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No. 5 Wingate wins 13-of-14 events in 199-63 CC triumph over No. 11 Catawba Friday

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Wingate, N.C.----The No. 5 Wingate men's swimming team won 13-of-14 events in a 199-63 Conference Carolinas triumph over No. 11 Catawba Friday afternoon at the Wingate Natatorium. Bulldog junior Yassine Sebbata contributed to four victories, two individual and two relay.
 
Sebbata and the Bulldogs started the day with a new team and pool record in the 200 Medley Relay, touching first with a time of 1:26.46. Sebbata swam the anchor leg. He was joined by freshmen Arons Roderts and Simon Meuller and junior team captain Vladimir Krstulovic.
 
The Bulldogs established eight Wingate Natatorium pool records Friday. Sebbata had a hand in four with his two individual and two relay victories. Both Roderts and Meuller contributed to two new pool standards each.
 
WU Natatorium pool records established Oct. 16, 2026
 
200 Medley Relay, 1:26.46
Team members: Roderts, Krstulovic, Meuller, Sebbata
 
200 Freestyle, 1:36.30
Yassine Sebbata
 
200 Butterfly, 1:47.82
Tommaso Gasperini
 
100 Freestyle, 43.64
Yassine Sebbata
 
200 Backstroke, 1:47.94
Andreas Carrascal
 
200 Breaststroke, 2:01.41
Daniel Nigg
 
100 Butterfly, 46.83
Simon Meuller
 
200 Freestyle Relay, 1:20.50
Team members: Sebbata, Roderts, Bartosz Szmytke, Manoel Silva
 
Up Next for the No. 10 Bulldogs
 
Wingate visits Queens University of Charlotte for dual meet Saturday, October 24. The first event is slated to begin at 11 a.m. inside the Levine Center.
 
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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