Charlotte, N.C.---- Wingate University sophomore Anna Miram (Ludvika, Sweden) won the 100 and the 200 Backstroke Saturday in a dual meet versus Queens University of Charlotte at the Levine Center (complete results). The host Royals won the Bluegrass Mountain Conference dual meet 161-101. Queens is the five-time defending national champion and the number one team in the nation. Wingate is the number nine team in the NCAA after a seventh-place finish at the 2019 NCAAs.

Miram collected two NCAA Division II "B" cuts with her two backstroke victories. She won the 100 Backstroke with a time of 55.72. Miram touched first in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 2:01.45. After her two backstroke victories, Miram concluded her day with a second-place finish in the 200 Individual Medley (2:07.66).
 
Wingate junior Anne-Sofie Nissen (Copenhagen, Denmark) won the 200 Breaststroke with her triumphant time of 2:21.28. Nissen finished second in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:05.89. In the meet's first event, Nissen, Miram and two teammates finished third in the 400 Medley Relay with a time of 3:52.11.
 
Additional Wingate highlights
 
Kaitlyn Agger (soph., Broomall, Pa.)
1000 Freestyle (second, 10:36.30)
 
Mathilde Cros (sr., Pont de L'arn, France)
200 Freestyle (second, 1:53.77)
500 Freestyle (second, 5:07.56)
400 Freestyle Relay (second, 3:31.78)
 
Maike Hoener (jr., Langlingen, Germany)
100 Breaststroke (third place, 1:06.44)
 
Charlotte Knippenberg (sr., Atlanta, Ga.)
200 Butterfly (second place, 2:07.38)
 
Madison Moffitt (soph., Gainesville, Fla.)
200 Butterfly (third, 2:08.67)
 
Madelyn Carson (jr., Pineville, La.)
200 Backstroke (third, 2:03.94)
 
Lily Sanocki (fr., Charlotte, N.C.)
200 Breaststroke (second, 2:22.87)
 
Louise Hallden (soph., Stocksund, Sweden)
500 Freestyle (third, 5:11.90)
 
Sara Aringsmann (jr., Holzkirchen, Germany)
200 Individual Medley (third, 2:10.24)
400 Freestyle Relay (second, 3:31.78)
 
Abby Kosic (sr., West Chester, Pa.)
400 Freestyle Relay (second, 3:31.78)
 
Leticia Odorici (sr., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
400 Freestyle Relay (second, 3:31.78)

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