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Tithecott takes it By Gazette News
Mike Tithecott edged out Matthijs
van Gaalen in the University Stu-
dents’ Council presidential election
last night earning the victory with
2,066 votes.
After being mobbed by his cam-
paign team following the
announcement, Tichecott shared
an emotional hug with his father in
front of the main stage.
“People pinned me as [the front
runner], but it was such a level play-
ing field this year, we didn’t know
what was going to happen,” he said.
Van Gaalen, who admittedly ran
an ambitious campaign highlight-
ed by platform promises of
increased USC involvement in the
academic realm and a rewards-
based pay structure for a portion of
the president’s salary finished with
1,770 votes.
“The students have voted,” he
said. “It was a great election. I think
our team had a different vision for
the USC and we tried to inspire stu-
dents with that vision in mind.”
Rounding out the top three was
social science student Jeff Rutledge.
“I’m okay with Mike being [pres-
ident],” he said. “There’s not a single
thing [I would have changed in my
campaign.]”
Tithecott: 2,066 votes Following Rutledge was Mar-
Rutledge: 1410 votes Goldfarb: 1,034 votes
Hyland: 925 votes Park: 474 votes
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shall Goldfarb, Matt Hyland and
Ray Park with 1,034, 925 and 474
votes, respectively.
“I’m disappointed, I’m worried
for the school,” Goldfarb said after
the announcement. “Mike’s a great
guy, but I’m worried the school will
stay in the same old routine.”
Fifth-place finisher Matt Hyland
expressed a measure of concern
over the outcome.
“I’d like to see the numbers first,”
he said, before adding, “I hope he
does a good job.”
Park was conciliatory in defeat.
“In all honestly, I tried my best,”
he said. “The person who deserved
[to win], won.”
When asked if he would have
done anything different, Park indi-
cated he would have begun prepar-
ing “a lot earlier.”
UCC Referendum
Students voted Yes by a margin
of 1,096 votes to the proposed UCC
renovation referendum. Following
last year’s failed vote, the renova-
tion fee was lowered to $25, down
from $95 last year.
Current USC president Emily
Rowe was
“I think this opportunity is excit-
ing for students and the chance for
more activity and programmable
space is amazing moving forward.”
van Gaalen: 1,770 votes
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University Students’ Council

