LONDON, Ont. – The Western Mustangs' men's and women's swimming teams wrapped up the 2014 calendar year with a successful weekend as hosts of the Stratten Division Championships, placing second overall at the meet.
 
This year's divisional championship took on a new format with only the top 5 OUA teams competing, resulting in a great success.
 
The top ranked University of Toronto Varsity Blues captured first place in the team standings for both men's and women's with 1080 and 975 points, respectively. Western's men's team placed second with 808.5 points, followed by McMaster's men's team in third place with 630.5 points. Western also placed second on the women's side with 866 points, and McMaster took third with 516 points.
 
A total of 15 Mustang's qualified for the CIS Championships at this meet, meaning Western now has a total of 14 women and ten men who have qualified thus far.
 
A standout performance came from first year Sophie Cieplucha, who broke two Mustang Varsity records. Cieplucha finished first and set a new Mustang record for the 100 breaststroke with a final time of 1:10.24, while also finishing second in the 200 breaststroke with a final time of 2:32.12.
 
"One of the highlights of the meet was the strong comeback performances of Sophie Cieplucha," said head coach Paul Midgley after the meet. "I am looking forward to see how she will help the Mustangs move forward at the CIS Championship level."
 
Other first places finishes include third year Jennifer McNaughton in the Women's 200 Butterfly at 2:13.99, Emma Sproule in the Women's 100 Backstroke at 1:02.45, Paulina Bond in the Women's 50 Butterfly, and the Men's 400 Freestyle Relay.
 
Notable second place finishes go to Sproule in the Women's 200 and 400 Freestyle, Robert Wise in the Men's 200 Freestyle, Bond in the Women's 100 Butterfly as well the 50 and 100 Freestyle, Alex Paulins in the Men's 1500 Freestyle, and the Women's 400 Freestyle Relay.
 
The Mustangs also received many third place finishes which include the men's and Women's 200 Freestyle Relay, the Men's 200 Medley Relay, Vincent Cappa in the Men's 400 IM, McNaughton in the Women's 100 Butterfly and 200 IM, Sproule in the Women's 200 Backstroke, Madeleine Howard in the Women's 800 Freestyle, Ryan Hatch in the Men's 1500 Freestyle, and Holly Gojmerac in the 200 Breaststroke.
 
The Mustang swim team will be back in action come the new year on January 10, 2015 at University of Toronto in an OUA dual against the Varsity Blues in the varsity pool.