NEWS | Official Conference Carolinas release
 
Greenville, S.C.----Wingate University graduate student Rebecca de Torres (Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom) is this week's Conference Carolinas Swimmer of the Week, as selected by the league's corporate office. de Torres is honored for the first time this season.
 
Rebecca de Torres
CC Swimmer of the Week
 
Newcomer Rebecca de Torres earned a silver medal and a bronze medal in No. 10 Wingate's double-dual meet at Queens Saturday. Individually, she finished second in the 100 Butterfly with an NCAA B cut time of 55.60. In the first race of the day, de Torres and her teammates took third place in the 400 Medley Relay with a time of 3:49.07.
 
Rebecca de Torres
Event-by-Event versus Queens and Florida Gulf Coast
 
400 Medley Relay, 3:49.07
Team members: Greta Caprara, Emma Tomasoni, Rebecca de Torres, Alison Ludeman
 
50 Freestyle, 23.84
 
100 Butterfly, 55.60 (NCAA B cut)
 
400 Freestyle Relay, 3:30.87
Team members: Ludeman, de Torres, Katherine Perdue, Kristine Lila
 
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. 10 Bulldogs

- The Emory Fall Invitational is Friday and Saturday, 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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