For Immediate Release
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Women's Swimmer of the Week
Lilly Grebner (IM, Fr., Aberdeen, S.D. / Aberdeen Christian HS) - Northern State 
- Opened her collegiate career on Friday night as a member of three winning relay teams against CSP and SMSU
- In the 3x100 Relay (3:04.10) the team won by 13.67 seconds
- In the 400 Medley Relay (4:08.32) NSU won by 8.19 seconds, and the 400 Individual Medley Relay (4:17.09) won by 12.71 seconds
- Was the fastest swimmer for NSU on each of their three winning relay teams
- Swam to two individual event wins and was apart of another relay win on Saturday in dual with CSP
- In the 200 Freestyle, won with a time of 1:56.73
- Won the 100 Butterfly with a time of 59.90
- Was NSU's fastest swimmer on the winning 200 Freestyle Relay (1:43.79) with a time of 24.65
 
Other Top Swimming Performances
Farida Maher (CSP) won the 500 yard freestyle at 5:31.29 in a dual with Northern State. Concordia also had a number of second-place finishes as most events featured four or five swimmers. Five different swimmers earned second place swims as the team also added a second place finish among three in the 200 yard medley relay.

SMSU recorded first-place finishes in six of 10 events in the Northern State Relay Meet. Maija Geier, Heather Arlen, and Juliana Villa won the 3x100 yard backstroke relay with a time of 3:08.22. Ella Swanson, Addi Schroeder, Olivia Sholl followed up the victory with a win of their own, taking the 3x100 yard breaststroke relay in 3:40.63.  SMSU would go on to win the 800-yard freestyle relay, as Quincie Klein, Elayna Geiser, Villa, and MacKenzie Kallevig finished with a time of 8:36.43. Schroeder, Geier, Kallevig, and Klein took the 500-yard freestyle relay at 5:03.25, while also winning the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:44.58. 
 

NSIC Women's Swimming & Diving Athletes of the Week
9/27/22
S: Lilly Grebner - Northern State 
 
About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 25 team national championships and crowned 96 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

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