2018-19 Conference Carolinas Men's Swimming Preview and Swimmers to Watch
HIGH POINT, N.C. – The 2018-19 Conference Carolinas Men's Swimming preseason poll has been released. Emmanuel College will enter the season as the favorite to win the first-ever Conference Carolinas Men's Swimming Championship, according to Conference Carolinas coaches.
1. Emmanuel College: The Lions tallied four first-place votes for their total of 40 points to be crowned the early season favorite in 2018-19 by Conference coaches.
Swimmers to Watch:
- Stanislas Raczynski (Sr.)
- Alex Sobers (Jr.)
2. Barton College: The Bulldogs rank second in the poll with 37 points and one first-place vote from coaches.
Swimmers to Watch:
- James Day (Jr.)
- Jaksa Gabric (So.)
- Robert Zamorano (Jr.)
3. Chowan University: The Hawks racked up 33 points from Conference coaches to ranked third in the poll.
Swimmers to Watch:
- James Cameron (Fr.)
- Shaine Olmstead (Fr.)
4. King University: The Tornado rank fourth after posting 32 points.
Swimmers to Watch:
- Jabari Ramsey (Fr.)
- Juan Somoza (Jr.)
- Simen Vik (Fr.)
5. Lees-McRae College: The Bobcats placed fifth in the preseason poll after earning 28 points from Conference coaches.
Swimmers to Watch:
- JD McCray (Fr.)
- Arsham Mirzaei (Jr.)
- Javier Sanchez (Jr.)
2018-19 Men's Swimming Preseason Poll
| School (first-place votes) |
Total |
| 1. Emmanuel (4) |
40 |
| 2. Barton (1) |
37 |
| 3. Chowan |
33 |
| 4. King |
32 |
| 5. Lees-McRae |
28 |
Conference Carolinas is a NCAA Division II athletics conference made up of 11 teams from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. These institutions consist of: Barton College, Belmont Abbey, Converse College, Emmanuel College, Erskine College, King University, Lees-McRae College, Limestone College, University of Mount Olive, North Greenville University, and Southern Wesleyan University.