Greensboro, N.C.----Wingate University junior Marko Blazevski (Skopje, Macedonia) won the men’s 500 Freestyle at the inaugural All-North Carolina Invitational Friday night at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Blazevski posted a victorious time of 4:34.77. Fourteen schools are participating in this event.

Wingate was 10th in the men’s 200 Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:26.92. Seniors Spencer Waganaar (Satellite Beach, Fla.) and Rory Julyan (Cape Town, South Africa) were joined by junior Reed Miller (Mobile, Ala.) and sophomore Issam Zeraidi (Brussels, Belgium). Duke won the men’s 200 Freestyle Relay.

In the women’s 500 Freestyle, Wingate claimed places 11-13. Bulldog redshirt freshman Julie Wessler (Sprockhövel, Germany) was 11th with a time of 5:14.37, with seniors Elly Speer (Manly, Sydney, Australia, 5:14.38) and Paige Schmidt (Clearwater, Fla., 5:14.75) close behind.

Bulldog junior Katie Pheil (Ocala, Fla.) swam the first leg on two relay quartets. She teamed with senior Eduarda Zucco (Brasque, Brazil), junior Amanda Gilbert (Metairie, La.) and freshman Amanda Ray (Suwanee, Ga.) to swim a 1:42.02 in the 200 Freestyle Relay. Pheil, Ray and juniors Charlotte Cornet (Brussels, Belgium) and Valerie Dembny (Bremen, Germany) posted a 4:03.87 in the 400 Medley Relay.

WINGATE UNIVERSITY

Wingate University, ranked as the 6th “best value” in the South by U.S. News & World Report, serves 2,648 students on three campuses in Wingate, Matthews and Hendersonville, N.C. Founded in 1896, the University offers 34 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, graduate degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant studies and sport administration, and doctorates in pharmacy and education. With a 14 to 1 student/teacher ratio, Wingate students gain the tools and support needed to excel in academics and apply that learning toward an extraordinary career and life.
 
In addition to a robust intramural athletics program, Wingate student athletes compete in 20 NCAA Division II sports. The University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past six years.
 
Wingate is first among NCAA Division II Academic All-America®-producing private colleges in the 2000’s with 50 selections. Among North Carolina’s colleges and universities, Wingate’s 50 Academic All-America® honorees are first during this millennium. Wingate’s 59 lifetime Academic All-America® picks are tops among all SAC schools. For more information, go to www.wingatebulldogs.com.