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Greensboro, N.C.----The NCAA Division II No. 8 Wingate University women's swimming team captured its third consecutive South Atlantic Conference championship at the Greensboro Aquatic Center Saturday. Bulldog junior Natalia Dwojak (Lublin, Poland) was voted Swimmer of the Meet by the league's six coaches. Wingate collected 1897 points, outdistancing Catawba by 115 markers. Carson-Newman was third. 
 
What They Are Saying
Wingate director of athletics Joe Reich
 
"Congrats to Coach Kevin Hennessy and both the women's and men's swim teams on an outstanding performance. They have created a great culture of success in their programs and they are seeing the fantastic results of this."
 
Wingate senior team captain Lucie Andrews (London, England)
 
"I'm so proud to be part of such an amazing team. We showed up and showed out and put all of our hard work into our racing. There were so many moments to be grateful for and I wouldn't change this for the world! Now it's time to keep pushing hard to prepare for the NCAA national championships in March! WU WHAT?!?"

Wingate's Saturday PM highlights
 
Event 29
Women's 1650 Freestyle
 
Freshman newcomer Livia Kingsland finished second with a time of 17:12.90 (D2B).
 
Event 30
Men's 1650 Freestyle
 
Freshman Fernando Dehaudt (15:23.45, D2B) edged Catawba freshman Nazar Herashchenko by 0.1 seconds to take the 1650 gold medal. Both Dehaudt and Herashchenko lowered the previous meet record, held by Wingate senior team captain Miguel Marcos, who finished third.
 
Event 31
Women's 100 Freestyle

Senior team captain Lucie Andrews snagged a silver medal with her D2B cut time of 50.47. Catawba junior Marit Reckmann won the race. Both Reckmann and Andrews broke Andrews' previous meet record of 50.50.
 
Event 32
Men's 100 Freestyle
 
Freshman Yassine Sebbata finished second with a D2B cut time of 43.71. Sophomore Anton Witzell took third place with his D2B cut time of 43.74.
 
Event 33
Women's 200 Backstroke
 
Wingate swept the podium with senior team captain Marta Beesmans Barquero taking the gold with her D2B cut time of 1:58.97. Sophomores Vera Karlsson and Nicol Bellardi finished second and third, respectively. Both Karlsson and Bellardi earned B cuts.
 
Event 34
Men's 200 Backstroke
 
Senior Gabriel da Costa won the race with his D2B cut time of 1:47.06. Junior Ney Chagas Filho took the silver medal with his time of 1:47.16.
 
Event 35
Women's 200 Breaststroke
 
Senior team captain Cornelia Almqvist finished third with her D2B cut time of 2:16.67. Juniors Natalia Dwojak, Elizabeth Solano and Franziska Muhlberger followed in the 4-5-6 spots.
 
Event 36
Men's 200 Breaststroke
 
Junior Andres Martijena earned a bronze medal with his time of 2:01.23.
 
Event 37
Women's 400 Freestyle Relay
 
Andrews swam the first leg as Wingate won the gold with a D2B cut time of 3:25.07. Andrews was joined (in order) by freshman Elizabete Paula Ozola, junior Giulianna Garcia and sophomore Valentina Zapata Ceballos. Carson-Newman was second.
 
Event 38
Men's 400 Freestyle Relay
 
The Bulldogs touched first with a D2B cut time of 2:56.03. Freshmen Vladimir Krstulovic and Yassine Sebbata got things started, while sophomores Mike Topchanalis and Anton Witzell sealed the deal. Catawba was second.
 
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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