complete election results
Health Science Matt Green, 508 Aqil Nagji, 283
Kinesiology Councillor Ran He, 501 Amitt Zaffir, 268
(2 elected) Willian Silverstein, 463 Board of Governors
Steve Bigioni, 492 Chris Goodman, 449
Nate Tyndall, 395 Candidate at Large
Jenna Matthyssen, 399 (1 elected)
Jennifer Archibald, 358 Arjun Maini, 392
Nivin Nabeel, 384 Jon Silver, 3,442
Science Laurence Batmazian, 378 Jeffrey Andrus, 1,239
President Eric Roszell, 301 Senate
Sabrina Nurmohamed, 835 Linda Sheng, 289 Health Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry
Kevin Chen, 511 Adam Kliman, 284 (1 elected)
Councillor (7 elected) Brian Vadasz, 270 Candice Jewell, 464
Vivian Leung, 546 Social Science Amin Jivraj, 255
Arjun Chandra, 524 President Information and Media Studies,
Andrew Forgione, 1,032 Social Science
Arthur So, 921 (2 elected)
Councillor (10 elected) Daniel Ferris, 902
Jonathan Buccella, 724 Jennifer Ye Won Kim, 708
Caitlin Latosinszky, 712 Patrick Whelan, 629
Ashley McGuire, 688 Jeffrey Andrus, 483
puzzle solution from Kevin Kobayashi, 672 Denardo Hepburn, 468
page 6 Taylor Axford, 658 At Large
Brent Duncan, 624 (7 elected)
Alysha Li, 598 Melissa Machado, 2,618
Samantha Farnum, 584 Carolyn Burns, 2,394
Carissa Palmer, 579 Jennifer Gautier, 2,369
Erin Uberig, 506 Danielle The, 2,275
Jeffrey Hernaez, 496 Patrick Searle, 2,246
Jaclyn Vertes, 494 Russell Citron, 2,208
Joseph Bodley, 482 Kyle Murphy, 2,136
Leila Wong, 419 Aaron Baer, 2,116
Myuri Komaragiri, 411 Vince Mazza, 2,018
Samuel Karamanis, 400 Adam Poirier, 1,953
Vlad Omazic, 358 Neha Chandrachud, 1,824
Jimmie Zhang, 343 Jonny Uruthiran, 1,195
Heemann Shin, 339 Referendum Results
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How two presidents
share one campus
By Shreya Tekriwal
Gazette Staff
Throughout campaign period all
presidential candidates have
addressed the need to increase
interaction between students and
the University Students’ Council.
However, there was minimal men-
tion of maintaining the relationship
between USC and Western’s admin-
istration.
“I meet with [Western President
Amit Chakma] once every month
for a scheduled lunch meeting,”
Emily Rowe, president of the USC,
mentioned. “We talk about what’s
going on in both our portfolios. It’s
also a chance for us to catch up and
see how each of us is doing.”
“We prefer to talk about […]
visions and possibilities [instead of
specific operational aspects]. I’m
interested in knowing what stu-
dents may think about certain ideas
and how we can improve the qual-
ity of learning,” Amit Chakma, pres-
ident and vice-chancellor of West-
ern, added.
Former USC president Stephen
Lecce noted working with Western’s
president is an important job and
meetings should be used to discuss
meaningful issues that affect the
lives of students on campus.
“The role of the president is […]
not to deal with operational things
[…] it involves looking at long-term
issues […] not that short-term issues
aren’t important, but usually it gets
delegated to the different vice-pres-
idents,” Chakma mentioned.
Apart from the monthly lunch
meetings, the two presidents also
have an opportunity to interact
during committee meetings,
events, conferences and the occa-
sional presidential and vice-presi-
dential retreats.
“You can look at both of our
roles as being accountable to all the
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Day 1 of elections
“I hate this.”
“They like me, at least I think they
like me. They smile in front of me
sometimes you need the support.”
“They’re red, I saw them this
“What?”
“All this shit everywhere!”
“What are you talking about?”
so that’s a good thing.”
—Park,
on his relationship with administration
morning.”
— Matthijs van Gaalen,
USC Presidential Candidate
“Fucking campaign season!” followed by Rutledge
students here at Western,” Rowe Media Forum
said, when explaining the similari- — Two students,
“I have high respect for women — I “We look forward to seeing it — the
talking outside the UCC
ties and differences between the treat them like equals all the time.” suspense is killing me.”
two presidential roles. “They are Day before voting —Goldfarb, —Jacklyn Garfinkle,
obviously extremely different too. “Is it like, voting day or something?” on gender equity on campus Host of Big Purple Couch Radio on
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versity and the corporation that is “We don’t give people paper, we
outside of Spoke “If you throw on some Shakira I’ll
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covered this on the campaign trail, approachability?”
According to Lecce, a president sometimes you need the freedom —Audience member question
“It’s pennies to buy 2-ply vs. 1-ply,
needs a few important skills when but the comfort is just golden.”
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“The pre-eminent one is a USC Presidential Candidate
capacity to understand a policy […]
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and really understanding how to CHRW.”
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“I will cut my salary before I’ll cut
And that requires some intellectual
the services.”
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—Ray Park,
the [USC] president to be able to
USC Presidential Candidate,
negotiate and be able to build con-
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Sex and
Politics LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thirty-two-year-old Toronto city councillor Adam

Giambrone dropped out of Toronto’s mayoral race yester- E-Rowe says tions over the coming months. We
hope for your input and guidance in
mentions, applying for a line of credit is
another option — and very few, if any,
day after the Toronto Star reported Kristen Lucas, a 20- this process. med students who I know have been
year-old university student, had an affair with Giambrone.
The role of the media during election time is a tumul-
USC finances —Emily Rowe
USC President
turned down.
Prospective medical students need to
tuous one at best. What to cover — or not to — is a topic be made aware of these opportunities.
of great debate in every newsroom during elections — are still a-okay Let’s put a more positive spin on the issue,
ours included.
Some will question the Star for reporting on Giambrone’s An Open Letter from the USC President:
Cost of med and try to attract the best and brightest to
a challenging and exciting field.
affair with Lucas — but it’s hard to fault a company for doing Over the course of the last month, fol-
its job. The public has a right to any and all political infor-
mation they desire, and with a story of this magnitude; it was
lowing a cautionary quarter-two bud-
get update, a discussion has arisen
school not all —Eli Miller
Medicine II

only a matter of time before someone got their hands on it.

