PREVIEW: Males’s Swim and Dive at Residence to Open 25/26 Marketing campaign

MARQUETTE, Mich. – The NMU males’s swim and dive crew is at dwelling to formally open the 25/26 marketing campaign, welcoming GLIAC foes St. Cloud, Davenport, and Lake Superior State.

The Wildcats host two classes on Friday, October 3, with the primary at 10 a.m. and second at 4:30 p.m., adopted by one session at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 4 from the PEIF Pool. Admittance is free to the general public.

The males are coming off a profitable NCAA Championships and a 3rd place end on the GLIAC Championships, and are welcoming again the GLIAC Male Swimmer of the Year, Leo Nolles. A Uruguay worldwide, Nolles earned particular person silver and bronze medals within the 50 and 100 free, and anchored the silver medal 200 free relay crew that missed gold by 0.03 seconds on the NCAA Championships. Nolles received 5 gold and 7 complete medals on the GLIAC Championships, in addition to incomes a GLIAC Commissioners Award. Head coach Heidi Voigt additionally returns the remainder of the silver-medal 200 free relay crew in William LaCount, Daniel Khmara, and Gabriel Fulconi, and All-American’s Tobie Stiles and Ian Rocheleau.

There are 5 freshmen on the boys’s roster, a few of whom have already stood out: Matteo Ballardin claimed first place within the 200 fly, and Yousseh Nahali was lower than one second behind Nolles within the 50 free on the Green & Gold intra squad scrimmage.

The Huskies are coming off of a 24/25 season that noticed the crew earn its highest-ever end on the NCAA Championships, ending eighth place and laying declare to 12 All-America performances. The crew completed fourth on the GLIAC Championships, and welcome again 200 fly gold medalist Lance Godard.

The Panthers completed sixth on the GLIAC Championships and welcome again Owen Stender and Matthew Gauck, each of whom competed finally season’s NCAA Championships. Stender tied for second place within the 200 breast, and Gauck set a faculty file within the 3-meter diving on the GLIAC Championships final season. 

The Lakers, coming into their second season as a program, simply employed Tim O’Neil as the following Director of Intercollegiate Swimming and Aquatics over the summer season. O’Neill involves LSSU after guiding Lewis University to some greatest finishes in program historical past, together with 42 NCAA qualifying occasions and 10 faculty data in his first season as head coach. 

Hear from Heidi Voigt

“We have three teams at home this weekend, the most teams we’ve had at a home event since I’ve been here… it’s always fun for us to race at home, [The student-athletes] have pride in being at our pool.”