±«ÓãÖ±²¥ swimmer Bielby earns Quebec university athlete of the week honours
MONTREAL - ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ swimmer Steven Bielby of Pointe Claire, Que., is the Quebec University male athlete of the week for the period ending Feb. 21, 2010.
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Bielby, a 20-year-old electrical engineering sophomore, won one gold, a silver and a pair of bronze medals at the CIS swim championships in Toronto last weekend. He earned all-Canadian honours for the second straight year and qualified for an eight-man squad of CIS swimmers that will be going to the Mare Nostrum Series, a high-profile European tour of World Cup meets, in June. Bielby, a 5-foot-10, 150-pound distance specialist, finished atop the podium in the 1500-metre freestyle (15:18.09), destroying his own school record set last year (15:22.71). He was second in the 400 individual medley (4:14.72) and scored third-place finishes in both the 200 IM (2:01.11) and 400-freestyle (3:51:00). Bielby attended John Abbott College before his admission to ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ in 2008.
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±«ÓãÖ±²¥ athletes have now been selected 10 times for the QSSF weekly award, with six of the honourees captured by men. The 2009-10 honourees from ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ include:
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Sept. 29Ìý Alexandra Morin-Boucher (soccer)
Oct. 6ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Mélissa Coré (golf)
Oct. 13ÌýÌýÌý Simon Marcotte-Légaré (hockey)
Dec. 1ÌýÌýÌýÌý Francis Verreault-Paul (hockey)
Dec. 8 ÌýÌýÌý Francis Verreault-Paul (hockey)
Dec. 8 ÌýÌýÌý Vanessa Davidson (hockey)
Jan. 12 Ìý Cathy Chartrand (hockey)
Jan. 19 Ìý Matt Thornhill (basketball)
Jan. 26 Ìý Francis Verreault-Paul (hockey)
Feb. 23Ìý Steven Bielby (hockey)