Considering the public’s appetite for celebrity gossip
concerning the University Students’
Council’s financial situation. It has
doom ‘n gloom Skills spread
and propensity to tear up the very public figures they built been widely suggested that the USC is Re: “Attitudes keeping students out of med
up, the Star had no choice but to run the story. If the
Giambrone scandal broke elsewhere and it was discovered
facing large deficits and unstable
finances. takes up space
school” Feb. 4, 2010

the Star had the information and decided to sit on it, they I want to assure our students, and To the editor:
would have been heavily criticized for not doing their job. the entire Western community, this is While it is true medical students tend to To the editor:
And then we have the voters — who play just as big a simply not accurate. The USC’s come from wealthier and fairly homoge- Upon opening Tuesday’s Gazette, I was
part in this ordeal as the media. Many are outraged by finances are stable, they are under nous backgrounds, part of the message pleased to see a fair amount of election
Giambrone’s actions, and rightfully so. His public office is accountable management and our of the article seems to be “if you aren’t coverage, as one would expect. I did,
not an appropriate place to brush up on human anatomy. board is on track to approve a balanced rich, don’t apply to med school because however, find the Gazette’s effort to cover
However, anyone who thinks this is the only instance budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. you won’t get in or be able to afford it.” the election was marred somewhat by
of a politician misbehaving is incredibly naive. And who This past fall, the council approved Quite simply, this is not the case. I am the rather garish and, in my opinion,
among us hasn’t done something immoral? Let he who a new strategic vision for the USC, concerned many talented prospective wasteful two-page colour spread of the
has not sinned throw the first stone — after all. which will better align and stabilize our medical students here at Western — and candidates being silly.
Furthermore, it seems there has been a change in our resources with the mission of our stu- at other universities, may read the arti- As opposed to measuring the goofball
public’s expectations of our leaders. In the 1960s and 70s dents’ council: “To enhance the educa- cle, reach a similar conclusion, and be index of the candidates, the Gazette
both John F. Kennedy and Pierre Trudeau held the highest tional experience and quality of life for reluctant to apply to medical school on could have inserted a table with a brief
office in their countries despite being famous womaniz- all undergraduates at the University of those grounds. breakdown of the platforms and promis-
ers. At the time, their reputations or ability to lead and Western Ontario.” Every medical school in the province es of the candidates, thus giving readers
hold office were never questioned. This year, we’ve been working hard makes sure no qualified applicant will be the ability with a cursory glance to attain
However, in 1998 when it was revealed Bill Clinton had to ensure the focus of the USC is pro- denied admission based on financial sta- a view of the electoral field.
received oral sex from an intern in the Oval Office, many viding high-quality student services, as tus. Furthermore, medical students and I personally read all the candidate’s
were calling for his, um, head. What happened between well as fulfilling our role as Canada’s undergraduates may be able to reduce platforms online, but I realize I am in a
then and now? largest student government. the burden of debt they face through a tiny minority. The Gazette could have
The tragedy of Giambrone’s situation is up until this While this universally difficult number of measures. brought this information to the masses,
week he was admired by many in the city. He was elected financial year has presented its share of There are many scholarships and bur- thereby increasing voter awareness and
to Toronto city council at just 26-years-old — endorsed challenges, our board will continue to saries available for undergraduate and informing them on the candidates at the
by the very publication that outed his affair — and was ensure these challenges are met with medical students. Undertaking a same time. This would have balanced the
named the best city politician by NOW Magazine in 2008. sound financial leadership, and guar- research project during a summer vaca- personal opinions section of the editors,
His advocacy of environmental issues and lobbying to antee that should we end this fiscal tion may bolster one’s income. Tutoring allowing students to view both raw facts
lower transit fares for university students won him sup- year short of our budgeted objectives, other undergrad students in medically and researched opinions on the subject.
porters across the city, both young and old. no deficit will be carried forward to related courses may help medical stu- Personally I feel the spread was banal,
