#15 Mavericks Head to West Fargo for NSIC Championships – Minnesota State College

MANKATO, Minn. — #15 Minnesota State begins postseason motion this Wednesday because it travels to West Fargo, N.D., to compete within the four-day NSIC Championships.

The NSIC Championships might be held on the Hulbert Aquatic Center. The swimming prelims will start at 10:00 a.m., with the finals set to start at 5:00 p.m. Diving prelims we happen at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday.

NSIC Championships Schedule of Events

Wednesday, Feb. 11 (Prelims 10 a.m. / Finals 5 p.m.)

200 Medley Relay

1,000 Freestyle

200 IM

50 Freestyle

800 Freestyle Relay

Thursday, Feb. 12 (Prelims 10 a.m. / 3-Meter Diving Prelims 1 p.m. / Finals 5 p.m.)

100 Butterfly

400 IM

200 Freestyle

3-Meter Diving

400 Medley Relay

Friday, Feb. 13 (Prelims 10 a.m. / Finals 5 p.m.)

500 Freestyle

100 Backstroke

100 Breaststroke

200 Butterfly

200 Freestyle Relay

Saturday, Feb. 14 (Prelims 10 a.m. / 1-Meter Diving Prelims 1 p.m. / Finals 5 p.m.)

1,650 Freestyle

100 IM

200 Backstroke

200 Breaststroke

1-Meter Diving

400 Freestyle Relay

NSIC Championship History: Dating again to the 2016-17 season, the Minnesota State swimming and diving crew has completed second or higher in all 9 NSIC Championships, together with first place finishes in 2018, 2021 and 2022. Last season, the Mavericks completed second with 879 factors, whereas Augustana completed first with 944 factors.

2024-25 All-NSIC Honorees on 2025-26 Team (Top-3 Individual, Top-2 Relay)

Savannah Acker – 400 IM (1st, 4:28.50) | 400 Medley Relay (2nd, 3:47.88) | 200 Backstroke (2nd, 2:02.28)

Ally Donagan – 800 Freestyle Relay (2nd, 7:38.27)

Kaylie Gibbs – 1,000 Freestyle (2nd, 10:22.28) | 200 Medley Relay (2nd, 1:41.92) | 1,650 Freestyle (2nd, 17:19.50)

Alexandra Gorecki – 800 Freestyle Relay (2nd, 7:38.27)

Gretta Hansen – 400 IM (third, 4:33.07) | 200 Butterfly (third, 2:06.91)

Averi Larsen – 200 IM (1st, 2:05.65) | 400 Medley Relay (2nd, 3:47.88) | 200 Freestyle Relay (2nd, 1:33.80) | 100 Freestyle (2nd, 51.07)

Sydney Pippert – 800 Freestyle Relay (2nd, 7:38.27)

Claudia Schwartz – 200 Medley Relay (2nd, 1:41.92)

NCAA Championships: The four-day NCAA Championships start on March 10 and might be held on the Deaconess Aquatic Center in Evansville, Ind.

The Mavericks are projected to complete nineteenth by Swimcloud as they’ve tallied 641.80 factors. Several groups from the NSIC are ranked within the top-50.

19. Minnesota State – 641.80 factors

31. St. Cloud State – 617.30

40. Sioux Falls – 606.05

44. Augustana – 602.25

49. Umary – 593.55

Minnesota State Provisional Qualifying Times: Several Mavericks have recorded NCAA provisional qualifying instances for the NCAA Championships.

50 Freestyle

Averi Larsen – 23.35

100 Freestyle

Averi Larsen – 51.12

Hannah Denzer – 51.46

200 Freestyle

Hannah Denzer – 1:52.52

100 Backstroke

Savannah Acker – 55.14

200 Backstroke

Savannah Acker – 2:01.42

200 IM

Savannah Acker – 2:03.50