Courtesy: Northern Sun Conference
BURNSVILLE, Minn. – For the second consecutive season Augustana University sits atop the NSIC Swimming & Diving Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The two-time defending NSIC Champions amassed 62 points and six first place votes to finish three points ahead of Minnesota State, which had 59 points and the other three first place votes. St. Cloud State (49), Sioux Falls (42) and Concordia-St. Paul (35) round out the top five.
Augustana’s Bryn Greenwaldt was named the NSIC Preseason Swimmer of the Year for the second consecutive season while teammate Avery Lommel earned NSIC Preseason Diver of the Year honors. Greenwaldt is the two-time NSIC Swimmer of the Year, while Lommel is the reigning NSIC Diver of the Year.
NSIC coaches rank each team from 1 to 8 with a first-place vote receiving 8 points, second place 7, third place 6, etc. Coaches do not rank their own team or vote for their own players in the preseason poll.
The NSIC sponsored women’s swimming and diving during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 academic years with the aid of affiliated members. In 2016-17 season, NSIC Swimming and Diving returned as a seven team all NSIC sport. In 2019-20 the NSIC moved to eight participating members with the addition of Southwest Minnesota State and is now a nine-team league with the addition of Concordia-St. Paul in 2020-21.
The NSIC Swimming and Diving season will get underway on Friday, September 27 with the regular season culminating at the NSIC Swimming & Diving Championship on February 12-15, 2025 at the Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo, North Dakota.; hosted by Minnesota State University Moorhead.
