PREVIEW: #8 Males’s Swim and Dive at Dwelling for Two Meets

MARQUETTE, Mich. – The #8 ranked NMU males’s swim and dive crew is at dwelling this weekend, welcoming the #11 Wayne State Warriors.

The Wildcats and the Warriors begin with a Skins Meet on Friday, November 7, at 5 p.m., adopted by a twin meet on Saturday, November 8, at 10 a.m. from the PEIF Pool. For these unfamiliar with the time period, a ‘skins’ occasion is an thrilling collection of back-to-back dash races which function on a knockout foundation, with the 2 remaining swimmers racing one another in a head-to-head last race. Rounds are fired off at brief, set intervals, which means athletes should not solely dash, but additionally recuperate and reset shortly.

Admittance to the PEIF Pool is free for spectators, and streaming protection will probably be supplied on Flo Sports. The service will probably be linked as soon as the stream is dwell and able to go. 

The ‘Cats are boasting some high instances within the convention by way of 4 meets. The Wildcats are at the moment led by freshman Timothee Garin with Olympian and All-American Leo Nolles within the early going of the season. Garin, a distance swimmer, at the moment holds the third and fourth-fastest instances within the 500 and 1000 free amongst convention foes, with each of his instances already incomes D2 B requirements in each of these occasions, and his time of 9:21.12 the Twelfth-fastest in all of D2. Nolles holds the highest time within the 50 fly, and D2 B requirements and the 2nd quickest instances within the 50 free and 100 fly. Nolles’ time of 20.00 within the 50 free can also be the second-fastest time within the nation, behind solely Evan Scotto Divetta of GVSU, and William LaCount’s time of 20.38 is third within the convention and Twelfth within the nation. Nolles’ 50 and 100 fly instances are each seventh-best within the nation.

Fellow freshman Matteo Ballardin can also be discovering a plethora of success early into his collegiate profession, as he holds the second-fastest instances within the convention within the 200 free, 200 IM, 200 breast, and 200 fly, whereas additionally holding a pair of D2 B requirements within the 200 free and 200 IM. Nationally, Ballardin’s 200 breast time of two:01.14 is the sixth-fastest, his 200 IM time is eighth, and his 200 fly time of 1:49.54 is thirteenth within the nation amongst D2 swimmers. Jef Leroux has a D2 B normal and eighth-fastest time within the 100 free, and standout diver Tobie Stiles holds the highest rating within the 1-meter (489.25) and second-best rating within the 3-meter (305.94), each of these numbers additionally first and second within the nation, respectively. 

Both the 200 and 400 relay groups maintain the second-fastest instances within the convention as nicely, with the 400 relay holding the fifth and the 200 relay holding the eighth quickest marks within the nation. The 200 and 400 medley relay groups are in at third and fourth within the convention, respectively. 

Heidi Voigt Media Availability – 10/28/25