UBCTHUNDERBIRDS NEWSLETTER | FALL EDITION | 2019

SUMMER RECAP the 4x100m medley relay. Fifth-year Hau-Li Fan also had a busy summer on the open-water circuit. Some of the highlights of his As a new school year starts, the Thunderbirds are back in We also had some T-Bird representation at the Pan- performances included his 17th place finish in the 10km the water gearing up for another great season! This year, Am games! Alumna Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson race at FINA World Championships. Accompanying him both the men’s and women’s teams will be looking to traveled to Lima, Peru, along with Haley Black of the at worlds was current first-year Raben Dommann, who defend their 3-year USPORTS championship titles. With High-Performance Centre-. As well, HPC-V placed 16th in the 5km race. A month later, Fan competed it also being an Olympic year, we are looking forward to assistant coach Ben Keast accompanied the two to the at the FINA World Series in Quebec, earning a bronze seeing some great swimming! competition. medal in the 10km. Over the summer, we had quite a bit going on, with At the FINA World Championships, we had plenty of Finally, the remaining T-Birds travelled to Winnipeg to swimmers at 3 different international competitions, as Thunderbirds competing. , Emily compete at the Canadian Swimming Championships. It well as at Senior Nationals in Winnipeg. Representing Overholt and Alex Pratt, as well as Alumni Josiah was a tough meet after a long season, but we had some the T-Birds at the FISU Games in Napoli, Italy, were Binnema, Carson Olafson and all traveled to great results, including three podium finishes! Megan Dalke, Olivia Ellard, Hillary Metcalfe, Ingrid Wilm, Gwangju, South Korea to represent Team . As well, Dmitriy Lim, and Jaren LeFranc. Hoi-Lam Tam was also Hoi-Lam Tam competed in this competition, representing there representing her home country of Hong Kong. Hong Kong. There were amazing swims all around, but Additionally, Assistant Coach Derrick Schoof was the one of the highlights included third-year Overholt’s head coach of the FISU Team Canada, making for a lot of bronze medal and Canadian record on the women’s 4x200 Thunderbird representation at these games! It was the freestyle relay. Thormeyer also brought down a 10-year first time representing Canada for some of these athletes old Canadian record in the semi-final of the men’s 200m so it was a very exciting meet! As well, Wilm was able to backstroke,in a time of 1:56.96. capture a bronze medal, swimming the backstroke leg of MEET THE TEAM The Lane 4 Club ALUMNI MEET AND SOCIAL Make sure to mark your calendars for the Alumni Meet The season is now well underway, to meet our 2019/20 If you would like to further support and Social coming up on November 15th! We look forward team, click here >> UBC Thunderbirds Swimming Thunderbirds Swimming, become a to catching up with you all with some racing at the member of the Lane 4 Club and make an beautiful UBC Aquatic Centre, followed by a night of impact through monthly giving to elevate socialization at the Gallery 2.0 in the NEST. UPCOMING EVENTS: student-athlete experiences. Calgary and Lethbridge Tri Meet Visit the site at: - Dates: October 25th Lane 4 Club • FAMILY LINES - Location: Calgary, Alberta Ladybird Alumni: As some of you recall, one of our long- Cascade Swim Club Rocky Mountain Cup standing traditions is our Mama Bird/Lady Bird families. Second-year Brodie Young captured the gold medal in the - Dates: October 26th - 27th We want to build a series of family trees to document men’s 400 IM, winning by an impressive 3.5 seconds. As - Location: Calgary, Alberta our “family lines” as far back as we can! In order to well, Dmitriy Lim finished third in the men’s 200 fly, and Odlum Brown Limited Colleges Cup Pacific gather information for this, we are looking for your help. Jaren LeFranc earned a silver medal in both the 100 and If you remember who your mama/baby was, please - Dates: November 2nd - 3rd 200 breaststroke events. - Location: UBC Aquatic Centre email Kirsten at [email protected] with their Moving into September, we had the Swim BC Awards names! We will be unveiling the final product at this Canada West Championships Banquet. Markus Thormeyer and Emily Overholt were - Dates: November 22nd - 24th year’s Alumni Meet. We look forward to seeing what we recognized with the Swim BC Swimmer of the Year - Location: Lethbridge, Alberta can put together! awards, for their performances in the 2018/19 season. As UVic and SFU Tri Meet well, Mel Zajac Jr, a long-time supporter of the program, - Dates: January 17th was inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame, along THANK YOU! - Location: Burnaby, BC with Helen Hunt. Additionally, all of our international From the entire team, we’d like to thank our amazing University of Victoria West Coast Collegiate competitors from the summer were recognized. alumni for all of your support. It is thanks to your - Dates: February 7th - 9th generous contributions that we are able to carry on the Moving into October, the swimmers have 3 consecutive - Location: Victoria, BC T-Birds’ legacy of excellence! weekends of racing, starting off with the Swim BC Senior Swimming Championships Circuit in Victoria. The next weekend, we will travel Yours truly, - Dates: February 20th - 22nd to Calgary for a tri-meet on Friday against U of C and Kirsten Douglas (4th year) & Hillary Metcalfe (4th year) - Location: Victoria, BC Lethbridge, and the Cascade Rocky Mountain Cup on Saturday. The following weekend, we race on home turf for the Odlum Brown Colleges Cup!

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