:44.95    Anna Dumont-Belanger, Eloise Allen, Brooklyn Wiens, Emma O'Croinin
3. Victoria    3:51.33    Yasmin Perry, Amanda McCallum, Hannah Kingscote, Cameron Hill

Men's 100m Freestyle Relay
1. Calgary    3:17.30    Daniel Boguski, Stephen Calkins, Liam Dennett, Addison Butler
2. UBC    3:17.97    Blake Tierney, Justice Migneault, Canek Bracho, Siu Lun Ho
3. Lethbridge    3:19.06    Parker Brown, Chris Alexander, Apollo Hess, Raine Arden

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