Bielby golden at CIS swim championships

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(PHOTO OF STEVEN BIELBY BY ABDREW DOBROWOLSKYJ)
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CALGARY - º«¹úÂãÎè swimmer Steven Bielby of Pointe Claire, Que., has won gold on opening day of the CIS championships, a three-day meet hosted by the University of Calgary.
Bielby, a 21-year-old electrical engineering
junior, won the men's 400-metre individual medley, touching the
wall in four minutes, 13.60 seconds.Ìý The 5-foot-8 middle
distance specialist finished well ahead of silver medalist David
Dimitrov from the University of Calgary, who was clocked at
4:17.33.
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Bielby now owns five CIS gold medals over his three years at º«¹úÂãÎè, breaking the school career record held by Francois Castonguay (two golds in 2005 and two more in 2006). Bielby also owns a silver and a couple of bronze medals forÌý eight CIS medals overall, the second-highest career total ever by a º«¹úÂãÎè male swimmer, behind Alexandre Pichette's 10 (2 golds, 3 silvers, 5 bronzes) and equal to the eight previously won by David Allard (1-1-6).
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DAY 1 INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS (Thursday)
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Women 200m Free
1. Kevyn Peterson, Calgary, 1:59.08
2. Heather McLean, UBC, 1:59.89
3. Savannah King, UBC, 2:00.26
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Men 200m Free
1. Ryan Cochrane, Victoria, 1:47.81
1. Colin Miazga, Calgary, 1:47.81
3. Adam Szoo, Laval, 1:47.83
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W 50m Back
1. Hilary Caldwell, Victoria, 28.25
2. Bethany Flemington, Calgary, 28.67
3. Jy Lawrence, Calgary, 28.93
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M 50m Back
1. David Sharpe, Dalhousie. 24.99
2. Kelly Aspinall, UBC, 25.21
3. Gleb Suvorov, Calgary, 25.48
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W 100m Breast
1. Erica Morningstar, Calgary, 1:05.99
2. Allison Long, Calgary, 1:07.73
3. Martha McCabe, UBC, 1:07.83
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M 100m Breast
1. Jason Block, Calgary, 1:00.11
2. Bogdan Knezevic, Calgary, 1:01.05
3. Bryn Jones, Western Ontario, 1:01.13
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W 100m Fly
1. Seanna Mitchell, Calgary, 1:00.98
2. Jessica Johnson, Calgary, 1:01.18
3. Chantique Payne, Guelph, 1:01.32
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M 100m Fly
1. Zack Chetrat, Toronto, 53.30
2. Mike Smerek, Toronto, 53.71
3. Joshua Au, Alberta, 53.85
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W 400m IM
1. Stephanie Horner, Victoria, 4:41.40
2. Hanna Pierse, UBC, 4:43.66
3. Hayley Pipher, UBC, 4:44.12
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M 400m IM
1. Steven Bielby, º«¹úÂãÎè, 4:13.60 2. David Dimitrov, Calgary, 4:17.33 3. Ryan Cochrane, Victoria, 4:19.24W 4 x 100m Free Relay
1.Calgary 3:41.03
(Erica Morningstar, Bethany Flemington, Fiona Doyle, Seanna Mitchell)
2. Laval 3:46.04
(Marie-Pier Ratelle, Charlotte Dandurand, Sarah Routhier, Vanessa Taileffer)
3. UBC 3:46.39
(Kimberly Bowman, Colleen Nesbitt, Heather MacLean, Fionnuala Pierse)
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M 4 x 100m Free Relay
1. UBC 3:17.83
(Tommy Gossland, Rory Biskupski, Kelly Aspinall, Duncan Furrer)
2. Calgary 3:17.93
(Colin Miazga, Brad Hankewich, Connor Maxey, James Goodway)
3. Laval 3:19.14
(Dominique Massie-Martel, Maxime Jacomelli, Jonathan Blouin, Adam Szoo)
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
º«¹úÂãÎè Athletics & Recreation
514-3987012