SWIM: CGY, LET swimmers awarded conference's top honours
CGY's Rebecca Smith, LET's Apollo Hess named CW Swimmers of the Year
CALGARY - After astounding performances in the pool, Calgary's Rebecca Smith and Lethbridge's Apollo Hess have been named the CW Swimmers of the Year.
Hess had a historic weekend, breaking his own Canadian national short course 50-metre breaststroke record with a time of 26.63. He hit that mark twice, both in his heat and in his gold-medal performance. He wasn't done there, smashing the conference record in the 100-metre breaststroke with a time of 58.55. Hess finished the weekend with those two golds, a gold in the 200-metre breaststroke, a silver in the 400-metre medley relay and a bronze in the 400-metre freestyle relay.
Smith also had a record-breaking weekend in Lethbridge. The Olympic medalist posted the fastest time the conference has ever seen in the 50-metre freestyle with a time of 25.10. Her dominance didn't end there, as she anchored a Dinos team that captured the CW record in the 400-metre freestyle relay (3:41.36). Smith also took home gold in the 50-metre butterfly, the 100-metre freestyle, the 200-metre freestyle, and helped her team to a silver in the 800-metre freestyle relay.
Meanwhile, Eloise Allen of the UBC Thunderbirds and Calgary's Charline Skalenda scooped up the conference's Rookie of the Year awards. Allen is taking home a haul of medals from her first CW Championship (gold in the 100-metre breaststroke, silver in the 50-metre backstroke, silver in the 50-metre breaststroke, bronze in 200-metre breaststroke, gold in the 400-metre medley relay, and silver in the 400-metre freestyle relay). Skalenda had an impressive showing in the individual medleys, showing off his depth with a silver in the 200-metre individual relay and a bronze in the 200-metre individual medley.
Victoria's Olivia Roschat and Calgary's Mark McKenzie were recognized with Student-Athlete Community Service awards for their athletic excellence, community service, and academic success.
Rounding out the major award-winners were Peter Schori (Lethbridge) and Derrick Schoof (British Columbia), who were named the men's and women's CW Coaches of the Year respectively.
CW SWIMMING MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
Men's Athlete of the Year: Apollo Hess
- Lethbridge Pronghorns
- Second year
- Lethbridge, AB
- Arts
Women's Athlete of the Year: Rebecca Smith
- Calgary Dinos
- Third year
- Red Deer, AB
- Nursing
Women's Rookie of the Meet: Eloise Allen
- UBC Thunderbirds
- First year
- Gibsons, BC
- Business
Men's Rookie of the Year: Charlie Skalenda
- Calgary Dinos
- First year
- Toronto, ON
- Kinesiology
Women's Student-Athlete Community Service Award Winner: Olivia Roschat
- Victoria Vikes
- Second year
- Delta, BC
- Social Sciences
Men's Student-Athlete Community Service Award Winner: Mark McKenzie
- Calgary Dinos
- Third year
- Calgary, AB
- Kinesiology
Women's Coach of the Year: Derrick Schoof
- UBC Thunderbirds
Men's Coach of the Year: Peter Schori
- Lethbridge Pronghorns
