BURNSVILLE, Minn. - Augustana University earned the top spot in the in the NSIC Swimming & Diving Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The defending NSIC Champions amassed 61 points and six first place votes to finish five points ahead of Minnesota State, which had 56 points and two first place votes. St. Cloud State (47), Sioux Falls (42) and Northern State (35) round out the top five. Concordia-St. Paul was sixth with 24 points and the final first place vote.
Augustana's Bryn Greenwaldt was named the NSIC Preseason Swimmer of the Year while St. Cloud State's Kailey Fossell earned NSIC Preseason Diver of the Year honors.
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 22 with the regular season culminating at the NSIC Swimming & Diving Championship on February 14-17, 2024 at the Midco Aquatic Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; hosted by the University of Sioux Falls.