The MCAC plays host to a wide variety of swimming championships, including the Charlotte Ultra Swim, but this weekend colleges and universities from around the Southeast will put their Fall training on the line at a three-session invitational, starting Saturday at 10 a.m. Session two will be contested at 6 p.m. pm Saturday, with the final session Sunday at 11 a.m. General admission tickets will be on sale at the door.
Both Wingate men’s and women’s teams won the invitational in 2009; the Bulldogs will face a difficult task repeating against the competition slated to participate in the 2010 Frenzy. Wingate will face NCAA Division I College of Charleston, along with Division II rivals Mars Hill College, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Catawba College, Converse College, Limestone College, Pfeiffer University and Queens University of Charlotte. NAIA power the Savannah College of Art and Design rounds out the 10-school field.
In Wingate’s last appearance at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center, the Bulldogs hosted a quad meet Nov. 5-6. The Bulldog women’s swimming and diving team swept the quad meet with Catawba, Queens and SCAD-Savannah. The Bulldog men’s swimming team defeated Catawba and Queens and dropped a heart-breaking decision to SCAD-Savannah.
Wingate head coach Kirk Sanocki has built the Bulldogs into a national contender. In February, the Wingate men won their third consecutive BGMC championship meet title. 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 in 2010.
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