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Golden Gibson keeps racking up wins for SFU swim team

Jessie Gibson shattered another Simon Fraser Clan record in her latest outing, a home-pool meet versus Seattle University.
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Jessie Gibson is enjoying an outstanding freshman season with the SFU swim team.

Jessie Gibson helped her Simon Fraser women’s swim team exact revenge against Seattle University Saturday, leading the Clan to a dual-meet win over the Redhawks.

SFU hosted their final home meet of the season at the Margaret and Paul Savage Pool.

Gibson, a graduate of the Chilliwack Spartans Swim Club, continued her torrid freshman season, setting another Clan record.

Gibson’s short course 200 metre backstroke time of 2:16.18 broke Diana Ureche’s 1995 record of 2:20.05 and was more than two seconds faster than the second place swimmer from Seattle U.

In the 200 individual medley Gibson’s winning time was 2:18.27.

The Clan women won 122-88, flipping the scoreboard from last weekend when the Redhawks won 15 of 22 events overall and the score read 119-84.

“These same two teams went at it seven days ago and Seattle University really dominated the competition,” said Clan head coach Liam Donnelly. “In those 7 days our team really turned that around. They showed outstanding resilience and they raised their game to a new level this week versus last. It was very impressive show of resilience and character.”