For Immediate Release
Thursday, October 3, 2019
NSIC Media Relations



BURNSVILLE, Minn. - For the fourth consecutive season, St. Cloud State University was picked by the league coaches in the NSIC Swimming & Diving Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The defending NSIC Champions received all seven first place votes (coaches cannot vote for own team) and amassed 49 points, seven points ahead of Minnesota State. The Mavericks received the other first place vote in the poll to amass 42 points.

St. Cloud State’s Chelsea Gehrke was named the NSIC Preseason Swimmer of the Year while teammate Alyssa Doherty earned NSIC Preseason Diver of the Year honors.

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.

The NSIC Swimming and Diving season will get underway this week with the regular season culminating at the NSIC Swimming & Diving Championship on February 12-15, 2020 at the BSC Aquatic Center in Bismarck, North Dakota; hosted by the University of Mary.

NSIC Athletes to Watch - 2019-20
Preseason Players of the Year in Italics (More info at link above)