SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Augustana) – The Augustana women’s swimming and diving team went back-to-back as NSIC Champions Saturday. The Vikings won convincingly while being awarded the league’s swimmer and diver of the year.
Bryn Greenwaldt and Avery Lommel were deemed, both in the pool and voted on by the league’s coaches, as the best in the NSIC. Greenwaldt earned the Swimmer of the Year while Lommel became the Vikings’ first Diver of the Year.
“We had an epic week at the Midco Aquatic Center,” Augustana head coach Andrew Makepeace said. “Our women came in with a goal in mind of repeating as champions. We did just that and it took everybody, not just the student-athletes on the scoring roster but everybody to compete.
“Every day seemed to get better. Our prelim sessions would carry into the night sessions where it was just on fire. Our divers stepped up, our swimmers stepped up and their teammates stepped up.”
On Saturday, Augustana won the 100 IM, 100 free, 1M diving and 400 free relay to rack up 948.5 points, ahead of second place Minnesota State with 865.5 points.