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Wingate University Athletics

2019-20 Men's Swimming Roster

Todd Montgomery
Hugh Patton
Ed Cottingham
Hugh Patton
Stacey Wylie Fields

Markus Furst

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Jönköping, Sweden

Biography


2019-20 (SENIOR)

  • Elected team captain by his teammates

2018-19 (JUNIOR)

  • Received All-Conference honors for two events at the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championship: 100-yard backstroke (fourth, 49.13) and 200-yard individual medley (sixth, 1:49.96)
  • Also competed in the 200-yard backstroke (seventh, 1:49.96)
  • Earned All-American Honorable Mention honors as a member of the 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay, and 800-yard freestyle relay at the 2019 NCAA Division II National Championship
  • Received Google Cloud Academic All-America and Google Cloud Academic All-District III honors from CoSIDA
  • Earned CSCAA Scholar All-American honors for his achievements in both the classroom and the pool

2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Concluded 2018 season with an emphatic second-place finish in the 400 Freestyle Relay (2:56.48) at the NCAA Division II championship meet in Greensboro
  • Wingate had entered the NCAA 400 Free Relay as the number eight seed; Furst swan third leg
  • Earned All-American honors in the 400 Free Relay and the 200 Free Relay (seventh, 1:20.70)
  • Also swan 800 Freestyle Relay (10th, 6:34.03) and the 100 (45.01) and 200 Freestyles (1:39.01) at the NCAA meet
  • In first Bluegrass Mountain Conference meet, seven swims, seven All-BMC honors
  • BMC times: 200 Medley Relay (second, 1:27.89), 800 Freestyle Relay (second, 6:33.03), 200 Individual Medley (1:48.84), 200 Freestyle Relay (second, 1:20.85), 200 Freestyle (fourth, 1:38.31), 100 Freestyle (fifth, 44.98) and 400 Freestyle Relay (second, 2:56.62)
  • Earned CSCAA Scholar All-American laurels for his achievements in the classroom and the pool

2016-17 (FRESHMAN)

  • Joined the Bulldog family in the spring of 2017
Events:
50-yard freestyle (22.71), 100-yard freestyle (46.30), 200-yard freestyle (1:41.37), 50-yard backstroke (22.88), 100-yard backstroke (48.78), 200-yard backstroke (1:48.61), 100-yard butterfly (52.18), and 200-yard individual medley (1:49.96)

Historical Player Information

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  • 2018-19Junior

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