Wright and Ceglinski earn GLIAC Swimmer and Diver of the Week

MARQUETTE, Mich. – After a dominant weekend within the pool towards #13 Wayne State, Anika Wright and Kalina Ceglinski have been honored as GLIAC swimmer and diver of the week.

A local of Stillwater, Minnesota, Anika Wright had a incredible weekend within the PEIF pool en path to her second GLIAC weekly honor. In Friday’s ‘skins meet’, the All-American began the weekend by swimming with a second-place 200 free relay staff to associate with less-traditional roles for her, similar to swimming the breaststroke portion of a 200 medley relay staff and competing within the 100 IM, earlier than being knocked out within the semifinals of the skins portion. In Saturday’s 239-61 win, Wright completed first in all 4 of her occasions: swimming freestyle to anchor the first-place 400 medley relay staff and blowing the sphere out of the water for golds within the 1000 free, 500 free, and 400 IM. Wright paced the Wildcats with 27 factors on Saturday.

Through week six of the season, Wright is the perfect on the staff and the seventh-best swimmer within the GLIAC when it comes to level accumulation, as she owns 666.60 factors.

“Anika had a great weekend,” provides head coach Heidi Voigt. “She really swam with confidence and determination, and I am super excited for her to receive this award for all of her hard work she’s put in!”

An Elmhurst, Illinois, native, Kalina Ceglinski has but to decelerate, because the junior All-American gained 4 extra boards over the weekend. On Friday, Ceglinski opened with a rating of 252.68 within the 3-meter, besting teammate Daly in second by 20+ factors, earlier than claiming the 1-meter board along with her rating of 281.70 with a 24+ level win, incomes her staff 18 factors on Friday. Saturday noticed a lot of the identical, as she claimed one other 18 factors with decisive 450.00 factors within the 1-meter, a 25+ level hole forward of second, and a dominant 278.18 factors within the 3-meter, 33+ factors forward of second place and the biggest level hole on the weekend. 

Through six competitions to start out the 2025/26 season, Ceglinski has earned gold in all of her boards.

“Kalina has been diving very well in competitions, and it is super nice to see consistency and confidence in meets this early on in the season,” provides diving coach Christopher Kelly. “Looking forward to taking that consistency into our mid-season meet after a month of training!”

As coach Kelly alluded to, the ‘Cats are actually off till December 4, when the staff travels to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to compete within the Calvin College Invite. The three-day competitors runs from Thursday, December 4, to Saturday, December 6, with periods at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. every day.