CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Swimming for the first time this season in front of a home crowd Gardner-Webb senior Nathan Lile, freshman Joshua Clarke, and sophomore Tyler Gomez collected wins this afternoon, but it would prove to not be enough as the Wingate University Bulldogs won the dual meet 181-134 in Boiling Springs, N.C.

Lile collected the first win of the afternoon in the 100 free as he swam the speedy time of 46.04, junior Connor Bos who swam well last night finished fourth in the event with a time of 47.80

In the very next event of the day the 200 back, Clarke the freshman from Dillsburg, Pennsylvania led the pack finishing first from a time of 1:54.60 ahead of fellow teammates John Baker (1:54.73) and Peter Wakeley (1:56.37).READ MORE

The Old Dominion swimming and diving team competed at the prestigious Nike Cup at North Carolina over the weekend.

Monarch senior Reed Mathews highlighted the weekend with a runner-up finish in the men's 200-yard butterfly, recording a NCAA B Standard time of 1:44.41. The Colorado native also captured ninth place in the 100-yard fly with an NCAA B Standard time of 47.65.

In the 200-yard freestyle relay, Mathews, Anton Mikaelsson, Jacob Zeidler and Graham Thatcher recorded a fourth place finish (1:22.32) and also swam to 10th place in the 400-yard medley relay (3:19.31). READ MORE

Florida Atlantic University men's and women's swimming and diving completed the Georgia Tech Invitational on Saturday night.

In the first event of the finals, Abbey King took fourth in the 1650 freestyle with a final time of 16:48.06.  Rachel Crino had another great swim, finishing sixth overall in the 200 back with a final time of 2:00.02.

Other highlights from the women's side today came from Hannah Roper, and Paulina Boeger. Roper had a strong performance in the 200 breast today, finishing in a final time of 2:20.67. Boeger followed suite finishing 16th overall in the 200 back with a final 2:01.74. READ MORE