FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2016 FINA World Short Course Championships: Seven U Sports athletes reach the podium at home in Windsor Dec. 12, 2016 TORONTO (U Sports) – Seven current or former U Sports swimmers finished on the podium this week for Canada at the 2016 FINA Swimming Championships, in Windsor, Ont. Rio Olympians Katerin Savard, Kylie Masse, Sandrine Mainville, Yuri Kisil, Marcus Thormeyer, Hilary Caldwell, along with Kelsey Wog all left the championships with medals around their necks. Two former members of the Montreal Carabins captured gold as Savard helped Canada finish first as a part of the 4x200-metre relay team, while Sandrine Mainville won gold with the 4x50- metre relay team. Savard would add a silver in the 4x100-metre relay, to go along with a bronze in the 4x50-metre mixed relay, which also featured Mainville, and a pair of current UBC Thunderbirds in Markus Thormeyer and Yuri Kisil. Masse, the reigning U Sports Female Athlete of the Year who won a bronze medal in the 100- metre backstroke at the Rio Olympics, earned a silver medal in her specialty event, breaking her own Canadian record in the process. The Windsor, Ont., native and U of T Varsity Blue, who was swimming in front of friends and family in her hometown, also finished second in the 4x100-metre medley relay, sharing the podium with former Victoria Vike Hilary Caldwell. On the last night of competition, Wog, a rookie from the Manitoba Bisons took home silver in 200- metre breaststroke race. Canada finished sixth overall in the medal table with a total of eight medals (two gold, three silver, three bronze). Name University Event Medal Katerin Savard Montreal 4x200m relay Gold 4x100m relay Silver 4x50m mixed relay Bronze Kylie Masse Toronto 100m backstroke Silver 4x100m medley relay Silver Sandrine Mainville Montreal 4x50m relay Gold 4x50 mixed relay Bronze Yuri Kisil UBC 4x50 mixed relay Bronze Marcus Thormeyer UBC 4x50 mixed relay Bronze Hilary Caldwell Victoria 4x100m medley relay Silver Kelsey Kog Manitoba 200m breaststroke Silver About U Sports U Sports is the national brand for University Sports in Canada. Every year, over 12,000 student- athletes and 500 coaches from 56 universities vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. U Sports also provides higher performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit usports.ca or follow us on: Twitter: @usportsca Facebook: @usportscanada YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/usportsca Instagram: @usportsca Snapchat: @usportsca -U Sports - For further information, please contact: Ken Saint-Eloy Manager, Communications U Sports Cell: 647-871-7595 [email protected] Alan Hudes Coordinator, Communications U Sports Off: 905-508-3000 ext. 242 Cell: 647-991-5343 [email protected] .