Alexanne Lepage Sets Pair of Canadian Records At U Sports Championships
The University of Calgary’s Alexanne Lepage set a pair of Canadian records at last week’s U Sports Swimming Championships.
Lepage started by taking down the record in the 100 breast, her time of 1:04.11 downing the mark set in 2023 by Kelsey Wog at 1:04.22. Wog was then swimming for the University of Manitoba.
Wog, an Olympian in 2021, also had the U Sports Championships record at 1:04.88 that Lepage took down.
“I wasn’t really thinking about it coming in, but after this morning, I looked at it, and it was in the back of my head,” Lepage said of the 100 record. “I have been having a pretty good season so far, but I didn’t really set any particular goals for myself – it is just all about having fun with the team.”
The other record was even more impressive, Lepage going 29.91 in prelims of the 50 breast to take the national mark. The record had stood since Canadian Spring Nationals in 2009, a super-suited 29.96 belonging to Amanda Reason.
Lepage won the event in 30.08. She had an impressive all-around meet for the Dinos, winning the 400 individual in 4:35.75 and the 200 breast in 2:20.89. She also posted flat-start times of 55.42 on the 400 free relay and 1:58.90 in the 800 free relay for Calgary squads the finished second. Lepage was denied swimmer of the meet honors, that going to Kayla Sanchez of champion University of British Columbia for the second straight year.
The Canadian breaststroke records have been remarkable resilient. A three long-course records date from 2009, with Reason holding the 50 and Annamay Pierse the 100 and 200. Pierse remains in possession of the 200 breast SCM mark at 2:16.83
Lepage finished fifth at Canadian Olympic Trials in the 100 breast in 2024 third in the 200 breast. Wog and Sydney Pickrem represented Canada in the 200 breast at the Paris Olympics, with Sophie Angus the 100 breast swimmer and 400 medley relay pick.
Lepage is one to watch in a Canadian breaststroke program that has lagged behind other strokes in building to international prominence. She impressed at last year’s Mel Zajac Invitational. At the World Championships in 2025, she finished 22nd in the 50 breast and 25th in the 100.
