2016-17 Swimming News

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Tigers swim to 11th and 14th place U SPORTS finishes
Tigers swim to 11th and 14th place U SPORTS finishes

Phoebe Lenderyou narrowly missed earning her second bronze medal of the meet, placing fourth in the 200m backstroke event by .04 seconds.

Photo courtesy of Yves Longpré
Lenderyou earns 4th place finish at U SPORTS championships

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.

Lenderyou wins bronze medal at national championship
Lenderyou wins bronze medal at national championship

Phoebe Lenderyou captured a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke Saturday night at the U SPORTS swimming championship in Sherbrooke.

Tigers sweep titles in 2017 AUS Swimming Championships
Tigers sweep titles in 2017 AUS Swimming Championships

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.

Tigers win nine more events at AUS championships
Tigers win nine more events at AUS championships

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.

Tigers claim 10 of 12 events in Day 1
Tigers claim 10 of 12 events in Day 1

Led by Gavin Dyke and Lise Cinq-Mars, the Tigers won 10 of 12 events while capturing 18 medals along the way.

Tigers swim to impressive win at the Acadia Invitational
Tigers swim to impressive win at the Acadia Invitational

The Dalhousie Tigers men and women swam to meet titles at the Acadia AUS Invitational in Wolfville, NS on Saturday.

Well-traveled: The story of swimmer Abdulmajid Kadernani
Well-traveled: The story of swimmer Abdulmajid Kadernani

Tigers swimmer Abdulmajid Kadernani has always had a drive to succeed in the pool.

Photo by Trevor MacMillan
Women's swimmers capture Kemp-Fry swim meet

(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.

Photo by Trevor MacMillan
Alec Karlsen sets AUS record at Kemp-Fry Invitational

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.

Photo by Carter Hutton
Tigers off to early lead at Kemp-Fry Invitational

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.

Photo courtesy of Andy Campbell
Swimmers Sweep Sunday events

The Tigers grabbed first place finishes in all 11 events during the final session of the Amby Legere meet in Fredericton, NB on Sunday.

Photo courtesy of Andy Campbell
Tigers off to big start at Amby Legere Meet

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.

Swimmers get first win of the season
Swimmers get first win of the season

Both the women's and men's swim teams got their first team wins of the season at the Jack Scholz Invitational at Acadia over the weekend.