2025-26 NSIC Women’s Swimming & Diving Release No. 13

For Immediate Release

Monday, February 2, 2026

NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Women’s Swimmer of the Week

Ava Brogren (BR/IM, Sr., Atwater, Minn. / Willmar HS) – Augustana

– Competed in two occasions amongst DI applications on the Coyote Invite

– Placed third within the 100 breast with a time of 1:04.35

– Also competed within the 200 IM the place she positioned twelfth with a time of two:11.38

NSIC Women’s Diver of the Week

Natalie Freeman (Diving, Jr., Cedar Rapids, Iowa / Cedar Rapids Jefferson HS) – Minnesota State

– Set a pool and college file within the 1-meter diving occasion versus MSU Moorhead

– Posted a rating of 293.30

– Won the 3-meter diving occasion versus MSU Moorhead with a rating of 262.00

– Named NSIC Diver of the Week for the fifth time this season

Up Next

The NSIC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships will happen February 11-14 on the Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo, North Dakota.  Swimming prelims will happen every day at 10 a.m. and finals at 5:00 p.m. Diving will happen on Thursday and Saturday with prelims at 10 a.m., the B-final happening half-hour after prelims conclude, and the A-final in the course of the night occasions. 

Other Top Swimming Performances

Savannah Acker (Minnesota State)    

– Won two particular person occasions in MSU twin towards MSU Moorhead

– Took prime honors within the 200 backstroke (2:09.47) and the 100 backstroke (59.25).

– Was a member of the 200 medley relay workforce that swam 1:47.87

– Was a member of the 200 freestyle relay workforce (1:39.05) that completed first 

– Finished first within the 200 IM with a time of two:12.49 on the Gustie Challenge

– Was a member of the 400 medley relay workforce to complete first with a time of three:59.91 on the Gustie Challenge

Other Top Diving Performances

Jacie Flockhart (Northern State)

– NSU’s sole competitor on the Coyote Invite, hosted by South Dakota

– Took nineteenth within the 1-meter dive

– Scored 134.10 factors within the occasion, recording the fourth-best rating amongst Division II divers

 

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NSIC Women’s Swimming & Diving Athletes of the Week

9/30/25
S: Sophie Leo – Concordia-St. Paul

D: Jacie Flockhart – Northern State

10/7/25
S: Lexi Weems – Southwest Minnesota State

D: Jacie Flockhart – Northern State (2)

10/14/25
S: Sophie Leo – Concordia-St. Paul (2)

D: Natalie Freeman – Minnesota State

10/21/25
S: Savannah Acker – Minnesota State

D: Natalie Freeman – Minnesota State (2)
10/28/25
S: Fernanda Leon – MSU Moorhead
D: Natalie Freeman – Minnesota State (3)

11/4/25

S: Averi Larsen – Minnesota State

D: Natalie Freeman – Minnesota State (4)
11/11/25

S: Izzy Koebele – St. Cloud State

D: Avery Lommel – Augustana
11/17/25
S: Fernanda Leon – MSU Moorhead (2)
D: Karlie Woodall – St. Cloud State

11/24/25
S: Sophie Leo – Concordia-St. Paul (3)

D: Jacie Flockhart – Northern State (3)

12/9/25
S: Savannah Acker – Minnesota State (2)

D: Avery Lommel – Augustana (2)

1/20/26
S: Sophie Leo – Concordia-St. Paul (4)

D: Avery Lommel – Augustana (3)

1/27/26

S: Olivia Gibbons – University of Mary
D: Zoe Bjerke – MSU Moorhead

2/2/26
S: Ava Brogren – Augustana
D: Natalie Freeman – Minnesota State (5)

About the NSIC

The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II convention with establishments positioned in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a mannequin Division II convention that makes use of high-level athletics competitors to develop champions within the classroom and neighborhood whereas empowering student-athletes to be impactful and constructive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (males’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (ladies’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the previous three many years, maturing right into a union of Upper Midwest schools and universities. The NSIC has received 27 workforce nationwide championships and topped 122 particular person nationwide champions. For extra data, go to NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II

The NCAA, the nationwide governing physique for school athletics, is a volunteer affiliation of greater than 1,000 schools and universities that classify their athletics applications in one in every of three membership divisions. The 300+ establishments in NCAA Division II help a balanced strategy during which student-athletes can earn scholarships primarily based on their athletic capacity, pursue their desired educational diploma, and take part in all of the campus and surrounding neighborhood have to supply. Division II student-athletes yearly graduate at charges larger than their pupil physique friends, they usually have entry to the most effective championships-participant ratio among the many NCAA’s three divisions. Division II provides student-athletes the distinctive alternative to compete within the classroom, on the sphere, of their profession, for his or her causes, and on their phrases. For extra data, go to NCAA.org. 

 

 

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