U SPORTS News

A total of 11 medals in four men’s swimming events at the 2022 U SPORTS Swimming Championships were re-awarded Tuesday due to a doping infraction. 

In the 100m butterfly, bronze medalist Kier Ogilvie of the UBC Thunderbirds will be upgraded to silver, while Calgary’s Thomas McDonald, who originally placed fourth, will be upgraded to bronze.

In the 50m backstroke, Laval’s Arthur Millet will now be awarded gold, while UBC’s Dmitriy Lim will be upgraded to silver and Christopher Alexander of Lethbridge will now round out the podium in third.

In the 100m backstroke, Blake Tierney of the UBC Thunderbirds will now be awarded gold, with UBC teammate Hugh McNeill taking silver. Arthur Millet of the Laval Rouge et Or will be upgraded to bronze.

In the men’s 4x100m medley, the Lethbridge Pronghorns team will now be upgraded to gold, with the Toronto Varsity Blues being upgraded to silver. Rounding out the podium is the McGill Redbirds with an upgrade to bronze.

The revised team rankings resulted in no order change to the overall rankings.

Further details on the doping infraction were disclosed by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) on Tuesday afternoon and can be viewed at cces.ca.  

U SPORTS congratulates the student-athletes who have been awarded medals for their performances at the 2022 U SPORTS Swimming Championships.


The revised individual and team standings are as follows:

100m butterfly

New position Name School Time

2

Ogilvie, Keir

UBC

52.08

3

McDonald, Thomas

Calgary

52.40

50m backstroke

New position Name School Time

1

Millet, Arthur

Laval

24.45

2

Lim, Dmitriy

UBC

24.64

3

 Alexander,
Christopher

Lethbridge

24.68

100m backstroke

New position Name School Time

1

Tierney, Blake

UBC

51.84

2

McNeill, Hugh

UBC

52.94

3

Millet, Arthur

Laval

53.02

4x100m medley

New position School
1 Lethbridge
2 Toronto
3 McGill

Adjusted team rankings (no change in order)

Rank

School

Previous

Diff

New

1

UBC

1207

-137

1070

2

CGY

917.5

5

922.5

3

MCG

757

1

758

4

TOR

723.5

4

727.5

5

OTT

637

1

638

6

VIC

373.5

1

374.5

7

LVL

334

7

341

8

ALTA

274

2

276

9

LETH

270

5

275

10

UWO

264

1

265

11

WAT

183.5

3

186.5

12

DAL

180

2

182

13

MTL

134

1

135

14

ACA

103

1

104

15

REG

63

0

63

16

MAN

43.5

0

43.5

17

TRU

35

0

35

18

WLU

34

0

34

19

MAC

26

0

26

20

CARL

17

0

17

21

GUE

10.5

0

10.5

22

BU

5

0

5

23

SHERB

4

0

4