Complete meet results
 
Rocky Mount, N.C.----The No. 8 Wingate University men's swimming team had five student-athletes contribute to two victories each on the way to a 169-77 triumph over Barton College inside the Harrison Family YMCA Saturday. The dual meet wraps up the regular season for the Navy Blue and Vegas Gold-clad South Atlantic Conference members.
 
Wingate's 200 Medley Relay quartet started the day with a victory, thanks to their triumphant time of 1:30.53. In order, team members included freshman Ney Chagas Filho, sophomore Fedor Sokolov and seniors Slava Ohnov and Marcel Snitko.
 
Each 200 Medley Relay team member won an individual event as well. Snitko got things started by touching first in the 200 Freestyle (1:39.03, NCAA B cut). Filho Chagas was next, winning the 100 Backstroke (50.31). Sokolov claimed the 100 Breaststroke crown (57.01), while Ohnov outdistanced the field in the 50 Freestyle (20.88).
 
Wingate freshman Kacper Korona won two individual events. He touched first in the 200 Butterfly with a time of 1:52.65. Korona snagged his second gold medal in the 100 Butterfly, thanks to his triumphant time of 50.73.
 
Eleven different Wingate swimmers won an individual event. Senior Ethan Hathcock matched classmates Ohnov and Snitko with a solo victory, as he touched first in the 100 Freestyle (47.13). The visiting WU Bulldogs won 13 consecutive events to open the meet (the 200 Medley Relay plus 12 individual races).
 
What They Are Saying
Wingate sophomore Jack Wisniewski
 
"The team as a whole performed very well today in the battle of the Bulldogs. The energy level was high all around after coming off a great training trip in Florida and as the inaugural South Atlantic Conference championship meet is right around the corner. We used the excitement to give us a boost in getting our hands on the wall ahead of Barton in several close races down the stretch."
 
"I think the seniors in their last dual meet definitely showed leadership in their swims and in maintaining the energy level throughout the meet. We aim to carry this momentum into our last week and a half of training as we sharpen the fine details and stay laser focused heading into conference championships."
 
Next on the horizon for #WUSWIM

Wingate will compete in the inaugural South Atlantic Conference championship meet Feb. 8-11 inside the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in downtown Charlotte.
 
Event-by-Event results
#8 Wingate women vs. Barton / #8 Wingate men vs. Barton
Harrison Family YMCA, Rocky Mount, N.C.
Saturday, January 28, 2023
 
Women's 200 Medley Relay
1st - Wingate B (Andrews, N. Dwojak, Munro, Kertynska), 1:47.69
2nd - Wingate A (Beesmans Barquero, Wenhold, Kubalova, Azirovic), 1:48.40
3rd - Wingate C (Livingstone, Sanocki, Williams, Insley), 1:50.27
5th - Wingate D (Rabinovich, Scheff, Howard, Heffron), 1:53.94
 
Men's 200 Medley Relay
1st - Wingate A (Filho Chagas, Sokolov, Ohnov, Snitko), 1:30.53
2nd - Wingate B (Carlsson, Wisniewski, Smyre, Douib), 1:34.20
3rd - Wingate C (Keener, Butner, Moller, Lockhart), 1:35.47
5th - Wingate D (Leighninger, Rusu, Kovacs, Gentz), 1:39.28
 
Women's 1000 Freestyle
1st - Lindsee Newman, 10:35.56
2nd - Sasha McNeal, 11:08.12
 
Men's 1000 Freestyle
1st - Pablo Cabana del Amo, 9:46.74
2nd - Zoltan Tabi, 9:50.43
3rd - Michele Orru, 9:51.71
4th - Daniel Mizera, 9:57.42
 
Women's 200 Freestyle
1st - Nina Azirovic, 1:57.27
2nd - Nadia Kertynska, 1:57.71
3rd - Laura Torres, 2:00.46
4th - Kelley Chadwell, 2:01.37
 
Men's 200 Freestyle
1st - Marcel Snitko, 1:39.03
2nd - Gabriel da Costa, 1:43.18 
4th - Jose Arzayus, 1:49.14
5th - Nicholas Stelmack, 1:49.44
 
Women's 100 Backstroke
1st - Alex Livingstone, 1:00.68
2nd - Ashley Rabinovich, 1:00.95
3rd - Caroline Howard, 1:01.26
5th - Wiktoria Dwojak, 1:02.87
 
Men's 100 Backstroke
1st - Ney Filho Chagas, 50.31
2nd - Jonatan Carlsson, 51.58
3rd - Noah Keener, 52.94
4th - Ian Leighninger, 53.28
 
Women's 100 Breaststroke
1st - Amanda Wenhold, 1:05.84
2nd - Annika Luce, 1:07.67
3rd - Franziska Muhlberger, 1:09.08
5th - Sarah Porter Kuhn, 1:12.06
 
Men's 100 Breaststroke
1st - Fedor Sokolov, 57.01
2nd - Mikolaj Dobrindt, 59.02
3rd - Jack Wisniewski, 59.41
5th - William Lerna, 1:02.30
 
Women's 200 Butterfly
1st - Lindsee Newman, 2:12.96
2nd - Sasha McNeal, 2:16.21
 
Men's 200 Butterfly
1st - Kacper Korona, 1:52.65
2nd - Wyatt Pena, 1:58.17
3rd - Oliver Sorensen, 1:58.64
4th - Connor Wright, 1:58.94
 
Women's 50 Freestyle
1st - Kelsea Munro, 23.80
2nd - Nina Azirovic, 24.79
4th - Katia Insley, 25.01
 
Men's 50 Freestyle
1st - Slava Ohnov, 20.88
3rd - Jonathan Douib, 21.83
4th - Kevon Lockhart, 21.88
5th - Alexi Gentz, 21.96
 
Women's 100 Freestyle
1st – Lucie Andrews, 53.43
3rd - Mary Heffron, 55.39 
5th - Laura Torres, 56.15
6th - Sarah Porter Kuhn, 57.28
 
Men's 100 Freestyle
1st - Ethan Hathcock, 47.13
2nd - Alex Smyre, 47.21
3rd - Bennett Broad, 47.37
6th - Alexi Gentz, 50.30
 
Women's 200 Backstroke
1st - Marta Beesmans Barquero, 2:05.72
 
Men's 200 Backstroke
1st - Yann Van Den Bossche, 1:55.54
 
Women's 200 Breaststroke
1st - Lily Sanocki, 2:20.00
 
Men's 200 Breaststroke
1st - Mikolaj Dobrindt, 2:06.78
 
Women's 500 Freestyle
1st - Lindsee Newman, 5:08.07
 
Men's 500 Freestyle
1st - Miguel Marcos, 4:31.80
 
Women's 100 Butterfly
1st - Gracie Williams, 59.17
 
Men's 100 Butterfly
1st - Kacper Korona, 50.73
 
Women's 200 Individual Medley
1st - Natalia Dwojak, 2:08.90
 
Men's 200 Individual Medley
1st - Bálint Kovács, 1:55.17
 
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