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Gardner-Webb Swimming Completes Last Day of Gamecock Invite
November 17, 2023 | Swimming
The Runnin’ Bulldogs finish the three-day competition
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Gardner-Webb swimming attended the final day of the Gamecock Invitational hosted by the University of South Carolina on Friday, November 17 in the Carolina Natatorium.Â
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The Runnin' Bulldogs men's team finished 4th out of five teams while the women finished 7th out of eight teams. The men scoring 659.50 and the women tallying 141.
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South Carolina's Invite included the likes of: UNCW, Georgia Southern, Vanderbilt, UNF, University of Tampa, and familiar foe Milligan University.
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14 'Dawgs finished in the top three of their heat/finals, a five total upgrade from day two, to help Gardner-Webb on the final day of competition. To highlight the Runnin' Bulldogs, senior Sydney Hall picked up a 1st place finish in heat D of the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:25.20.
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Junior Zuri Ramsey, sophomore Justin Bender, and freshman Davis Adcock each finished in the top-3 of their heat/events twice. Ramsey in the 100-yard freestyle (2nd, 45.98) and the 50-yard freestyle (2nd, 20.93), Bender in the 100-yard breaststroke (2nd, 54.55) and the 200-yard IM (2nd, 1:50.57), and Adcock in the 200-yard backstroke (3rd, 1:51.18) and the 100-yard backstroke (3rd, 50.63).
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In total, 29 GWU Swimmers found the podium at the Gamecock Invitational.
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The Runnin' Bulldogs hit the water next time on Nov. 30 for the USA Swimming Winter Nationals in Greensboro, N.C. for a three-day competition.
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The Runnin' Bulldogs men's team finished 4th out of five teams while the women finished 7th out of eight teams. The men scoring 659.50 and the women tallying 141.
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South Carolina's Invite included the likes of: UNCW, Georgia Southern, Vanderbilt, UNF, University of Tampa, and familiar foe Milligan University.
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14 'Dawgs finished in the top three of their heat/finals, a five total upgrade from day two, to help Gardner-Webb on the final day of competition. To highlight the Runnin' Bulldogs, senior Sydney Hall picked up a 1st place finish in heat D of the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:25.20.
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Junior Zuri Ramsey, sophomore Justin Bender, and freshman Davis Adcock each finished in the top-3 of their heat/events twice. Ramsey in the 100-yard freestyle (2nd, 45.98) and the 50-yard freestyle (2nd, 20.93), Bender in the 100-yard breaststroke (2nd, 54.55) and the 200-yard IM (2nd, 1:50.57), and Adcock in the 200-yard backstroke (3rd, 1:51.18) and the 100-yard backstroke (3rd, 50.63).
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In total, 29 GWU Swimmers found the podium at the Gamecock Invitational.
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The Runnin' Bulldogs hit the water next time on Nov. 30 for the USA Swimming Winter Nationals in Greensboro, N.C. for a three-day competition.
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