NEWS | Official Conference Carolinas release
 
Greenville, S.C.----Wingate University junior freestyle specialist Yassine Sebbata (Temara, Morocco) is this week's Conference Carolinas Swimmer of the Week, as selected by the league's corporate office. Sebbata is honored for the second time this season.
 
Yassine Sebbata
CC Swimmer of the Week
 
Yassine Sebbata won two individual races for the visiting Bulldogs Saturday at Queens. He touched first in the 100 Freestyle (43.34) and the 200 Freestyle (1:37.37). Sebbata also collected two silver medals as a member of Wingate's relay teams.
 
In the last race of the day, Sebbata and his teammates broke the Levine Center pool record in the 400 Freestyle Relay with a time of 2:56.19. Sebbata swam the first leg, followed by Vladimir Krstulovic, Simon Meuller and Manoel Silva.
 
Queens also set a new 400 Freestyle Relay pool standard, as the Royals touched first in 2:55.48. Earlier in the day, Sebbata swam the anchor leg on Wingate's 400 Medley Relay quartet which achieved an NCAA provisional mark.
 
Yassine Sebbata
Event-by-Event versus Queens
 
400 Medley Relay, 3:12.31 (NCAA provisional mark)
Team members: Arons Roderts, Filippo Tabladini, Simon Meuller, Yassine Sebbata
 
100 Freestyle, 43.34 (NCAA B cut)
 
200 Freestyle, 1:37.37 (NCAA B cut)
 
400 Freestyle Relay, 2:56.19
Team members: Sebbata, Vladimir Krstulovic, Meuller, Manoel Silva
 
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
 
On the Horizon for the No. 5 Bulldogs

- The Emory Fall Invitational is Oct. 30-31
- The Queens Fall Frenzy is Nov. 19-22
- Wingate travels to Carson-Newman for a two-day dual meet Dec. 11-12
 
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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