PepsiCo Athletes of the Week (Mar. 28)

Reagan Crowell, Swimming

Third-year swimmer Reagan Crowell won a silver medal at the 2022 U SPORTS Swimming Championships over the weekend to be named this week’s female PepsiCo Athlete of the Week.

She improved upon her personal best time in the 800m freestyle event by seven seconds to win silver and become a second team All-Canadian. She set new Dalhousie and Swim Nova Scotia records with her time of 8:42.20. The Dalhousie record was previously held by Katie Webster who posted an 8:42.97 in 2016.

Reagan advanced to four A and three B finals over the weekend, earning sixth-place finishes in the 400m freestyle and as part of the 4x100m freestyle relay and added a seventh in the 4x200m freestyle relay. She was 10^th in the 200m freestyle and helped the Tigers swim to a 12^th place finish in the 4x100m medley relay. Reagan finished the 100m freestyle event in 14^th a short 20 minutes after earning silver in the 800m.  

She posted three lifetime best swims over the weekend and was 0.04 seconds away from helping the Tigers set a new record in the 4x100m freestyle relay.

Reagan is a psychology student from Lakeville, N.B.

Other nominee: Grace Calnan (volleyball)

Noah Mascoll-Gomes

Third-year swimmer Noah Mascoll-Gomes is this week’s male PepsiCo Athlete of the Week.

Noah posted some amazing results including two new AUS records at the 2022 U SPORTS Swimming Championships over the weekend, leading the Tigers to a 12^th place finish.

He was 10^th in the 100m freestyle event, setting new AUS, Dalhousie and Swim Nova Scotia senior records in the process with a time of 49.50. His 11^th place finish in the 200m freestyle set a new Antigua record of 1:48.42. He also swam to a 13^th place finish in the 50m freestyle, missing setting a new Dal record by 0.01 seconds.

Noah also helped the 4x100m medley relay to an eighth-place finish, setting new AUS, Dalhousie and Swim Nova Scotia senior records in the process. He had the fastest freestyle split of any Dalhousie swimmer. He was also a member of the ninth-place 4x200m freestyle and 12^th place 4x100m relay teams.

A native of St. John’s Antigua, Noah is a commerce student.