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Women's Swimming and Diving 10/1/2025 8:40:00 AM

PREVIEW: Women's Swim and Dive at Home to open 25/26 Season

MARQUETTE, Mich. - The NMU women's swim and dive team is at home to officially open the 25/26 campaign, welcoming St. Cloud, Davenport, and Lake Superior State.

The Wildcats host two sessions on Friday, October 3, with the first at 10 a.m. and second at 4:30 p.m., followed by one session at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 4 from the PEIF Pool. Admittance is free to the public.

You can catch the action on FloSports here.

The women are coming off a successful NCAA Championships and a second place finish at the GLIAC Championships in 24/25. Key returners include All-American diver Kalina Ceglinski, All-American distance Anika Wright, and GLIAC medalists Annika Geyer, Abigail Keen, and Carlotta Santi. Head coach Heidi Voigt welcomed ten freshmen to the squad, some of whom have already made an impact: at the NMU Green & Gold intra squad meet, Ludovica Bonini finished first and third in the 50 and 100 breast, and Laura Stockinger claimed first in the 100 back.

St. Cloud, a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), was selected to finish third in the 25/26 coaches preseason poll after finishing third last season, receiving one first-place vote in the poll. Sophomore Hallie Drossel returns to the team after a successful freshman campaign, and was selected as the conference's preseason Swimmer of the Year.

Davenport is coming off of a fourth place finish at the GLIAC Championships and are welcoming back sophomore Nadia Jastrzabek, GLIAC Freshman of the Year after finishing second in the 50 free, 100 free, and 100 breast, setting school records in all three events and setting a GLIAC record in the 100 free before being edged out by Lucy Hedley of GVSU.

The Lakers, entering their second season as a program, just hired Tim O'Neil as the next Director of Intercollegiate Swimming and Aquatics over the summer. O'Neill comes to LSSU after guiding Lewis University to some best finishes in program history, including 42 NCAA qualifying times and 10 school records in his first season as head coach.

Hear from Heidi Voigt
"We have three teams at home this weekend, the most teams we've had at a home event since I've been here... it's always fun for us to race at home, [The student-athletes] have pride in being at our pool."

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Players Mentioned

Kalina Ceglinski: 5' 1"; Junior

Annika Geyer: 5' 9"; Junior

Abigail Keen: 5' 10"; Junior

Carlotta Santi: 5' 3"; Junior

Anika Wright: 5' 8"; Junior

Ludovica Bonini: Freshman

Laura Stockinger: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Kalina Ceglinski
: 5' 1"; Junior

Annika Geyer
: 5' 9"; Junior

Abigail Keen
: 5' 10"; Junior

Carlotta Santi
: 5' 3"; Junior

Anika Wright
: 5' 8"; Junior

Ludovica Bonini
: Freshman

Laura Stockinger
: Freshman