Aberdeen, S.D. – After what has already been a memorable 2022-23 season for Northern State swimming, the Wolves look to garner more accomplishments at the NSIC Swimming & Diving Championships in West Fargo, North Dakota. The 4-day meet will be hosted by MSU Moorhead at the Hulbert Aquatic Center on February 8-11 this week.
 
GAME & FAN INFORMATION

• A full meet schedule can be found below
• Links to live video of the meet and the NSIC Championship page are listed above

NORTHERN STATE STORYLINES

• Northern State finished the regular season with an 8-7 record in dual meets and went 6-6 against NSIC competition; the Wolves also took part in two invitationals during the season, taking first place at the Dragon Invite for the second consecutive year
• During the regular season Northern set a program record for most dual wins in a season and secured a winning dual meet record for the first time in program history
• In the final regular season meet Lilly Grebner won the individual title at the UMary Pentathlon with a combined time of 2:51.65, totaling a 7.90 second victory over the runner-up swimmer; Grebner swept all five events at the pentathlon, winning the 50-yard butterfly (26.76), 50-yard backstroke (28.22), 50-yard breaststroke (31.45), 50-yard freestyle (24.66), and the 100-yard IM (1:00.56)
• Other Wolves to place within the top-10 of the pentathlon included Haley Osborne in fifth (3:04.31), Maddie Gonzales in sixth (3:04.37), and Lauren Forsyth in tenth (3:08.04)
• Grebner holds the top time in the NSIC in the 200-yard butterfly (2:04.65), 100-yard IM (57.43), 200-yard IM (2:03.84), and 400-yard IM (4:29.70); Grebner also ranks ninth in the NSIC in the 50-yard butterfly (26.76), 11^th in the 100-yard butterfly (58.15), and 14^th in the 50-yard breaststroke (31.45)
• Grebner holds the top time in NCAA Division II in the 100-yard IM (57.43), ranks 12^th nationally in the 200-yard IM (2:03.84), 15^th in the 200-yard butterfly (2:04.65), and 31^st in the 400-yard IM (4:29.70)
• Grebner holds NCAA B-Cut times in the 200-yard butterfly (2:04.65), 200-yard IM (2:03.84), and 400-yard IM (4:29.70)
• Forsyth ranks second in the NSIC in the 200-yard butterfly (2:07.70), sixth in the 100-yard butterfly (57.38), and seventh in the 50-yard butterfly (26.67)
• Other swimmers to rank within the top-15 of the NSIC include Delaney Ryken who is 13^th in the 50-yard freestyle (24.04) and Gonzales who is 14^th in the 200-yard backstroke (2:11.79)
• Through 11 meets this season Northern has claimed 47 individual wins, 111 individual top-3 finishes, and nine relay wins
• Grebner has a team-best 29 individual wins and 31 top-3 finishes this season; other NSU swimmers to win individual events this season include Maddie Gonzales (5), Haley Osborne (5), Lauren Forsyth (3), Mayson Sheldon (2), Delaney Ryken (1), Hannah Rodts (1), and Brianna Back (1)

OTHER TEAMS COMPETING

• Augustana, Concordia-St. Paul, UMary, Minnesota State, MSU Moorhead, Sioux Falls, Southwest Minnesota State, and St. Cloud State

LAST SEASON'S NSIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Northern State placed sixth in the 2022 NSIC Swimming & Diving Championships with 221 team points
• Three swimmers earned all-conference honors for the Wolves last season, the most since 2017, as Maddie Gonzales earned a second place finish in the 200-yard backstroke, Haley Osborne earned a third place finish in the 200-yard freestyle, and Lauren Forsyth earned a third place finish in the 200-yard butterfly

 MEET SCHEDULE
SESSION ONE – WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 @ 10 A.M. (PRELIMINARIES)
200-Yard IM
50-Yard Freestyle
1,000-Yard Freestyle
 
SESSION TWO – WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 @ 5:30 P.M. (FINALS)
200-Yard Medley Relay
1,000 Yard Freestyle
200-Yard IM
50-Yard Freestyle
20-Minute Break
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
 
SESSION THREE – THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 @ 10 A.M. (PRELIMINARIES)
100-Yard Butterfly
400-Yard IM
200-Yard Freestyle
 
SESSION FOUR – THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 @ 1 P.M. (PRELIMINARIES)
One-Meter Diving
 
SESSION FIVE – THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 @ 5:30 P.M. (FINALS)
100-Yard Butterfly
400-Yard IM
200-Yard Freestyle
One-Meter Diving
400-Yard Medley Relay
 
SESSION SIX – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 @ 10 A.M. (PRELIMINARIES)
500-Yard Freestyle
100-Yard Backstroke
100-Yard Breaststroke
200-Yard Butterfly
 
SESSION SEVEN – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 @ 5:30 P.M. (FINALS)
500-Yard Freestyle
100-Yard Backstroke
100-Yard Breaststroke
200-Yard Butterfly
20-Minute Break
800-Yard Freestyle Relay
 
SESSION EIGHT – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 @ 10 A.M. (PRELIMINARIES)
100-Yard IM
100-Yard Freestyle
200-Yard Backstroke
200-Yard Breaststroke
1,650-Yard Freestyle
 
SESSION NINE – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 @ 1 P.M. (PRELIMINARIES)
Three-Meter Diving
 
SESSION TEN – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 @ 5:30 P.M. (FINALS)
1,650-Yard Freestyle
100-Yard IM
100-Yard Freestyle
200-Yard Backstroke
200-Yard Breaststroke
Three-Meter Diving
400-Yard Freestyle Relay