Prague, Czech Republic----Wingate University graduate Chris Manwaring (’06, Vancouver, B.C.) is currently playing for England in the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship. The tournament is being held at the Slavia Eden Ice Hockey Arena in Prague. Through his first two games, he has scored seven goals and has dished out three assists.

Manwaring scored four goals against Australia in a 20-8 victory; he then followed with three goals and three assists against Slovakia in a 24-7 triumph. England currently sits in second place (two points) with a combined score of 44-15.

Manwaring and his English teammates will play again on Tuesday, May 24 against group rivals Canada. The Canadian lacrosse team is currently leading their group by a score of 53-3. Canada was able to beat Slovakia 27-1 and Australia 26-2.

While attending Wingate, Manwaring was a strong offensive force and a tough defender. He gave the Bulldogs strong leadership throughout his career. Manwaring managed to enter the record books five times from his 2006 season.

The Hugh McRoberts Secondary School graduate currently holds four spots in individual season records – he is third in the goals category with 39, ninth in shots with 87, second in goals per game with 2.79, seventh in shots per game with 6.21. He also has one spot in the individual game records category from scoring seven goals in one game against Pfeiffer on the March 22, 2006.

In 2006, Manwaring and his Bulldog teammates compiled a 10-5 overall record with a 7-2 ledger in the Deep South Conference. The Bulldogs shared the 2006 DSC regular season championship with four schools, marking the first DSC regular season title in Wingate’s lacrosse history. Manwaring also spent two seasons (2007, 2008) as a graduate assistant coach for the Bulldogs.

WINGATE UNIVERSITY

Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a comprehensive university with more than 2,300 students on three campuses in Wingate, Matthews and Hendersonville, N.C. The university offers 32 undergraduate majors, 36 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, graduate degrees in business, accounting, physician assistant studies and sports administration and doctorates in pharmacy and education.

Wingate students gain the tools and support they need to excel in academics and apply that learning toward an extraordinary career and life. The campus community offers in-class learning, out-of-class experiences, strong mentors, a competitive yet caring environment and rewarding community service opportunities for a complete educational experience.

Bulldog student-athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports. Wingate University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past five years.

Wingate University is ranked number three among NCAA Division II Academic All-America® producing schools in the 2000’s with 38 honorees during this millennium. Only Pittsburg State (Kan.) University and Truman State (Mo.) University have produced more Academic All-America® honorees during this time period. Wingate’s 47 Academic All-America® honorees (lifetime) is tops among all SAC schools.

(Wingate University student intern Robert Cook contributed this article. A rising senior from Bradford, England, Cook is majoring in Sport Management with a Marketing minor.)