RECAP: Lemesle shines, swim sweeps seconds at RSEQ Championship

Photo: Simon Lahaye / SAPS
Photo: Simon Lahaye / SAPS
Results
February 7, 2023

The Gee-Gees swim teams each finished in second place and second overall at the RSEQ Championship, held in Trois-Rivières, Que., this past weekend.

This is the second consecutive year the Gee-Gees have swept second place at the conference championship, having done so last year while hosting the event.

Hugo Lemesle was the star of the meet for Ottawa, collecting six total medals, including four golds. The second year Gee-Gee from Nice, France reached the podium in every event he competed in, and his six total medals ties the program record set by Davide Casarin in 2018 and equalled in 2019. 

Lemesle won the 100m and 200m breaststroke and collected a pair of relay golds. He also won silver in the 4x100m medley relay and bronze in the 50m breaststroke. Lemesle won five medals (including two golds) at the 2022 RSEQ Championship and took home bronze in the 50m breaststroke at the 2022 U SPORTS National Championship.

Fourteen other Gee-Gees men collected multiple medals at the championship, led by Allen Zheng's two golds and three silvers. Ryan Jensen and Alexandre Perreault also each took home a pair of golds.

The men's grand total of 867 points was the most they've put up at an RSEQ Championship in the history of the program. Remarkably, the McGill men won the 2022 Championship with 872 total points.

On the women's side, Lauren Shearer and Shaunna Walker-de Jong won three medals, while Isabelle Melanson, Rachel McInnes and Vanessa Thebarge each took home a pair.

The Gee-Gees will now shift their focus to the U SPORTS National Championship, which is set to run from Feb. 23 to Feb. 25. The championship will take place at the Saanich Commonwealth Place and will be hosted by the University of Victoria.

 

List of Gee-Gees Medallists (complete results can be found here):

Hugo Lemesle: 4 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze

Allen Zheng: 2 gold, 3 silver

Ryan Jensen: 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze

Alexandre Perreault: 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze

Colin Shearer: 1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze

Brendan Van Herk: 1 gold, 2 silver

Evan Aguiar-Winter: 5 silver

Louis Bertrand: 3 silver

Noah Wagner: 2 silver, 1 bronze

Nathan Beaudin-Bolduc: 2 silver

James Steele: 1 silver, 1 bronze

Judson Nickerson: 1 silver

Nathan Schiffmann: 1 silver

Christophe Lanouette: 1 bronze

 

Lauren Shearer: 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze

Isabelle Melanson: 2 silver

Shaunna Walker-de Jong: 1 silver, 2 bronze

Rachel McInnes: 1 silver, 1 bronze

Vanessa Thebarge: 1 silver, 1 bronze

Taylor Elliott: 1 bronze

Amy Meharg: 1 bronze

Katie Polley: 1 bronze

Margaret Quinn: 1 bronze

Selin Turan: 1 bronze

 

Overall Team Standings, Combined

  1. McGill – 2,010
  2. Ottawa – 1,506
  3. Laval – 983.5
  4. Montreal – 621.5
  5. Sherbrooke – 295
  6. UQTR – 61 

Women's Team Standings

  1. McGill – 1,017
  2. Ottawa – 639
  3. Laval – 511.5
  4. Montreal – 220.5
  5. Sherbrooke – 179
  6. UQTR – 41 

Men's Team Standings

  1. McGill – 993
  2. Ottawa – 867
  3. Laval – 472
  4. Montreal – 291
  5. Sherbrooke – 116
  6. UQTR – 20