Women's Swimming | 11/21/2015 1:34:00 PM

Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University women's swimming team led wire-to-wire, collecting a 174-133 victory over NCAA Division I Gardner-Webb University Friday and Saturday. The Saturday portion of the meet was contested at the Wingate Natatorium, while the Friday segment was held at the Bost Pool in Boiling Springs (Saturday results).

Saturday recap (at Wingate, N.C.)
 
Five Wingate Natatorium records fell by the wayside Saturday, with the home-standing WU Bulldogs claiming four of the five new high-water marks. Bulldog junior Vika Arkhipova (Seversk, Russia) had a hand in two of the new pool records.
 
In Wingate's triumphant 400 Medley Relay swim to open Saturday's competition, Arkhipova set a new pool record in the 100 Backstroke. Later in the day, Arkhipova won the 200 Backstroke with a new pool record time of 2:02.71.
 
Bulldog junior Sofia Petrenko (Arkhangelsk, Russia) posted a new pool record in the 500 Freestyle when she touched first with her time of 5:05.67. Wingate junior Jessika Weiss (Macon, Ga.) won the 200 Breaststroke with a new pool record time of 2:20.58. Petrenko, Weiss and sophomore Leigh-Ann Clark (Newport News, Va.) joined Arkhipova on the 400 Medley Relay quarter.
 
Gardner-Webb sophomore London Schumacher (Waynesville, N.C.) set the fifth pool record Saturday, as she won the 400 Individual Medley with her triumphant time of 4:26.92. All total, Wingate won five events Saturday. In addition to the conquests listed above, Bulldog senior team captain Ana Fish (Carthage, N.C.) won the 100 Freestyle with a time of 53.16.
 
Friday recap (at Boiling Springs, N.C.)
 
The visiting Bulldogs won six of nine events on GWU's turf. Wingate started and finished strong by taking the checkered flag in both relays. The Bulldogs posted a 200 Medley Relay victory with a time of 1:46.47. Wingate won the Friday-concluding 400 Freestyle Relay with a time of 3:33.27. Fish was the common denominator, as she swam the anchor leg in the 200 Medley Relay and the second stanza of the 400 Free Relay.
 
Fish had a busy Friday, as she won the 50 Freestyle with a time of 24.43. Petrenko (Arkhangelsk, Russia) won two individual events and joined Fish on the 400 Free Relay quartet. Petrenko touched first in the 200 Freestyle (1:53.80) and the 200 Butterfly (2:05.72). In the 200 Free, Wingate claimed first, second and third.
 
Arkhipova led a 1-2-3-4 Wingate charge in the 100 Backstroke, as she won the gold medal with a time of 57.08. Arkhipova swam with Petrenko, Fish and Clark on Wingate's 400 Freestyle Relay team.
 
Wingate will take a competitive break for the Thanksgiving holidays. The Bulldogs will host the Wingate University Fall Frenzy Dec. 4-6 in Rock Hill, S.C. The Rock Hill Aquatics Center is the site for this year's event.
 
WINGATE UNIVERSITY
 
Wingate University, consistently ranked as a top 10 "best value" in the South by U.S. News & World Report, serves more than 3,100 students on three campuses in Wingate, Charlotte and Hendersonville, N.C. Founded in 1896, the University offers 35 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, master's degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant studies and sport management and doctorates in pharmacy, physical therapy and education.
 
With a 15 to 1 student/teacher ratio, Wingate students gain the tools and support needed to excel in academics and apply that learning toward an extraordinary career and life. To view current news, video and story ideas, visit www.youtube.com/wingateuniversity. 
 
In addition to a robust intramural athletics program, Wingate student athletes compete in 22 NCAA Division II sports. The University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past nine years. For more information, go to www.wingate.edu.
 
Wingate is first among NCAA Division II Academic All-America®-producing colleges in the 2000's with 77 selections. Among North Carolina's colleges and universities, Wingate's 77 Academic All-America® honorees are number one during this millennium. Wingate's 86 lifetime Academic All-America® picks are tops among all SAC schools. For more information on WU athletics, go to www.wingatebulldogs.com.