STARTING TIME CHANGE FOR UPCOMING QUAD MEET IN CHARLOTTE

Wingate, N.C.----Wingate University head men’s and women’s swimming coach Kirk Sanocki announces a starting time change for Wingate’s quad meet in Charlotte Friday and Saturday. The Bulldogs will entertain Catawba College, Queens University of Charlotte and the Savannah College of Art and Design in a huge early-season encounter at the Mecklenburg County Aquatics Center.

On Friday, warm-ups will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the first event slated for 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, warm-ups will start at 12 noon with the first event scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

The four schools involved in this weekend’s quad meet are members of the Blue Grass Mountain Conference. In 2010, the Wingate men won their third consecutive BGMC championship meet title in February. The Bulldog women placed third in a very tight race.

In March, the Wingate men finished sixth at the NCAA Division II national championship meet in Canton, Ohio. The Bulldogs notched their second consecutive sixth-place showing. The Wingate women also competed in the 2010 national meet, placing 23rd. An astounding 17 Bulldogs (12 men, five women) earned All-American honors.