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MARSHALL -- The Southwest Minnesota State University women's swimming & diving team will head to Sioux Falls, S.D., this week for the four-day, nine-team Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships hosted by the University of Sioux Falls today-Saturday.
The four-day championship will be held at Midco Aquatic Center with swimming prelims taking place each day at 10 a.m. and finals at 5:30 p.m. Diving will take place on Thursday and Saturday with prelims at 1 p.m. and finals in the evening with swimming events.
SMSU will be competing in its third NSIC Championship since reinstating the program in May of 2018. The Mustangs finished eighth in last season's championship recording 150 points and also finished eighth in 2020 with 106 points.
Mustang junior Natalie Bohnert has earned All-NSIC honors four times the past two seasons. Last year, she finished second in the 100-yard backstroke (56.84) and third in the 200-yard backstroke (2:03.51). In 2020, Bohnert became the first Mustang to earn All-NSIC honors as she placed second in the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.30) and third in the 100-yard backstroke (57.02).
Schools competing for the 2022 NSIC championship along with SMSU include defending champion Minnesota State; Augustana; Concordia-St. Paul; UMary; MSU Moorhead; Northern State; St. Cloud State and Sioux Falls.
All-conference performers shall consist of the top three place finishers in each event and the members of the top two relay teams.
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