November 26, 2023

2023 Kemp Fry Swim Meet Recap

Mounties swimmers competed at the Kemp Fry AUS Invitational last weekend, hosted by Dalhousie. This meet is our first opportunity this season to step up and perform rested – and perform we did!

Our women's team produced some stellar performances. Leading the point score with 63 points, was Jordan Thomas, who swam to 2 Silver Medal performances in the 50 & 100 Breaststroke, a Bronze in the 200 Breast, and a 4^th place finish in the 200 IM. Jordan also broke her own team record in the 100 Breaststroke.

Also scoring in the A Finals were Allison Gauthier, Lauren Griffin-Lepine, Aaron McDonald & Andrew Kuiper.

Big improvements came from Griffin-Lepine who set 4 lifetime best times. Gauthier also made big improvements in the backstroke events and is closing in to qualify for USport Champs in March, along with Thomas, who was just off the USport qualification standards in breaststroke. Rachel Chan, Megan Jones, Miki Williston, Jane Gurney and Kenzie Power all showed significant improvements, while on the men's side, John Roberts took off time in all the breaststroke events.

In relay action, the Women's 4 x 100 Medley relay team (Gauthier, Thomas, Gurney & Churchill) took the UNB team, and were a close 4^th just behind Memorial Seahawks. All other Mountie relay teams placed 5^th.

Full Results for all Individual Finalists

Women:

Charlie Basque-Gravelle (13^th 200 Fly)
Rachel Chan (10^th 100 Breast, 11^th 100 Breast, 12^th 200 Breast)
Makayla Churchill (9^th 50 Free, 10^th 50 & 100 Back, 15^th 400 Free)
.Maddy Cody-Cox (15^th 100 Fly & 200 IM, 16^th 50 Fly)
Sarah Dessureault (13^th 400 IM, 14^th 200 Fly, 16^th 200 IM)
Allison Gauthier (4^th 100 Back, 7^th 200 Back & 8^th 50 Back)
Lauren Griffin-Lepine (6^th 400 IM, 8^th 200 IM, 10^th 400 Free, 15^th 800 Free)
Jane Gurney (14^th 100 Fly)
Ella Johnson (13^th 50 Breast)
Megan Jones (9^th 200 IM, 12^th 50 & 100 Breast, 13^th 50 Fly)
Julianne Levesque (5^th 200 IM, 9^th 400 IM, 13^th 800 Free, 16^th 400 Free)
Kenzie Power (10^th 50 Breast, 13^th 200 IM & 50 Free, 14^th 100 Breast)
Jordan Thomas (2^nd 50 & 100 Breast, 3^rd 200 Breast, 4^th 200 IM)
Miki Williston (11^th 200 IM, 17^th 200 Back)

Men:

Ryan Duggan (8^th 400 IM, 12^th 200 IM & 400 Free, 16^th 200 Free)
Andrew Kuiper (5^th 200 Back, 12^th 50 Back, 14^th 100 Back)
Richard Li (10^th 200 Fly, 15^th 100 Fly)
Zachary Marques (15^th 400 Free)
Aaron McDonald (7^th 1500 Free, 10^th 200 IM, 11^th 200 Breast)
Tristan Raine (10^th 400 IM, 12^th 200 Breast, 15^th 200 IM, 16^th 100 Breast)
John Roberts (10^th 200 Breast, 11^th 50 & 100 Breast)
Ian Steinwall Pennington (12^th 50 & 100 Breast, 16^th 100 Free)

Men's team captain Sebastian Cariaga was missing from action here as he was away racing in the Quebec Cup, looking to post best time in a long course meet format in order to try to qualify to represent Bolivia for the 2024 World Championships in Doha. Seb's 100 Freestyle was a best time performance, placing him in a better position for international team selection.

Both Men's And Women's teams placed 5^th overall, with the Women trailing UNB by less than 30 points overall. Our next competition will take place in late January, with UNB hosting at the Saint John Aquatic Centre.

Recap courtesy of Mounties Athletics