Burnaby’s Alicia Kan kicked off what was a triumphant weekend of duals for Simon Fraser University swimmers.
Kan, a freshman and Burnaby North alumna, topped the 100-metre butterfly with a time of 1:05.45 in Saturday’s meet at the University of Puget Sound.
She also topped the 200m freestyle race in 2:10.20. SFU dominated the UPG event, winning all 22 races.
New Westminster’s Justin Kiedrzyn won two events and helped Simon Fraser University collect two other events at Sunday’s dual meet with the University of Victoria.
The senior topped the men’s 50m freestyle and 100m fly events, in 23.58 seconds and 56.17, respectively. As part of a four-man crew, Kiedryzn won the 200- and 400m freestyle relay races.
It was a strong showing for SFU, which out-pointed UVic 145-104 in the men’s events, and 165-87 in women’s.
Pacing the Clan were sophomore Adrian Vander-Helm, who anchored the men’s 400m free relay win, and topped three individual races: the 100- and 200m free, and 200m individual medley. His time in the 200m free, 1:49.04, established a new SFU dual meet record.
He reached NCAA Div. II ‘A’ standard times in three events to earn an automatic berth to the national championships in March.
On the women’s side, Port Moody’s Lauren Swistak picked up twin first-place results to go along with the 200 and 400m free relay events she swam in.
The sophomore won the 200m butterfly with the fifth fastest time in NCAA Div. II competition (2:15.38), as well as the 100m fly.
Both VanderHelm and Swistak, who combined for 10 individual wins over the weekend’s two meets, were named the CollegeSwimming.com national Swimmers-of-the-Week recipients for NCAA Div. II.
