2024 U Sports Swimming Championships
- March 7-9, 2024
- Pointe-Claire Aquatic Center – Pointe-Claire, Quebec.
- Defending champion:
- Women – Toronto (2x)
- Men – UBC (6x)
- Start time: 9:30am Preliminaries / 5:30pm Finals (Eastern Time)
- SCM (25m) Preliminary/LCM (50m) Final
- meet central
- entry
- live results
- live stream
Canadian university national titles will be on the line this weekend at the 2024 U SPORTS Swimming Championships, which will be held from Thursday to Saturday in Pointe-Claire, Quebec.
This event will be held as a short course qualifier and a long course final.
Preview for women
The Toronto women's team beat second-place UBC by 169.5 points last season and are the two-time defending champions.
Given that the entire season is contested on short course meters, the final session will be on a long course, making it difficult to predict exactly how things will develop.
However, there are some names to keep an eye on, including the team from Toronto. Ainsley McMurrayappearing as the defending champion in multiple events.
McMurray is a gold medalist in the 50m and 100m free and is the top 50m swimmer at SCM this season. Emma Okroninhas not entered as the reigning champion in three events.
Another notable player from Toronto is: Haley Klenkwas second last year, emerging as the defending champion in the 50 back and top returner in the 200 back. She was also runner-up in her 100 meters at UVIC last year. lauren crispwho will enter the field.
western shona blanton She has been making headlines in recent months for her swims in the long channel pool and is the favorite to win the breaststroke event. Blanton won the 100m last year and should be able to move up from second place in the 50m and fourth in the 200m in 2023.
Defending champion also returns to UBC emma spence (200 breasts), Eloise Allen (50 fries) and Anna Dumont-Bélanger (200IM), while nina morin Will be defending for Toronto in the 400IM.
Latest U SPORTS rankings (not SwimSwam selections):
- UBC
- Toronto
- calgary
- mcgill
- Western cuisine
- Montreal/Acadia
- –
- lethbridge
- Manitoba
- dalhousie
men's preview
On the men's side, UBC emerges as the champions for the sixth time in a row and appears to be aiming for a seventh straight title, having won last year by a nearly 300-point margin.
The Thunderbirds have a number of elite options returning, including the defending champions. hugh mcneilwon the 100 and 200 last year, and brody youngtop finisher in the 200IM in 2023.
The other multi-event defending champions will be a team from Toronto. Gabe Mastromatteo in calgary Stephen Calkins and McGill's Pablo Colin.
Last season, Mastromatteo won the 50-meter and 100-meter breaststroke, while Calkins dominated the 50-meter free, 100-meter free and 50-meter fly.
Colin, who will be racing in front of his home crowd, is the reigning 200 and 400 free champion.
Toronto also plans to get a winner in the following ways. Quinn Mathis (1500 free), michael andrew sava (200 fries) and Jacob Gallant (400IM).
Other names to keep an eye on include players from Toronto. andrew herman and benjamin rowenwith York Eric Ginsbergall had outstanding performances at the Ontario Championships in February.
Latest U SPORTS rankings (not SwimSwam selections):
- UBC
- Toronto
- calgary
- mcgill
- alberta
- Ottawa
- waterloo
- lethbridge
- Western cuisine
- mcmaster
The tournament will be live-streamed on CBC Gem, cbcsports.ca, the CBC Sports App and the CBC Sports YouTube channel.
