Friday afternoon at the CIS Swimming Championship, Eric Beaton just missed the B final finishing 19 of 60 swimmers with a time of 23.60.
Beaton started off the CIS Swim Championship on Thursday with a personal best in th 50m back in a new universtiy record time of 28.44 seconds.
UPEI Panther Swimmer Eric Beaton is heading for the CIS Swimming Championship being held at the University of Calgary this weekend. Beaton will arrive on Wednesday in Calgary for preparation of events Thursday to Saturday.
Beaton recently won his second AUS gold medal in the 50m freestyle with a time of 23.60 and is heading to the championship ranked 12th a mere .47 seconds separating him from 1st place. The heats for the 50m will take place Friday morning and the top 16 will swim in an A and B final Friday night. Beaton will also be swimming in the 50m back stroke on Thursday and 100m freestyle Saturday.
This is Beaton’s second time around at the CIS Championship, “I’m grateful just to be given the opportunity to go to Calgary to represent UPEI at a meet like this. I'm really looking forward to this meet, I feel like the experience last year of going really helped prepare me for what to expect this time. Because of that experience plus all the training I've done this year, I feel ready to go to Calgary and swim a best time.”
Head Coach Bill Calhoun is very pleased with training, "Eric has prepared extremely well over the last six weeks. His focus and attention to detail have been unmatched. His skills and speed have never been better. He knows what he wants and he has done the work to achieve his goals."
Event website: http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/swim/index
Live results: http://www.goDINOS.com/CISswimming
Live video webcast (finals only): http://www.ssncanada.ca
2011 CIS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE (Heats 10 a.m. MT / Finals 6 p.m. MT)
Thursday, Feb. 24 (order of finals)
#1 Women’s 200m Free
#2 Men’s 200m Free
#3 W 50m Back
#4 M 50m Back
#5 W 100m Breast
#6 M 100m Breast
#7 W 100m Fly
#8 M 100m Fly
#9 W 400m IM
#10 M 400m IM
#11 W 4 x 100m Free Relay
#12 M 4 x 100m Free Relay
Friday, Feb. 25 (order of finals)
#13 W 100m Back
#14 M 100m Back
#15 W 50m Fly
#16 M 50m Fly
#17 W 400m Free
#18 M 400m Free
#19 W 200m Breast
#20 M 200m Breast
#21 W 50m Free
#22 M 50m Free – UPEI Panther Eric Beaton will race
#23 W 200m Fly
#24 M 200m Fly
#25 W 4 x 200m Free Relay
#26 M 4 x 200m Free Relay
Saturday, Feb. 26 (order of finals)
#27 W 800m Free
#28 M 50m Breast
#29 W 50m Breast
#30 M 200m Back
#31 W 200m Back
#32 M 100m Free
#33 W 100m Free
#34 M 200m IM
#35 W 200m IM
#36 M 1500m Free
#37 W 4 x 100m Medley Relay
#38 M 4 x 100m Medley Relay
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