On the same token, however, Giambrone should have future budgets. Our annual budget will dents and more advanced undergradu- and only further trivialized the position
been prepared to have every aspect of his life scrutinized be presented on March 10th, and will ate students consolidate their skills and of USC president. Many if not most peo-
when he took office. The fact these indiscretions took focus on this new vision, ensure long- make some cash at the same time. ple in my generation are already unin-
place within the last year does not help his case. It’s not term stability of our resources, signifi- Additionally, the Ontario Student terested and apathetic about any elec-
personal — it’s politics. cantly cut corporate spending, and Assistance Program is an easy option for tions, let alone USC ones. This point was
When the dust settles, Giambrone will have no one most importantly, will be without a many medical students, since students hit home when my professor mentioned
to blame but himself. No matter how young he is, he deficit. five or more years removed from high a voter turnout of 20 per cent for USC
knew what he was getting into when he entered the It’s important all students partici- school are considered financially inde- elections is considered high.
political realm. pate in this conversation by joining in pendent from their parents for OSAP —Jeremy Luedi
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ArtsEntertainment
ON DISC
Ranee Lee
Lives Upstairs
Justin Time Records
In our student demographic, find-
ing someone outside the music fac-
ulty with an appreciation for jazz
music is like turning up a vegan at
your local Arby’s — fat chance, pal.
Being an older tradition than gen-
res like pop or rock, the mental affil-
iation with our parents’ or grand-
parents’ generations doesn’t help
much either.
Nevertheless, if you have a taste
for a complex, melodious, techni-
cally-brilliant composition, Ranee
Lee’s new album, Lives Upstairs, a
two-night live set recorded in Mon-
treal, will not disappoint. Covering
the likes of Miles Davis, Pat Methe-
ny and James Taylor, Lee exhibits
keen vocal sensibilities supported
by serious musical talent. All
together the sound is electric and
the timing flawless.
If you do like jazz, you’ll love her
album. If you don’t, it’s still worth a
listen. Lee shows you don’t need
backup dancing, lights, auto-tune
and garish costumes to make a hit
— sometimes a black dress, saxo-
phone, piano and a great set of pipes
are all the bad romance you need.
—Andrew Pel
Olenka and the Autumn Lovers play winter show
London band aims to raise money for next full-length album
By Fabio Bondi
Gazette Writer
What do you get when you mix the
vocals of Cat Power, the sounds of
Beirut and a hint of Eastern Euro-
pean tradition? You get Olenka and
the Autumn Lovers. The London-
based band will be performing at
Aeolian Hall tomorrow evening to
entertain and raise money for their
upcoming full-length album.
“The concert is a way of gener-
ating funds for and promoting our
next album,” says lead vocalist and
guitarist, Olenka Krakus. “To record
an album alone can cost between
$2,000-$4,000 and after all the
touch-ups, editing, distributing it
can be $7,000-$8,000 — this is what
we’re looking at.”
Hosted by Open House Arts Col-
lective, the concert is headlined by
Olenka and the Autumn Lovers and
openers are Calgary’s Woodpigeon
and Toronto-based musician Katie
Stelmanis.
Woodpigeon is a musical collec-
tive lead by Mark Hamilton that has
been compared to multi-member
group Broken Social Scene. Stelma-
nis, who is gearing up to play the
well-known South by Southwest
Festival next month, has an indie-
pop sound that incorporates key-
board, synthesizers and opera-like
vocals.
Both acts should be a good
match for the headliner, who are no
stranger to the Canadian indie
music scene.
In 2008, Olenka and the Autumn
Lovers released three albums
including Warsaw Girl, a six-song
EP of loosely arranged tracks, a self-
titled full-length album and their
most recent, Papillonette, a six-
song EP of classic folk and country
inspired tracks.
“This September, in-and-
around the beginning of the school
year, I would like to release our sec-
ond full-length album,” Olenka
says.
She also says some of the new
tracks will be performed at Aeolian
tomorrow night.
Despite being a local band,
Olenka and friends have not
restricted their talent to the south-
western Ontario — they have trav-
elled across Canada promoting
their sound and entertaining the
ears of many.
Over the past year their talent
brought them to music festivals
including the London Ontario Live
Arts Festival, North by Northeast
and the Home County Folk Festival.
“In the next few months we’ll be
playing at North by Northeast and
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advance at Grooves Records, the Vil-
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open at 7 p.m. and the show begins
at 8 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the
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Just another sappy, romantic blockbuster

