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Chagas Filho after 100 Backstroke at NCAAs
Justin Casterline

Men's Swimming

Ney Chagas Filho, Gabriel da Costa, WU butterfliers collect team points at NCAAs

RESULTS | Friday PM finals
HEAT SHEETS | Saturday AM prelims

VIDEO | NCAA live video 
WEB | NCAA Championship Central

Indianapolis, Ind.----Wingate University freshman Ney Chagas Filho made another podium visit Friday, finishing eighth in the men's 100 Backstroke in the Indiana University Natatorium at IUPUI. Chagas Filho posted a first team All-American time of 48.35, earning his first individual NCAA statuette.
 
Earlier in the meet, Chagas Filho broke Academic All-America standout Niklas Martin's 100 Backstroke school record not once, but twice. He swam 47.78 in Thursday night's 400 Medley Relay and 47.72 in the Friday AM prelims.
 
Wingate NCAA notes

- Junior Gabriel da Costa finished 15th in the 500 Freestyle B final (4:28.49)
- Three Bulldogs collected 17 team points in the 200 Butterfly B final
- Sophomore Alex Smyre won the consolation event with his ninth-place time of 1:46.90
- Smyre received a shout-out from the video stream commentator after his victory
- Senior Frederik Oscar Moller finished 12th in the 200 Fly B final (1:47.78)
- Freshman Kacper Korona finished 14th in the same B final (1:48.16)
- Veterans Smyre and Moller posted personal-best marks in the 200 Fly Friday night
- Host school University of Indianapolis is taking advantage of its hometown advantage
- The Indy Greyhounds are first on the team charts with 373.5 points
- The Drury Panthers are second with 338 points
- The Wingate Bulldogs are eighth with 151 points
- The South Atlantic Conference members are only 11 points behind seventh-place GVS
 
Next on the #WUSWIM agenda
 
- The 2023 NCAA D2 swimming and diving championships conclude Saturday
- Saturday morning prelims begin at 10 a.m.
- Saturday's championship finals are slated for 6 p.m.
- The NCAA will provide live video and live results for each of the remaining three sessions
- Live results are also available through the NCAA's partnership with Meet Mobile
- The University of Indianapolis and the Indiana Sports Corp are serving as meet hosts
 
Wingate University
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a laboratory of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina. Wingate offers 38 undergraduate majors as well as seven master's and four doctoral degrees. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences; the Levine College of Health Sciences; the Byrum School of Business; the Thayer School of Education; and the School of Sport Sciences. 
 
Wingate is a leader in healthcare education, and nearly one in five Wingate undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 25 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 14 times it has been awarded. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.
 
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