The Dalhousie Tigers qualified for several final races in day one of the U SPORTS Swimming Championship in Pointe Claire, Quebec on Thursday.

The day opened with Reagan Crowell diving into the water in the women's 200m freestyle. Touching the wall in a time of 2:03.58, Crowell qualified for the C Final on Thursday night.

Up next was Noah Mascoll-Gomes in the men's 200m free. Noah was the top Tiger on Thursday, qualifying for the A Final as seventh seed with a time of 1:48.69.

Kate Tuck swam her first race of the day in the 100m breaststroke. She qualified for the C Final with a time of 1:12.46.

Veronica Hollick touched the wall in a time of 1:06.13 in the women's 100m butterfly to finish 34^th overall. Frederick Chandler-Baas finished in 33^rd overall in the men's 100m butterfly with a time of 56.20 seconds.

Hollick's second race of the day was the 50m backstroke. Touching in with a time of 31.17 seconds, she finished in 38^th overall. Liam Ferguson qualified for the C Final on the men's side, with a preliminary time of 25.82 seconds.

In the women's 400m IM, Emilie Schofield qualified for the C Final with a time of 4:57.32. She is joined by fellow teammate Tuck, who touched with a time of 4:57.64.

Rounding out the preliminary races on Thursday was Morgan Sparkes and Yannick Morgans in the men's 400m IM. Sparkes finished in a time of 4:30.18 for 28^th overall followed by Morgans in 34^th with a time of 4:48.45.

The finals for day one took place on Thursday evening. Crowell could not improve on her time in the morning in the 200m free and finished in 21^st with a time of 2:08.07. Mascoll-Gomes was the top Tiger in the pool on day one, finishing in 5^th place with a time of 1:53.71.

Tuck finished the 100m breast in 24^th overall and the 400m IM in 20^th overall. Schofield was four places higher in the IM, finishing in 17^th overall.

In the 50m backstroke C Final, Ferguson finished the race in 20^th place overall with a time of 27.51.

Wrapping up the day's events were the 4x100m relays. On the women's side, the team of Crowell, Schofield, Tuck, and Hollick touched in the wall in a time of 4:02.75 for 12^th place. On the men's side, the team of Mascoll-Gomes, Logan Sparkes, Ferguson and Chandler-Baas touched the wall in 14^th overall with a time of 3:36.33.

Day two of the U SPORTS Swimming Championship kicks off at 9:30am ET followed by the finals at 5:30pm AT. Catch all the action on CBC Sports.