Film perfectly timed with Valentine’s Day right around the corner
By Thaly Tapia
Gazette Writer
Dear John
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Starring: Channing Tatum, Aman-
da Seyfried, Richard Jenkins, Henry
Thomas
Dear John is about a boy and girl —
they meet, fall in love over the span
of two weeks and then are separat-
ed by war. To keep in touch, they
write each other letters and man-
age to make a Spring Break fling last
over a year.
Does the plot sound familiar?
Nicholas Sparks, the man who
penned novels like A Walk to
Remember and The Notebook —
which turned into sappy, romantic
blockbusters — is the author of the
book on which this film is based,
and it’s obvious. Many might find
comfort in these similarities, but
Gazette File Photo the story is cliché and predictable.
I COULD SMELL YOUR HAIR ALL DAY. Tatum and Seyfried share a The film attempts to tackle too
moment as they contemplate the future in Spark’s latest chick flick. many issues. However, by throwing
in a wide range of heavy themes like
war, loss and health issues, Dear
John captures the audience’s atten-
tion. There is something for every-
one — especially for those looking
to shed a few tears. This allows for
escapism and entertainment,
which seems to be the primary
intention of this film.
The acting is mediocre with
flashes of decent performances
from a few characters. Jenkins (Mr.
Tyree) was by far the most impres-
sive actor, and Thomas (Tim) gave
an adequate performance as well.
Leads Tatum and Seyfried were
bland for the most part, though the
chemistry between them is believ-
able, allowing the viewer to accept
the unorthodox premise for their
romance. With that said, the rela-
tionship is still stretched and some-
what unconvincing, considering
the amount of time the narrative
gives them to develop their love.
The relationship, however, just
doesn’t seem plausible in a modern
day context. However, it may
appeal to the audience thanks to
years of Hallmark cards idealizing
love-at-first sight relationships and
heavy emotional sequences.
The music selection was good,
and worked well with the premise
of the film. The soundtrack was
comprised of mainly contemporary
songs, by artists like Joshua Radin,
Ryan Adams and 311, which likely
appeals to the intended demo-
graphic — the young, naive
teenagers who think outlandish
love stories like Sparks’ could actu-
ally happen in real life. Seyfried also
has a track in the film called “Little
Houses.”
Dear John fared well with the
opening weekend audience, and
was the film to finally bump Avatar
from the top of the box office, rak-
ing in $30,468,614. Much anticipa-
tion was placed on the film — espe-
cially with Valentine’s Day just
around the corner.
It may be a good movie to drag a
date to, or a film to catch if you’re in
the mood for mindless, unoriginal
entertainment. Guaranteed, this
movie will hit an emotional chord.

