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UPEI Panther Eric Beaton Wins 50 m Free style event Athletics Main Site University of Prince Edward Island UPEI Home Future Students Current Students Alumni & Friends Parents & Family Staff & Faculty Contacts SuckerfishHome Campus Recreation & Club Sports Athletics Facilities Schedule & Scores Athlete of the Week Contact Us Partnerships Box Office Recruitment Panther Sport TeamsMens Soccer Womens Soccer Womens Rugby Field Hockey Mens Basketball Womens Basketball Mens Hockey Womens Hockey Swimming UPEI Panther Eric Beaton Wins 50 m Free style eventUPEI SwimmingHeadlines Team Members Coaching Staff Schedule & Scores Nine members of the UPEI Swimming team travelled to Dalhousie this past weekend to compete in the AUS Invitational Top Atlantic conference swimmers from Dalhousie UNB and Acadia were in attendance An impressive 65% of the times resulted in seasonal best times with several lifetime bests being postedFor the first time in UPEI swimming history a swimmer has won a AUS individual event Eric Beaton took the gold in the 50 meter Freestyle event over the top male sprinters in the AUS His time of 2434 is mere tenths of a second off the CIS qualifying time of 2389 needed for the National Championships The event was close the whole way with Beaton out touching DAL rookie Jo Jo Ur by only 01 of a second For his effort Beaton picks up the Top Male Performance for the meet The relay team of Eric Beaton Andrew Harding Ryan Mills and Alexander MacDonald was also in top form posting a strong time in their 400 Freestyle relay placing 3rd behind DAL and UNBFor the second straight meet the Top Female Performance was captured by Sydney Morley with 7th place finishes in the 100 and 200 Freestyle events Followed closely by veteran swimmer Mikhala Brinklow with a 9th place finish in the 100 Freestyle Maranda Grant and Marianne Parent both posted two lifetime best swims during the meet Parent was the Most Improved during the meet with a 406 second drop in her 100 Freestyle and four seasonal best times Rounding out the female squad was rookie Suzanne Nicholson posting seasonal best times in both the 100 Freestyle and 200 IM eventsAssistant coach Kelly OConnell was the meet coach and she commented Overall the performance was top notch with many season best times and even some lifetime best times Marianne took significant time off her races and another great highlight was Eric winning the 50 freestyle event The next competition for the team will be in Summerside for the Fall Splash While not a Varsity competition it will give the swimmers a chance to race against the top age group swimmers on the Island Panther TV Follow us on Twitter Department of AthleticsChiWan Young Sports Centre tel 9025660627University of Prince Edward Island 550 University Avenue Charlottetown PE Canada C1...