Marauders have strong weekend in pool at Badger Invitational
The McMaster swim teams took top spot for both men and women at the Badger Invitational held Sunday in St. Catharines. In competition with teams from Guelph, Waterloo, and the host Brock, the Mac men collected 211 points to finish ahead of Waterloo (148), while on the women's side the Marauders scored 226 points to out-distance Guelph (173).
The McMaster swim teams took top spot for both men and women at the Badger Invitational held Sunday in St. Catharines. In competition with teams from Guelph, Waterloo, and the host Brock, the Mac men collected 211 points to finish ahead of Waterloo (148), while on the women's side the Marauders scored 226 points to out-distance Guelph (173).
On the men's side McMaster's Eric Anderson had a great day with three gold medals (100-Fly, 200-Free, 50-Medley relay) and two silver medals (100-Free, 50-Free relay). Other Marauders making the podium included:
- Cameron Chow, gold (200-back) & bronze (100-back)
- Nathan Boucher, bronze (200-back)
- Mohamed Eldah, gold (100-back), silver (200-back and 200-IM)
- Lloyd Mackinnon, silver (200-Fly), bronze (200-IM)
- Mark Muise, gold (50-Free relay)
- Kurt Schubert, silver (100-back)
- Martyn Siek, bronze (100-Free)
- Dominic Walter, silver (400-Free)
- Cory Woo, silver (50-medley relay
For the women's team, Emma Mittermaier swam to two gold medals (100-Fly, 200-Fly) while Brittany Pask also collected two golds (100-Back, 50-Medley relay) and a bronze medal (200-IM). Other McMaster medalists were:
- Olivvya Chow, gold (200-IM) silver (100-Fly) & bronze (50-Free relay)
- Micayley Cromwell, silver (200-Free) bronze (100-Fly)
- Hannah Dvorski, silver (100-Back & 200-Fly)
- Emily Fung, bronze (200-Free)
- Victoria Giglio, bronze (200-Fly)
- Carleen Ginter, gold (400-Free)
- Kieran Liew, silver (200-Back, 50-Medley relay) bronze (100-Back)
- Nina Varah bronze (100-Free)
The results at Brock were some of the best early season times the Marauders have ever posted, according to Head Coach Andrew Cole.
On the Saturday before heading to Brock, McMaster hosted a dual meet with the OUA Champion Toronto Varsity Blues. While the powerful Blues narrowly won the meet for both men (194.5 to 171.5) and women (207 to 179), the Marauders pushed Toronto hard and had some great performances, which bodes well for the future.
The Mac swimmers will continue to train before heading across the U.S. border for their next competition at the University of Buffalo Invitational on November 8th.
Source: McMaster Marauders
