RESULTS | Wingate at Tampa results (PDF)
 
Tampa, Fla.----The defending national champion and current No. 2 the University of Tampa earned a hard-fought 99-71 NCAA Division II men's swimming victory over No. 7 Wingate University Saturday at the Benson Riseman Aquatic Center on the UT campus. The No. 4 UT Spartans defeated the No. 7 WU Bulldogs 110.5-59.5 in the women's meet.
 
What They Are Saying
Wingate head coach Kevin Hennessy
 
"We had a great meet and tough racing today against Tampa. I thought we really stepped up to take it to them. We had lots of close swims. Seeing our men's team go toe to toe against the defending champions and race without any hesitation was the best part. Our teams have shown a lot of growth this year and I am very proud of this."
 
Wingate men's highlights
 
- Wingate started the meet with a victory in the 200 Medley Relay (1:30.12)
- Ney Chagas Filho and Andres Martijena swam the first two legs
- Mike Topchanalis and Manoel Silva sealed the deal
- The 'Dogs concluded the meet with a win in the 400 Free Relay (3:00.83)
- Topchanalis collected his second gold medal, swimming the third leg
- Yassine Sebbata and Vladimir Krstulovic swam the first two legs
- Anton Witzell finished the race as WU edged UT by 0.34 seconds
- Topchanalis also finished second in the 100 Butterfly (48.99)
- The UT Spartans won five events by 0.90 seconds or less
- Sebbata had two close calls, as he finished second in two individual races
- He was second in the 200 Free (1:38.09) and the 100 Free (45.56)
- Tampa won the 200 Free by 0.68 seconds and the 100 Free by 0.40 seconds
 
Wingate women's highlights
 
- The Bulldogs won three individual races on Saturday
- Valentina Zapata Ceballos won the 100 Butterfly (57.03)
- Zapata Ceballos won the 100 Fly by 0.39 seconds over the UT runner-up
- Livia Kingsland touched first in the 500 Freestyle (5:02.51)
- Kingsland improved her seed, taking the gold by 0.14 seconds
- Natalia Dwojak won the 100 Breaststroke (1:04.93)
- Dwojak outswam the UT runner-up by 0.88 seconds
- Tampa won the meet-opening 200 Medley Relay by 0.60 seconds
- Nina Azirovic took second in the 200 Free (1:53.45)
- The Spartans won the 200 Free by a scant 0.09 seconds
- Overall, Tampa won four events by 0.60 seconds or less
 
Event-by-Event results
#7 Wingate women vs. #4 Tampa / #7 Wingate men vs. #2 Tampa
Riseman Aquatic Center, Tampa, Fla.
Saturday, January 11, 2025
 
Women 200 Medley Relay
2nd - Wingate A (Ozola, N. Dwojak, Ceballos, Andrews), 1:44.64
4th - Wingate B (Karlsson, Daybell, Garcia, Beesmans Barquero), 1:47.13
 
Men 200 Medley Relay
1st - Wingate A (Chagas Filho, Martijena, Topchanalis, Silva), 1:30.12
5th - Wingate B (Ichim, Sadler, Smyre, Douib), 1:33.07
 
Women 200 Free
2nd - Nina Azirovic, 1:53.45
4th - Nadia Kertynska, 1:55.43  
7th - Lucie Andrews, 2:00.87
8th - Grace Wilson, 2:02.11
 
Men 200 Free
2nd - Yassine Sebbata, 1:38.09
3rd - Tymofii Chemeryk, 1:40.09
6th - Gabriel da Costa, 1:42.07
7th - Vladimir Krstulovic, 1:42.32
 
Women 200 IM
4th - Natalia Dwojak, 2:08.99
5th - Giulianna Garcia, 2:10.47
7th - Franziska Muhlberger, 2:13.00
8th - Bahar Gursu, 2:21.37
 
Men 200 IM
2nd - Balint Kovacs, 1:54.14
4th - Miguel Marcos, 1:55.62
6th - Pablo Cabana del Ano, 1:56.99
8th - Kacper Korona, 2:01.86
 
Women 50 Free
3rd - Valentina Zapata Ceballos, 24.87
6th - Marta Beesmans Barquero, 25.15
7th - Wiktoria Dwojak, 25.60
 
Men 50 Free
3rd - Manoel Silva, 21.14
4th - Ney Chagas Filho, 21.33
5th - Alex Smyre, 21.46
8th - Trevor Danner, 21.96
 
Women 100 Butterfly
1st - Valentina Zapata Ceballos, 57.03
5th - Vera Karlsson, 59.99
T7th - Nomvula Mjimba, 1:05.99
T7th - Bahar Gursu, 1:05.99
 
Men 100 Butterfly
2nd - Mike Topchanalis, 48.99 
3rd - Alex Smyre, 49.57
7th - Vladimir Krstulovic, 50.73
8th - Balint Kovacs, 51.68
 
Women 100 Freestyle
3rd - Elizabete Paula Ozola, 53.41
4th - Nina Azirovic, 53.51
6th - Lucie Andrews, 53.82
 
Men 100 Freestyle
2nd - Yassine Sebbata, 45.56
4th - Anton Witzell, 45.75
5th - Manoel Silva, 46.25
6th - Tymofii Chemeryk, 47.45
 
Women 500 Freestyle
1st - Livia Kingsland, 5:02.51
4th - Giulianna Garcia, 5:13.46
7th - Emily Shuttleworth, 5:15.51
8th - Grace Wilson, 5:22.86
 
Men 500 Freestyle
2nd - Damir Ipkaev, 4:31.08
3rd - Fernando Dehaudt, 4:34.45
 
Women 200 Freestyle Relay
2nd - Wingate A (Azirovic, Beesmans Barquero, Kertynska, N. Dwojak), 1:36.74
6th - Wingate B (Mjimba, Osborne, Chadwell, W. Dwojak), 1:44.85
 
Men 200 Freestyle Relay
2nd - Wingate A (Sebbata, Silva, Krstulovic, Chagas Filho), 1:23.62
4th - Wingate B (Danner, Topchanalis, Smyre, Witzell), 1:24.95
 
Women 100 Backstroke
2nd -Marta Beesmans Barquero, 57.00
4th - Elizabete Paula Ozola, 57.36
7th - Vera Karlsson, 59.59
8th - Andrea Maltoni, 1:00.49
 
Men 100 Backstroke
2nd - Ney Chagas Filho, 49.16
6th - Gabriel da Costa, 51.74
7th - Anton Witzell, 52.40
8th - Andreas Carrascal, 53.35
 
Women 100 Breaststroke
1st - Natalia Dwojak, 1:04.93
3rd - Cornelia Almqvist, 1:05.83
5th - Chloe Daybell, 1:07.62
8th - Annika Luce, 1:15.26
 
Men 100 Breaststroke
4th - Andres Martijena, 57.11
5th - Noah Sadler, 57.32
6th - Mikolaj Dobrindt, 57.66
8th - Martin Racek, 1:01.67
 
Women 400 Freestyle Relay
2nd - Wingate A (Azirovic, Kertynska, Ozola, Andrews), 3:33.04
6th - Wingate B (Mjimba, Garcia, Chadwell, Zapata Ceballos), 3:44.50
 
Men 400 Freestyle Relay
1st - Wingate A (Sebbata, Krstulovic, Topchanalis, Witzell), 3:00.83
3rd - Wingate B (da Costa, Ipkaev, Marcos, Chemeryk), 3:06.15
 
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