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Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University men's and women's swimming teams begin their 2024-25 great adventure Friday, October 4, facing Queens University of Charlotte in a dual meet at the Levine Center. The first event is slated for a 2 p.m. start.
 
Q&A (and more) with #WUSWIM head coach Kevin Hennessy
 
Talk about swimmers who have stood out in preseason workouts…
 
WOMEN: "Team captain Lucie Andrews … has looked really good in preseason workouts. She had a full summer swimming. Lucie is ready for big meets and races down the road."
 
"Franziska Muhlberger … has really taken charge since being back to start her junior year. She is training well and racing much better. It is great seeing Franziska get after it the way we know she can!"
 
"Elizabete Paula Ozola … has been a real pleasant surprise … she gets more and more comfortable with our system each week. Elizabete is a great racer."
 
MEN: "Fernando Dehaudt … has been recovering from a broken hand … despite his temporary limitations and newness to our system, Fernando has not missed a beat during our August and September workouts."
 
"Bálint Kovács … returned to school in great shape … he looks ready to make a big impact."
 
"Manoel Silva … came back to school looking very strong. He had a good summer swimming back home and you can tell he did some good work. Manoel is looking very powerful in the water."
 
Talk about your 2024-25 schedule …
Complete 2024-25 #WUSWIM schedule
 
"We had an amazing Wingate Family Weekend team time trial event the last Saturday of September. We are starting with a big challenge right out of the gate with our Friday, October 4 meet at Queens University of Charlotte. We will see where we are right away!"
 
"The Queens dual meet is a great opener as we enter our first semester South Atlantic Conference gauntlet with an away meet at Barton (October 12) and Friday home contests against Lenoir-Rhyne (October 25, 5 p.m.) and Catawba (November 1, 5 p.m.)."
 
"In addition, opening the 2024-25 competition season at Queens gives us a good tune-up for the Emory Invitational (November 8-9) and Fall Frenzy (November 21-24). We will close the first semester with a huge SAC road test at Carson-Newman (December 13)."
 
"We are most excited about our training trip adventure to Orlando in January. We will race the University of Tampa (January 11, 2025), the defending NCAA Division II men's national champions. This will be our last official competition until the SAC championships … why not finish the regular season with the best of the best?"
 
You are entering your second season as #WUSWIM head coach … what is the biggest thing you learned during your first year?
 
"… many times, you hear from your mentors about making big decisions as the head coach; however, until you actually are sitting in the first chair and making those decisions … you really don't know the full scope."
 
"My No. 1 takeaway from my first season … Trust your people! … don't feel as if you have to make every decision … not every single thing needs to run by your desk. We have great assistant coaches who are more than capable of handling things as they arise."
 
Looking back at 2023-24 … 'Dogs take both SAC titles for second year in a row
 
- The Wingate women swept the major awards at the '24 SAC championships
- Lucie Andrews was named SAC Swimmer of the Meet
- Vera Karlsson received SAC Freshman of the Year (FOTY) laurels
- Kevin Hennessy earned the SAC women's swimming Coach of the Year award
- Damir Ipkaev was the SAC Swimmer of the Meet and FOTY on the men's side
- Jack Wisniewski ('24) won the SAC Elite 23 Award for men's swimming
- In March, Wisniewski received the SAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award
- Wisniewski and Ney Chagas Filho earned Academic All-America honors
- Hana Kubalova ('24) was named CSC Academic All-America as well
- The WU women finished 11th of 40 schools who scored points at the '24 NCAAs
- The Bulldog men took 16th of 34 teams who tallied points at the '24 NCAAs
- FYI: 101 schools sponsor D2 women's swim, while 76 offer D2 men's swim
 
Wingate Swimming quick facts
 
- Wingate has 45 NCAA national championship swims lifetime (31 women, 14 men)
- At NCAAs, the WU women have earned second place once (2016) and third twice
- The 'Dogs have earned fifth place at NCAA men's meet once with five sixth-place showings
- The Bulldogs swept the SAC championships in '23 and '24, winning both titles
- WU won 11 Bluegrass Mountain Conference crowns (seven men's, four women's) while BMC members
- WUSWIM student-athletes have earned Academic All-America® at-large team honors 39 times (22 men, 17 women)

Wingate University
 
Wingate University is a lab of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina and offers 60 degree pathways, including 37 undergraduate majors, 10 pre-professional tracks and five dual-degree programs. Graduate students choose from seven master's and five doctoral programs. 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.
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a leader in healthcare education where nearly one in five undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 26 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 16 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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