GUELPH, ON - The Gryphons Varsity Swim team competed at the University of Guelph Invitational this past weekend (Sunday, Jan. 10). Having just completed a very intensive 12 day training camp in Florida, which included eight hours of training daily, the varsity squad used this meet as an opportunity to race under a full load with surprisingly strong results. Next up, the team will compete January 15-17 in Toronto.

Official results from 2016 Guelph Invitational

The men were led by a trio of senior swimmers at this year's Guelph Invitational in Evan Van Moerkerke, a member of Canada's Senior National Team, Eric Trevisan, and John Carroll. Van Moerkerke captured 1^st in the 50m and 100m events, and 2^nd in the 50m breaststroke. Trevisan was 1^st in the 50m butterfly, and close behind Van Moerkerke, placing 2^nd in the 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle events. John Carroll was 1^st in the 200m individual medley and 2^nd in 3 events: 50m butterfly, 100m backstroke, and 100m individual medley. Third year Myles Zagar grabbed 1^st in two distance events: the 400m individual medley and 400m freestyle. Other men in the top 3 were Philip Vranic (3^rd 100m freestyle), Adrian Gavrilov (2^nd 400m freestyle) and Ben Sayles (3^rd 400m freestyle). In the 200m medley relay, the team of Carroll, Van Moerkerke, Trevisan, and Vranic were 1^st with a second Guelph team (Aidan Zagar, Jacob Dosen, Myles Zagar, Daniel Johnston) finishing third. The men (Myles Zagar, Gavrilov, Carroll, Sayles) also captured a second place finish in the 200m freestyle relay.

The women were led by two senior swimmers on Saturday in Tess Wey, who took 1^st in the 50m butterfly and 50m freestyle events as well as the 100m freestyle, and Stephanie Papadedes, 1^st in the 400 individual medley and 2^nd in the 100m butterfly and 100m backstroke. Breaststroke specialists Samantha Anderson, Leili Tilvaldyeva and Samantha Young swept the top 3 spots in the 50m, with Anderson and Tilvaldyeva finishing 1^st and 2^nd the 100m breaststroke. Young also finished 3^rd in the 50m and 100m freestyle events.

Rookies Sophia Papadedes and Victoria Di Caro demonstrated the depth of the women's team. Sophia Papadedes grabbed three medals in the individual medley events: 1^st in the 200m, 2^nd in the 100m and 3^rd in the 400m distances. Victoria Di Caro finished 2^nd in the 50m butterfly and 3^rd in both the 50m and 100m backstroke events. Other women in the top 3 were Emily Anzai (1^st 100m backstroke, 2^nd  50m backstroke), Kasey Thompson (2^nd 400m freestyle, 3^rd 100m butterfly), Haylie Burton (2^nd 100m freestyle, 2^nd 200m individual medley), and Tara Mallory (1^st 400m freestyle). The women captured a 3^rd place finish in the 200m freestyle relay (Di Caro, Kennedy Russell, Mallory, Young) as well as 1^st (Anzai, Tilvaldyeva, Burton, Keely-Shaye Shumka) and 3^rd (Stephanie Papadedes, Anderson, Shania Van Herk, Sophia Papadedes) in the 200m medley relay.