Posted by Sudbury Northern Life  
The Laurentian Lady Vees and Voyageurs made an impressive splash in the pool this weekend when they hosted York, Wilfrid Laurier and Waterloo Universities along with the NEOR all-stars.
The Lady Vees finished atop the standings with a total of 680 points while the Voyageurs ended up in second with 703.50 points.
The meet, held at the Jeno Tihanyi Olympic Gold pool, saw Laurentian swimmers stand atop the podium 14 times individually and anther two times for relays.
The Voyageurs were led by Blair Smith (Cobourg, Ont.) who won all four of his races, while Tuan Anh Pham (Vietnam) won two races, 100 and 200 metre breaststroke, in times that qualified him for the CIS championships.
Eric Dupuis (Sudbury, Ont.) and Kyle Moore (Brampton, Ont.) each picked up a victory apiece. The Voyageurs finished in second place with 703.5 points, 62.5 points behind the champion Waterloo Warriors.
The Lady Vees were led by Brittany Maltais (Charlottetown) who won three of four races she swam in. Kyleigh Commito (Sudbury) finished first twice, in the three races she competed in, while Jennifer Piper won one race.
The Lady Vees also took home two relay golds, Maltais, Piper, Cassandra Kawiuk (Oakville, Ont.) and Commito won both the 200 and 800 metre freestyle relays. The Lady Vees came out on top of the standings with 680 points, 41.5 points ahead of the next best squad.
"Blair really led by example by winning all his four, a rookie individual races and helping our relay teams to a pair of second place finishes," said head coach Phil Parker, in a release.
"Brittany also led by example with strong individual performances and was strong in the relay wins as well."
The swim team now have a short break where they will train hard for the Eynon Divisionals hosted by Guelph on November 15 and 16. Voyageurs and Lady Vees will look to slash their times as they reach for finish line and hope to qualify for the CIS championships.
