Phoebe Lenderyou was the top finisher for the Tigers on day one of the U SPORTS championships hosted by the Universite de Sherbrooke. She placed fourth in the 50m backstroke.
After the third and final day of competition, the Dalhousie Tigers captured both 2016-17 Subway AUS swimming titles – the 19th consecutive win for the men and the 16th for the women.
The Dalhousie Tigers claimed nine event wins to take Day 2 of the 2017 Subway AUS Swimming Championships. But Acadia’s swim team also turned heads with three victories Saturday night.
(Halifax, N.S.) – On the third and final day of the Kemp-Fry Invitational Swim Meet, the Dalhousie women and the McGill men were atop the team standings.
First-year Tigers swimmer Alec Karlsen set a new AUS record in the men’s 400m IM event in a time of 4:21.52 on the second night of the Kemp-Fry Invitational swim meet. He broke fellow Tiger Bryan Fummerton’s time of 4:21.62, set November 25, 2011.
The Tigers men’s 800m freestyle relay team of Gavin Dyke, Peter Inches, Keenan Teghtsoonian and Tyler Immel-Herron set a new AUS record. Dyke also set the 200m freestyle record during the opening leg of the relay.
The Dalhousie Tigers won 10 of 14 events in the first session and 7 of 12 in the second session, dominating day one of Amby Legere Invitational swim meet, at the University of New Brunswick.