TORONTO -- Three school records were broken, and
Ella Howe made the U SPORTS All-Star Team in a fantastic showing for the Bisons swim team at nationals in Toronto.
Manitoba sent twelve swimmers to the annual U SPORTS Championships, with
Eric Dupre,
Andriy Usan and the men's 4x100 medley relay setting new school records. On the women's side, freestyle specialist
Ella Howe earned a selection to the U SPORTS All-Star team that will compete against England this June in Loughborough.
Dupre shattered his own school record in the 200m backstroke in a time of 2:01.13, while Usan set a new school standard in the 200m butterfly in a time of 2:02.35. Additionally, the men's 4x100 medley team, consisting of Usan, Dupre,
Rhade Kostelnyk and
Ty Unrau broke the program record with a time of 3:43.94.
Howe -- who holds the school record in the 50 free -- was sensational all week, including in her marquee events of the 50 and 100m freestyle. She reached the A final in both events, touching the wall in the 50 free final in a time of 25.54 seconds for fifth overall. Meanwhile, her time of 56.08 seconds (prelims) set a new personal best and she finished eighth in the final in 56.50 seconds.
Overall, five different Bisons set personal bests. Along with Dupre, Howe and Usan,
Shea Guest set a new PB in the 100m backstroke, while Kostelnyk did so in the 100m breaststroke.
Senior
Kelsey Fillion also reached the finals in all three freestyle events, (500, 100, 200) while fellow senior
Emma Mitchell swam to a season's best in the 200m individual medley, and rookie Tam Doam reached his first U SPORTS final in the 50m breaststroke.
In total, the women scored 148.5 points, and the men scored 65 points.