Hawks score 5 medals at AUS Championship

Hawks score 5 medals at AUS Championship

At the end of the third and final day of the 2020 Subway AUS Swimming Championships, presented by Keep It Social, the Dalhousie women's team won their 19th straight AUS championship title while the Acadia Axemen earned their first championship title in 38 years. 

Memorial took home 5 medals in the event including 3 bronze medals in relay (400m Freestyle Relay, 800m Freestyle Relay, 400m Medley Relay).

Thomas Chafe took home two silver medals himself in the 400m Freestyle and 1500m Freestyle

Noah Horwood earned UNB their first gold of the session, touching in with a U SPORTS qualifying time of 28.74 in the men's 50m breaststroke. Acadia's Andre Walcott was second, followed by Dalhousie's Evan Feick in third. 

Acadia's Dean Sangster won the 200m backstroke in a U SPORTS qualifying time of 2:00.82. Dalhousie's Christian Payne was second, followed by fellow Axemen Benjamin Henger in third. 

Dalhousie's Quinn West won the final single event of the evening, earning a gold medal in the men's 1500m freestyle event. Memorial's Thomas Chafe was second, followed by Acadia's Joshua Nowlan. 

Not to be outdone, the Acadia team of Dean Sangster, Andre Walcott, Shane Kenny and Brett Liem set a new AUS recorded in the men's 4x100m medley relay. They touched in with a time of 3:43.01, topping the time previously set by the Dalhousie Tigers at the 2016 AUS championships. Dalhousie was second, followed by Memorial. 

At the end of the third and final day of competition, the team standings are as follows: 

Men's 

Acadia - 1034 

Dalhousie - 734 

Memorial - 439 

University of New Brunswick - 372 

Mount Allison - 150  

Everyone who posted a U SPORTS qualifying time during the AUS season will be headed to the U SPORTS championships, hosted by the University of Victoria, February 20-22, 2020.