Men's Swimming | 11/1/2014 3:44:00 PM
Charlotte, N.C.----The Queens University of Charlotte swimming teams swept a Bluegrass Mountain Conference meet over Wingate University Saturday afternoon at the Levine Center. The Queens women edged Wingate 104-101, while the Royals won the men's contest 124.5-80.5 (
complete results).
Queens (N.C.) women 104, Wingate 101 Wingate sophomore
Sofia Petrenko (Arkhangelsk, Russia) won two individual events and one relay race to lead the Bulldogs. Petrenko won the 200 Freestyle (1:52.69) and the 200 Butterfly (2:05.01). She started her day by swimming the third leg of Wingate's victorious 400 Medley Relay quartet (3:51.33). Petrenko was joined by junior
Rita Koryukova (Omsk, Russia), redshirt sophomore
Olga Kosheleva (Yekaterinburg, Russia) and freshman
Leigh-Ann Clark (Newport News, Va.).
Wingate won both relays Saturday, as Clark and Koryukova swam the first and third legs, respectively on the triumphant 400 Freestyle Relay squad. The other two members of the event-ending relay were sophomore
Vika Arkhipova (Seversk, Russia) and junior
Ana Fish (Carthage, N.C.).
Bulldog sophomore
Jessika Weiss (Macon, Ga.) led a one-two-three finish in the 200 Breaststroke. Weiss touched first with a time of 2:22.83, edging Kosheleva by 13/100 of a second (2:22.96). Wingate senior
Luisa Santiesteban (Chihuahua, Mexico) was third with a time of 2:29.22.
Queens (N.C.) men 124.5, Wingate 80.5 Wingate won three individual events Saturday. Bulldog senior
Issam Zeraidi (Brussels, Belgium) took the checkered flag in the 100 Freestyle with a time of 46.48. Sophomore
Lucas Cuadros (Cali, Colombia) tied for second with a time of 47.54.
Bulldog senior
Samuel Knapp (Madison, Ala.) won the 200 Backstroke. The Capital One Academic All-America® candidate touched first with a time of 1:51.75. WU junior
Roman Kanyuka (Moscow, Russia) won the 200 Breaststroke with a victorious time of 2:03.37.
Wingate will host its annual Quad Plus meet at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center Friday and Saturday. The Bulldogs will be joined by three Bluegrass Mountain Conference foes in Catawba, Lenoir-Rhyne and Limestone. NCAA Division I Gardner-Webb will also participate in the two-day event.
