Queens picked off Wingate on the road tonight in a nailbiter, 105-100.
Queens Press Release
WINGATE, N.C. –The Queens University of Charlotte men’s swimming team, ranked second in the first official CSCAA Poll of the season, defeated No. 13 Wingate by a score of 105-100 this evening on the road. The Royals won seven events to pull out the nail biter over the Bulldogs this evening.
"I’m proud of our men traveling to Wingate and fighting hard, and driving away with a win,” said Queens Head Coach Jeff Dugdale.
Dion Dreesens took the win in tonight’s 1000 yard freestyle in 9:26.36, an NCAA B standard. The next top finisher was Ben Evans of Wingate with a time of 9:44.65. Dreesens also grabbed second place finish in the 200 yard freestyle in 1:40.68.
Nick Arakelian was successful winning the 200 yard individual medley and the 500 yard freestyle. He took the win in the individual medley in 1:49.95, beating Sebastian Homberg of Wingate who clocked in at 1:52.20 and posting an NCAA B standard time. Arakelian then tapped the wall in 4:38.73 in the 500 yard freestyle to beat Wingate’s Evans who finished second in 4:42.98.
Paul Pijulet also totaled two wins individually this evening. He raced in the 100 yard butterfly, taking first in 48.86, and he won the 100 yard backstroke in 49.35. Both times met the NCAA B standard.
Two of the Royals’ wins tonight came as they electrified the pool in the relay races. Queens’ Zach, Bunner, Devyn Huges, Enzo Pazos and Ben Mayes teamed up to take first in the 200 yard medley relay with a time of 1:33.36. The group edged the competition who clocked in at 1:33.40.
Queens’ 400 yard freestyle relay team also secured a first place win on the night as Dreesens, Mayes, Pijulet and Arakelian teamed up to post a time of 3:02.22, an NCAA B standard. Queens also grabbed second in the race as Parker Cook-Weeks, Nick Crott, Chris Glafenhein and Brad Hancock tapped the wall in 3:09.79.
The Royals will be back in action on Saturday, November 5 when they welcome Gardner Webb and Richmond to the Levine Aquatic Center for a tri-meet.
Wingate Press Release
The Queens University of Charlotte Royals finished one-two in the 400 Freestyle Relay, rallying for a 105-100 NCAA Division II men's swimming victory over Wingate University at the WU Natatorium Friday night. Queens is the number two team in the NCAA Division II, while Wingate is the number 13 squad. The Royals are two-time defending national champion.
"I couldn't have asked for a better beginning for our season," Wingate head men's swimming coach Kirk Sanocki says. "A win would have been better, but with the number of first-time competitors we had tonight...I would say this is one of our best starts in recent memory on the men's side."
Wingate was victorious in four individual events Friday. SeniorLeif-Henning Klüver (Risum-Lindholm, Germany) led the Bulldogs, winning the 200 and 100 Freestyles with times of 1:40.50 and 46.15, respectively. Klüver's 200 Freestyle victory was also an individual pool record time.
Senior Mehdi Zeraidi (Brussels, Belgium) took home the gold medal in the 50 Freestyle with a 21.47 clocking. WU junior Tripp Wright (Cypress, Texas) and senior Lucas Cuadros (Cali, Columbia) both tied for the second-place finish in the 50 Freestyle with times of 21.78.
Sophomore Nathan Kimbel (Yorktown, Va.) earned the individual crown in the 100 Breaststroke with a clocking of 57.57. FreshmanLeo Zabudkin (Frankfurt, Germany) finished as the runner-up behind Kimbel with a time of 58.04 in his first collegiate meet. Freshman Ben Evans (Dover, England) took home the silver medal in both the 1000 Freestyle (9:44.65) and 500 Freestyle (4:42.98) in his first collegiate races as a Bulldog.
Queens junior Dion Dreesens (Venray, Netherlands) was the 1000 Freestyle individual champion and earned a pool record with his triumphant time of 9.26.36. Royals junior Nicholas Arakelian(Livonia, Mich.) claimed first-place in the 200 Individual Medley with a time of 1:49.95, which was also good for a pool record.
The Wingate University men's and women's swimming teams are in action next Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. for a quad meet at the Mecklenburg County Aquatics Center in Charlotte. The host Bulldogs will welcome the Lenoir-Rhyne University Bears, the Catawba College Indians and the Limestone College Saints to the event.
