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2006-07 Women's Swimming Season Outlook

Coming out of a challenging but successful and impressive 2006-2007 season, the Bulldogs look forward to this year with hopes to re-capture the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championship.  Last season, Wingate placed second at the conference meet with seven All-Conference swimmers out of 10 women total.  Along the way, the Bulldogs set new conference and team records, and qualified five women for NCAA Division II Nationals. The Bulldogs have had a five year stretch of winning the conference championship or finishing secon, winning back-to-back championships in 2004 and 2005.

Last year the team graduated three All-Americans including Captain Kristin Newman, Laura Gold, and Tiffany Sochurek, as well as two outstanding teammates Julie Gundersen and Bridget Melvin.  The Bulldogs will now look to senior Rebekah Moody for leadership and performance. 

As an All-American in the 200 medley relay, Moody will lead the team once again as Co-Captain in her senior year. She will take on the butterfly and I.M. events and will look to be a major contributing factor in regaining the conference champion title she helped earn in 2005.  Also contributing to the butterfly as well as freestyle events will be sophomore and four-time All-American Lara Golesorkhi and Junior Anya Orzechowska.

Holding team records in the 100 and 200, senior Maria Vlashchenko will once again lead the Bulldogs in the breastroke Events.  Vlashchenko is a five-time All-American, and will be essential in the success of the Bulldogs this season.  

Returning sophomore swimmers Rebecca Gerbert and Samantha Vencl increase the depth of the team. Gerbert will mainly swim the sprint freestyle events while Vencl will concentrate on the backstroke and I.M events. 

This year the Bulldogs have the largest incoming freshmen class of their six year history.  Freshmen Kelsey Trabue, Jordan East, Kelly Crossen, and Sarah Erickson will look to strengthen the Bulldog’s core in the distance events.

Looking to reinforce the backstroke and other stroke events this year will be freshmen Nicole Moody, Henni Coetzer, and Anna Rogers. Larisa Gaba will be looked to work along side of Moody and Vencl in the IM events.  Finally two members of the incoming class, Katie Bayag and Cheryl Vaccaro, will swim mainly the sprint freestyle events as well as stroke events.  

The women’s season this year kicks off on Saturday, October 27 with a home meet against Davidson College and Howard University.  This year the Bulldogs will face off against some tough Division I schools such as UNC Wilmington and East Carolina.  Coach Kirk Sanocki believes that this year could potentially be the most successful season in the history of the Bulldogs.  

The Bulldogs practice and compete in the six-lane, 25-yard Cannon Athletic Complex Natatorium. The swimming facility is utilized for athletic events, lesson, classes and recreation. The natatorium also houses the office of aquatics director and head women's swimming coach Kirk Sanocki.

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