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Women's Swimming

Two relays, two first team All-American swims for Bulldogs Thursday

NCAA | Live D2 swim results
NCAA | Live D2 swim video
 
Indianapolis, Ind.----The Wingate University women's and men's 400 Medley Relay squads continued their recent trend with first team All-American swims at the NCAA Division II swimming and diving national championships Thursday evening. Wingate is competing inside the IU Natatorium on the campus of IU Indianapolis, as part of the fabulous Division II championships festival.
 
Women's 400 Medley Relay
 
- Team members: Marta Beesmans Barquero, Natalia Dwojak, Valentina Zapata Ceballos and Lucie Andrews
- Wingate posted a time of 3:39.80 to finish fifth
- Class breakdown: Beesmans Barquero and Andrews are senior team captains
- Dwojak is a junior, while Zapata Ceballos is a sophomore swimming in her first NCAAs
 
Men's 400 Medley Relay
 
- Team members: Ney Chagas Filho, Andres Martijena, Mike Topchanalis and Anton Witzell
- Wingate recorded a new school standard with its time of 3:10.90
- The 'Dogs edged St. Cloud State (Minn.) by 0.21 seconds for eighth place and the last podium position
- Class breakdown: Chagas Filho and Martijena are juniors, while Topchanalis and Witzell are sophomores
 
Big night for NCAA newbies Zapata Ceballos and Sebbata
 
- Valentina Zapata Ceballos and freshman Yassine Sebbata earned honorable mention AA laurels Thursday
- Zapata Ceballos finished 12th in the women's 100 Fly (54.95)
- Yassine Sebbata was 11th in the men's 200 Free (1:36.24)
- Both Zapata Ceballos and Sebbata are first-time NCAA participants
 
Next on the #WUSWIM agenda
 
- Friday morning prelims begin at 10 a.m.
- Friday night finals start at 5:30 p.m.
- The NCAA will provide live video for each of the nine sessions at this link
- The NCAA is furnishing live results at this link 

A quick glance at the '25 NCAA leader boards
 
- Drury tops both the men's and the women's leader boards
- The Drury men have 268 points, while the DU women have 262 points
- Both Wingate teams are 11th after 20 events
- The Bulldog women have 74 points; Thirty-one squads have scored points
- The Wingate men have 69 points; Thirty-three teams have scored points
 
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 29 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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