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CANADIAN UNIVERSITY SYNCHRONIZED SWIM LEAGUE NATIONAL CAHMPIONSHIPS

McGill’s synchro swimmers squeak by Western

Mustangs host first synchronized swimming nationals since 2000
By Steven Howard
Gazette Writer
If you think overtime hockey is
close, try synchronized swimming.
Western’s synchronized swim-
ming team lost to McGill University
by less than a point during the
Canadian University Synchronized
Swim League National Champi-
onships’ main event on Saturday at
the Western Student Recreation
Centre.
Western performed last during
the team event and their swim was
good enough for a 79.0000 score
which tied them with the Universi-
ty of Calgary, but left them just
behind McGill’s 79.6667. McGill
also won the overall trophy for best
school.
“McGill wins every year, very
suspiciously,” coach Lindsay Math-
ew said with a laugh. “We had some
fantastic marks, but there was a big
spread in our marks which McGill
didn’t have. That was probably the
biggest difference.”
The swimmers are judged on
their technical and artistic merit
by each of the five judges. West-
ern’s team was able to earn an 8.3
by one of the judges on their artis-
tic merit, but they also earned a
7.4.
Mathew was still happy with the
team’s performance.
“The cards fell the way they did.
That’s the best swim they ever had
and that’s all we can ask for,” she
said. “In our opinion, we were the
best team in the pool.”
The McGill coaches were also
impressed with Western’s swim.
“Western’s routine was super-
nice, super-synchronized. They
were more synchronized than we
were,” McGill head coach Cassan-
dra Bilogin said. “But they moved a
little bit slower, which makes it eas-
ier. Technically our routine was
harder.”
McGill’s swimmers cleaned up
in the main categories, also win-
ning the duets and solo competi-
tions.
Western did pick up some hard-
ware in the novice category, which
is for the less experienced synchro-
nized swimmers. Western’s Purple
team won the trophy for the team
competition, scoring a 60.8333,
three points ahead of second-place
McGill.
Western’s duet team of Sam
Mawhinney and Eryn Peterson
came second in the duets competi-
tion. Novice soloist Sam Austin tied
for first with Trent’s Heathyr Fran-
cis, but took silver due to lower
technical scores.
The last time Western hosted the
nationals was in 2000 at the Lon-
don Aquatic Centre. Since then the
sport has been dropped by Ontario
University Athletics because of a
lack of participation. The CUSSL
formed in 2001 to give synchro-
nized swimmers an organization to
swim under.
Mawhinney thought the compe-
tition was a good way to bring
exposure to the sport.
“It shows that it can be popu-
lar. It’s a very unknown sport and
we aren’t varsity,” Mawhinney
said. “It just shows that we do
have support here at the universi-
ty and it’s great to see that every-
one came out.”

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Women defend title, men fall short at OUAs

By Daniel Da Silva “I wasn’t surprised to see us win. that of the five relays we competed award,” Midgley said. “It wouldn’t prised by the depth and quality of
Gazette Staff We have a strong team with a lot of in, we broke four records,” Nell happen without the support from the team.”
depth and talent, so I knew that as added. everyone involved.” The men were led by exception-
It looks like Western has its own ver- long as we raced well, we had a The incredible performance “A large part of this success is al performances from rookie Julien
sion of Michael Phelps. good shot at winning,” Nell said. resulted in Nell being named because of the coaches,” Nell Sauvage and captain Bryn Jones,
With her five-gold medal perfor- Just in case there were any female swimmer of the meet. That added. “They challenge us and who finished the meet with a total
mance, Hayley Nell led the women’s doubts, the women went out and wouldn’t be the only hardware keep us focused on our goals.” of four and six medals respectively,
swimming team to its second con- proved they are the class of the OUA Western would walk away with, as While the men’s team was each winning two races.
secutive title at the Ontario Univer- with a 400-point margin of victory, Jennifer Trung took home OUA unable to take home as much gold “I think we did a great job. A lot
sity Athletics championship hosted 13 gold medals and multiple rookie of the meet to go along with as the women, they impressed with of us had personal best times,”
by Brock. The men’s team won sil- records set. her four gold medals and head their second-place finish. Sauvage said.
ver behind the Toronto Varsity “In some races, half of the final coach Paul Midgley was named “They were ranked fifth coming “We took advantage of the hard
Blues — a team featuring three would be from Western. As far as women’s coach of the year. into the meet,” Midgley said. “I work we put into the pool. I’ve
Olympians. championship records, it was great “I consider this a team staff think the other teams were sur- never walked away with so much
hardware,” Jones added.
The swimming team now has
their eye on the Canadian Interuni-
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onships. Both teams have an out-
standing number of athletes who
qualified for nationals, with nine
men travelling with the maximum
18-member women’s team.
“This is the biggest team West-
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