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Men's Swimming and Diving 2/5/2026 10:20:00 AM Braden Golisek - Assistant Director of Sports Information

PREVIEW: GLIAC Championship Weekend for Swim and Dive

MARQUETTE, Mich. -- The wait is finally over. The GLIAC Conference Championships for swimming and diving have arrived.

Taking place from Friday, Febraury 6 to Monday, February 9, the Holland Aquatic Center in Holland, Michigan, will play host as the site of the championships for the fourth-consecutive season.

Entering the weekend, both the men's and women's teams are second to Grand Valley State among conference rankings. Nationally, women's diving ranks fifth thanks to top-ranked diver Kalina Ceglinski, while the men's boards and both men's and women's swimming teams are #11.

Fans will be able to watch the action on Flo Swimming, while also being able to keep up with live results on the Meet Mobile app.

FULL MEET SCHEDULE
Day 1 - Friday, February 6
Prelims (Morning) - 200 IM, 50 Free, 1000, Men's 1M
Finals (Evening) -200 Medley Relay, 1000 (top heat), 200 IM, 50 Free, Men's 1m, 200 Free Relay

Day 2 - Saturday, February 7
Prelims - 100 Fly, 400 IM, 200 Free, Women's 3M
Finals - 100 Fly, 400 IM, 200 Free, Women's 3M, 400 Medley Relay

Day 3 - Sunday, Febraury 8
Prelims - 500 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 Fly, Men's 3M
Finals - 500 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 Fly, Men's 3M, 800 Free Relay

Day 4 - Monday, February 9
Prelims - 100 Free, 200 Back, 200 Breast, 1650, Women's 1M
Finals - 1650 Top 8,100 Free, 200 Back, 200 Breast, Women's 1M, 400 Free Relay

Hear from head coach Heidi Voigt
While the NMU swimming and diving teams gear up for the conference championships, head coach Heidi Voigt says the period leading up to the weekend is crucial for "more rest" and recovery before the first step in some of the most important races of the season.

"Getting them to feel sharper, getting more sleep, and trying to cut out mornings so they're getting more rest... Our group is really excited to get on the road."

The team has had plenty of opportunity for recovery and down time of late, as the teams had two home meets in January and a full week off before the start of the conference championships.

"It was really nice having the weekend off and getting a little more rest. We had team meals which act as a nice wrap-up [to the season], we can talk about conference [championships], and appreciate each other. Having that break is really important for getting our minds right for the weekend."

One of the hardest parts of coaching is making the difficult decisions, with some of those decisions being who will swim where on the weekend.

"Its incredibly hard, and it's been so stressful, and at some point I just need to know that someone I chose to bring is going to go super fast... A few years ago we took a guy to NCAA's because of how fast he swam at conferences, but you do have to make those decisions."

"We have a good concept of who could be on the relays, I have about six to seven that could be the four [who swim]... a lot of times, getting used to someone else swimming in is really important. I may have three different back-strokers on the womens side who could be in the medley relay, so our breast-strokers have to be ready for three different tempos... and at conferences, you only get one relay, as opposed to other meets where you can have multiple. That gets tricky as well."

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Players Mentioned

Kalina Ceglinski: 5' 1"; Junior

Players Mentioned

Kalina Ceglinski
: 5' 1"; Junior