Women's Swimming | 10/20/2017 4:11:00 PM

Wingate, N.C.----The nationally-ranked Wingate University men's and women's swimming teams host Bluegrass Mountain Conference rival Catawba College in a dual meet Saturday at the WU Natatorium (meet agenda). The first event is slated to begin at 2 p.m.
 
MEET INFORMATION
Catawba at Wingate dual meet
Wingate University Natatorium, Wingate, N.C.
First event – 2 p.m.
 
LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST MEETING
-Wingate swept a dual meet over Catawba on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 at the Johnson Pool.
-Bulldog sophomore Ebba Stillman (Huskvarna, Sweden) won two individual events, while senior Mariona Espinalt (Barcelona, Spain) won an individual gold and a relay gold.
-The Wingate men won four individual events and one relay race during the 2017 meet at Catawba. Current assistant coach Leif-Henning Klüver ('17, Risum-Lindholm, Germany) won an individual event and earned a relay gold as well.
 
WINGATE NOTES
-The Wingate swimming teams are featured in the first College Swimming Coaches Association of America/TYR NCAA Division II top 25 poll released Tuesday. The Bulldog women's team is number five, while the Wingate men's team is number eight.
-The Wingate men earned a second-place finish in the Nova Southeastern University Shark Invitational last weekend. WU senior team captain Sebastian Holmberg (Njutanger, Sweden) claimed a gold medal and three silver medals in the two-day event. Bulldog graduate student and team captain Alex Divelbiss (Pueblo, Colo.) won a silver medal each day.
-Last season, the Wingate women finished third at the 2017 NCAA national meet. The 2017 meet marked the third consecutive year the Bulldogs have brought home team hardware (WU was third in 2015 and second in 2016). On the men's side, the Bulldogs jumped 10 places on the team leader board from their 2016 appearance, scoring 198 points to finish sixth at NCAAs.

WINGATE UNIVERSITY 
Wingate University, consistently ranked as a top 10 "best value" in the South by U.S. News & World Report, serves more than 3,600 students on three campuses in Wingate, Charlotte and Hendersonville, N.C. Founded in 1896, the University offers 35 undergraduate majors, 35 minors, 12 career concentrations, nine pre-professional programs, master's degrees in accounting, business, education, physician assistant studies and sport management and doctorates in education, pharmacy and physical therapy.
 
With a 14 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 11 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 96 selections. Among North Carolina's colleges and universities, Wingate is number one in this millennium with 96 Academic All-America® honorees. Wingate is tops among all SAC schools with 105 lifetime Academic All-America® picks. For more information on WU athletics, go to www.wingatebulldogs.com.