The Simon Fraser University Clan spilt a dual meet against the University of Victoria Vikes last Sunday at the Saanich Commonwealth Pool.
The Clan women defeated Victoria 143-113, while the men’s team lost, 139-100.
On the women's side, SFU won nine of 15 races, led by senior sprinter Nicole Cossey, who won three individual races, touching for first place in each of the 50-, 100-, and 200-metre freestyle races.
Cossey won by two full seconds in both the 100-metre free (57.67) and the 200m free (2:05.32). She was at her best in the 50 sprint, where she edged Victoria’s third-year swimmer Rachael Newman by 26/100ths of a second, winning in 26.50.
Other individual winners for the Clan women were: junior Carly Guraliuk in the 100m backstroke (1:06.50), senior Carmen Nam in the 400m individual medley (5:01.71), sophomore Lauren Swistak in the 200m butterfly (2:19.89) and Maran Kokoszka in the 200m backstroke (2:23.02).
Senior Grace Ni, freshman Meaghan Frenks, senior Alexandria Schofield and Cossey opened the meet with a narrow victory in the 200m medley relay, winning by 26/100ths of a second in a time of 1:59.94. The Clan women’s freestyle relay team of Schofield, Swistak, Nam and Kokoszka ended the meet with a comfortable victory in the 200m free relay (1:49.87).
On the men’s side, Victoria sophomore Jon McKay and freshman Ryan Howe won three individual events each, while the Clan men’s team won two individual races and both relays.
SFU freshman Adrian VanderHelm won the 200m free by two full seconds with a winning time of 1:51.56, but he was beaten by 9/100ths of a second in the 100m free by Vikes sprint specialist Brett Zollen. Zollen finished first in 51:07, while VanderHelm touched in 51.16.
VanderHelm, a native of Barrie, Ont., has already qualified for the NCAA Division II national championships by surpassing the “A” standard in the men’s 200m free.
Zollen also finished ahead of veteran SFU swimmer Hans Heyer (24.02) in the 50-m free with a winning time of 23.42.
Clan senior Dimitar Ivanov captured the 100m back in 59.90.
Heyer swam the first leg of the meet-opening 200m medley relay, joining with Lucas Greenough, Gabriel Lee and Justin Kiedrzyn to finish first in 1:46.01. The Clan also won the 200m free relay. Kiedrzyn, Saveli Yungman, Heyer and VanderHelm combined to win in 1:34.88.
The Clan will host the University of Tokei, Japan on Feb. 20 and 21 at SFU, before departing for the NCAA national championship beginning March 11 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
