Skip To Main Content

Northern Michigan University

The Official Website of the Northern Michigan Wildcats Northern Michigan Wildcats
Silver-Medal Winning 200 Free Relay Team at 2025 NCAAs
Last year's silver medal earning 200 free relay team (Nolles, Khmara, Fulconi, LaCount)

Men's Swimming and Diving Braden Golisek - Assistant Director of Sports Information

PREVIEW: 17 Qualify for NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

MARQUETTE, Mich. -- 17 student-athletes from the men's and women's swim and dive teams have been selected to compete in the 2026 NCAA Championships.

This year's championships will be held at Deaconess Aquatic Center in Evansville, Ind., on Tuesday, March 10, through Saturday, March 14. Each day will feature a morning prelim session to qualify as one of the top-16 for the evening A and B finals.

For all things DII NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, you can head to NCAA.com. Live video will be provided by the NCAA, and fans can follow along with live results at Swimresults.tech.

What to Watch
Decorated swimmer, Leo Nolles, returns to the NCAA championships for one final time. Last year, the Olympian took home bronze medals in the 50 and 100 free and anchored the 200 free relay to a silver medal, finishing just 0.03 seconds off a gold. Nolles was a first-team All-American in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, and a second-team All-American in the 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay.

That silver medal relay team of William LaCount, Gabriel Fulconi, Daniel Khmara, and Nolles all return for another run at the gold. Those same four made up the first-team All-America finishing 400 free relay team. 

Kalina Ceglinski, one of the best divers in the country, is coming off GLIAC Diver of the Year recognition. Ceglinski will look to get out of the diving qualifications and earn more All-America awards to add to her collection, after she was named first-team in the 3-meter and second-team in the 1-meter a season ago. 

Freshman Matteo Ballardin enters his first NCAA Championships after a dominant GLIAC Championship where he won a handful of gold medals and was named GLIAC Swimmer and Freshman of the Year. Ballardin's times slot in the top-five of three of his events. 


Men's Team Invitees Women's Team Invitees
NMU Individual Psych Sheet

Event 4 - 200 IM
5 - Ballardin

Event 6 - 50 Free
7 - Nolles
15 - LaCount
23 - Leroux

Event 8 - 1000 Free
30 - Garin

Event 13 - 100 Fly
16 - Nolles

Event 15 - 400 IM
3 - Balalrdin

Event 16 - 200 Free
42 - Santi

Event 17 - 200 Free
42 - Leroux

Event 21 - 500 Free
20 - Santi

Event 22 - 500 Free
38 - Garin

Event 23 - 100 Back
29 - Pierce

Event 26 - 100 Breast
19 - Tease

Event 28 - 200 Fly
3 - Ballardin

Event 33 - 100 Free
11 - Leroux
24 - Nolles
36 - LaCount

Event 34 - 200 Back
23 - Pierce

Event 37 - 200 Breast
22 - Ballardin

Event 39 - 1650 Free
16 - Garin






 
Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Kalina Ceglinski

Kalina Ceglinski

5' 1"
Junior
Carlotta Santi

Carlotta Santi

5' 3"
Junior
Grace Daly

Grace Daly

Freshman
Evangeline Pierce

Evangeline Pierce

Freshman
Diego Carrillo

Diego Carrillo

5' 9"
Junior
Gabriel Fulconi

Gabriel Fulconi

5' 11"
Junior
Daniel Khmara

Daniel Khmara

5' 9"
Senior
William LaCount

William LaCount

Senior
Jef Leroux

Jef Leroux

6' 5"
Senior
Leo Nolles

Leo Nolles

Senior

Players Mentioned

Kalina Ceglinski

Kalina Ceglinski

5' 1"
Junior
Carlotta Santi

Carlotta Santi

5' 3"
Junior
Grace Daly

Grace Daly

Freshman
Evangeline Pierce

Evangeline Pierce

Freshman
Diego Carrillo

Diego Carrillo

5' 9"
Junior
Gabriel Fulconi

Gabriel Fulconi

5' 11"
Junior
Daniel Khmara

Daniel Khmara

5' 9"
Senior
William LaCount

William LaCount

Senior
Jef Leroux

Jef Leroux

6' 5"
Senior
Leo Nolles

Leo Nolles

Senior