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Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University men's and women's swimming teams begin their 2025-26 season Saturday, October 11, hosting Lenoir-Rhyne University in a dual meet at the Wingate Natatorium. The first event is slated for a 1 p.m. start.
 
Looking at the 2025-26 schedule …
Complete 2025-26 #WUSWIM schedule
 
- Wingate has three home meets during the first semester
- WU hosts Lenoir-Rhyne Saturday and Queens Friday, October 17
- The 'Dogs host Carson-Newman December 12-13
- Wingate concludes October with a visit to Catawba on the 31st
- November includes two multi-day meets
- The Emory Fall Invitational is November 7-8
- The Queens Fall Frenzy is November 20-23
- Wingate ventures to Florida for training trip on January 4
- The Bulldogs face Tampa and Lynn at Tampa on January 10
- Wingate's Senior Day Ceremony is Saturday, January 17
- Post-season begins with the SAC Championship Meet February 4-7
- The Kingsport (Tenn.) Aquatic Center is hosting this year's SAC meet
- The Emory Last Chance Invitational is February 20-21
- NCAAs are March 10-14 in Evansville, Indiana
 
Looking back at 2024-25 … 'Dogs take both SAC titles for third year in a row
 
- Fernando Dehaudt was the SAC men's Swimmer of the Year
- Dehaudt added SAC Freshman of the Year to his awards ledger
- Kevin Hennessy earned the SAC men's swimming Coach of the Year award
- Natalia Dwojak was the SAC women's Swimmer of the Year
- Wingate swept the '25 SAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards
- Ney Chagas Filho and Marta Beesmans Barquero earned these honors
- Chagas Filho earned CSC Academic All-America honors as well
- Wingate had 10 first team All-American swims at the '25 NCAAs
- The 'Dogs earned 12 honorable mention All-American swims at NCAAs
- The Bulldog men took sixth of 36 teams who tallied points at the '25 NCAAs
- The WU women finished 13th of 39 schools who scored points at the '25 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 six sixth-place showings
- The Bulldogs swept the SAC championships in '23, '24 and '25, winning both titles
- WU won 11 Bluegrass Mountain Conference crowns while BMC members
- The 'Dogs won seven BMC men's titles and four BMC women's crowns
- WUSWIM student-athletes have earned Academic All-America® honors 40 times
- WUSWIM's Academic All-America® breakdown includes 23 men and 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 30 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 17 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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