Preseason Preview: Swimming and Diving

BELOIT, Wis. – The Midwest Conference league workplace introduced the 2025 Preseason Coaches’ Polls for each Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving at the moment. 

Grinnell College as soon as once more is closely favored to safe each the boys’s and ladies’s titles. While Grinnell appears to proceed its dynasty, Beloit College is aiming to make vital strides, bolstered by returning expertise and promising newcomers.

On the boys’s facet, Grinnell College garnered 64 factors and eight of 9 first-place votes, positioning them for a outstanding tenth straight league title. St. Norbert College (53 factors) and Lake Forest College (50 factors) rounded out the highest three. Beloit College positioned eighth within the ballot with 14 factors, whereas ending seventh within the 2024-25 MWC season.

For the ladies’s groups, Grinnell additionally took the highest spot with 64 factors and eight first-place votes, in search of their fifth consecutive championship crown. St. Norbert College (55 factors) and Lake Forest College (52 factors) adopted. Beloit College secured fifth place within the ladies’s ballot with 33 factors.

Despite the difficult aggressive panorama, Beloit Head Coach Dan Vale, getting into his second season, is optimistic in regards to the Buccaneers’ prospects. “We are eager to see how our small but strong team is able to compete in our Conference,” stated Coach Vale. “On the Women’s side, we are excited to see how Lydia Nordgren (South Beloit, Ill.) builds on her Newcomer of the Year season last year, and to see Elsa Gregory take the lead as our top diver after two Top-3 Conference finishes last year. On the Men’s side, Jeremy Mueller (Loves Park, Ill.) should continue his dominance and we hope to see him reach new heights. We also are excited for freshman Jordan Hodges to fill some gaps from last year’s team and compete near the top of our Conference in a variety of events.”

The 2025-26 season kicks off for the Buccaneers on October eleventh after they host Ripon and Lake Forest in a double twin. The season will culminate on the 2026 MWC Swimming & Diving Championships, hosted by Grinnell College from Thursday, February 19, by Sunday, February 22.