LONDON, Ont. - The McMaster Marauders added a gold and bronze to their medal haul on Friday afternoon at the Western Student Recreation Centre. 

Having already picked up a silver and bronze medal on Day 1, veteran swimmer, Cameron Johnsen, completed the trio on Friday afternoon. Johnsen, an arts and science student from Thunder Bay, took the top spot in the men's 300m breaststroke, touching the wall in 2:11.98, for his first gold medal of the weekend.

The maroon and grey earned its second medal of the day in the men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay in a time of 7:36.41, finishing just behind the Toronto Varsity Blues and Western Mustangs to pick up the bronze.

Outside of the podium finishes, Kevin Ireland and Max Angove placed in the top ten in the men's 400m freestyle. Cyrus Drabik and Bijan Ziaian were the top Marauder swimmers in the men's 50m butterfly. Drabik completed the 50m freestyle in 23.13 to earn seventh place.

The Marauders sit in fourth in the team standings with 336 points, 72.5 points behind the Waterloo Warriors who currently sit in the bronze medal position.

On the women's side, rookie Naeva Scott Bouris, was a standout in the 400m freestyle. The first-year from Victoria, B.C. finished in 5th with a time of 4:20.11, qualifying her for the 2023 U SPORTS Swimming Championship by two seconds. Erin Anderson placed 10th (4:28.99). As a member of the 4x200m freestyle relay, she placed just off the podium in 4th and finished 11th in the 200m butterfly (2:26.14) 

The 50m butterfly saw two Marauders finish in the top. Maggie Smith touched the wall in 28.60, good for 8th, while teammate, Michelle Wang, was three spots back in 11th (29.00). Claire Halford completed the 200m breaststroke in 2:38.92 to earn an 11th place finish. McMaster had an 8-10-11-12 finish in the 100m backstroke. Heather Aylward led the way for the maroon and grey in a time of 1:05.11. Sydney Londergan (1:05.82), Maggie Smith (1:06.23) and Leah Russell (1:06.35) were just behind. Hiva Fazeli (27.17) and Michelle Wang (26.91) touched the wall in 8th and 9th in the 50m freestyle.

McMaster sits just off the podium, 12 points back of the Guelph Gryphons who currently hold the bronze medal position.

DAY 2 TEAM STANDINGS
 
Men's:
Toronto – 559.5
Western – 481
Waterloo – 408.5
McMaster – 336
Guelph – 138
Carleton – 113
Queen's – 108
Brock – 106
Laurier – 102
York – 96

Women's:
Toronto – 831
Western – 525.5
Guelph – 297
McMaster – 285
Waterloo – 217.5
Queen's – 85
Brock – 77
Carleton – 70
Laurier – 61