Wingate University sophomore All-American Sofia Petrenko won two individual events and helped the number three Bulldogs win two relays at the SCAD-Savannah College Invitational Thursday through Saturday. Individually, Petrenko won the 200 Butterfly and the 200 Individual Medley. In the 200 Fly preliminaries, she set a SCAD Invite record time of 2:00.09. She missed a SCAD Invite record in the 200 IM by 0.03 seconds.
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All total, Petrenko was a part of three SCAD Invitational records during a busy weekend. She swam the anchor leg as Wingate set a new meet record in the 400 Medley Relay (3:43.74). Additionally, Petrenko swam the first leg as the Bulldogs set another new meet mark in the 400 Freestyle Relay (3:26.49). Petrenko and three teammates were second in the 200 Medley Relay (1:46.26). Thanks to the efforts of Petrenko and her teammates, Wingate won the 10th annual SCAD-Savannah College Invitational for the sixth year in a row (and the eighth time in the last nine years).
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On the NCAA charts, Petrenko has five times in the Division II top 10. She has the division’s best time in the 200 Freestyle (1:48.77). Petrenko is second on the NCAA charts in the 200 Butterfly, the 200 Individual Medley and the 400 Individual Medley with her SCAD Invitational times.
