INFO | GVSU Invitational complete results
 
Holland, Mich.----The Wingate University men's and women's swimming teams opened their 2026-27 season Friday and Saturday, October 9-10, venturing to Michigan for the Grand Valley State University Invitational. The GVSU Lakers hosted this five-team event at the Holland Aquatic Center.
 
On the men's side, No. 7 Wingate finished third with 778.5 points. No. 11 Grand Valley State was first with 809 points, followed by NCAA Division I IU Indianapolis in second with 800.5 points. The No. 11 Wingate women finished fourth with 493 points. The top three schools on the women's side included No. 8 GVSU (953.5 points), IU Indianapolis (616.5) and No. 7 Findlay (537).
 
Wingate men's swimming
GVSU Invite podium finishes
 
200 Free Relay
2nd – Yassine Sebbata, Arons Roderts, Manoel Silva, Vladimir Krstulovic
 
500 Free
1st – Damir Ipkaev, 4:27.84
2nd – Timothee Garin-Coupillaud, 4:31.11
3rd – Fernando Dehaudt, 4:31.12
 
400 Medley Relay
2nd – Roderts, Nicolo Cariboni, Simon Meuller, Sebbata, 3:14.60
 
200 Medley Relay
3rd – Roderts, Ryan Mills, Meuller, Sebbata, 3:14.60
 
400 Individual Medley
2nd – Tommaso Gasperini, 3:58.88
 
100 Fly
2nd – Simon Meuller, 47.56
 
200 Free
1st – Yassine Sebbata, 1:37.56 (NCAA B)
 
100 Back
2nd – Arons Roderts, 48.35 (NCAA B)
 
1000 Free
1st – Damir Ipkaev, 9:17.75 (NCAA B)
2nd – Fernando Dehaudt, 9:22.66 (NCAA B)
3rd – Emil Heigre, 9:24.34 (NCAA B)
 
200 Back
3rd – Yago Rodriguez, 1:50.37
 
100 Free
3rd – Yassine Sebbata, 43.88 (NCAA B)
 
200 Fly
1st – Simon Meuller, 1:47.23 (NCAA B)
 
400 Free Relay
2nd – Sebbata, Krstulovic, Meuller, Silva, 2:55.46 (NCAA B)
 
Next up for No. 7 Wingate
 
Wingate opens its home schedule Friday, Oct. 16, hosting Catawba. The first event is slated for 1 p.m.
 
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
- WUSWIM student-athletes have earned Academic All-America® honors 41 times
- The Bulldogs swept the SAC championships four-of-four times, winning eight titles
- WU won 11 Bluegrass Mountain Conference crowns (seven men's, four women's) while BMC members
 
Wingate University
 
Wingate University is a lab of difference-making that serves more than 3,600 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 18 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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