Wright and Ceglinski were recognized by the conference
MARQUETTE, Mich. – After a dominant weekend in the pool against #13 Wayne State, Anika Wright and Kalina Ceglinski were honored as GLIAC swimmer and diver of the week.
A native of Stillwater, Minnesota, Anika Wright had a fantastic weekend in the PEIF pool en route to her second GLIAC weekly honor. In Friday’s ‘skins meet’, the All-American started the weekend by swimming with a second-place 200 free relay team to go along with less-traditional roles for her, such as swimming the breaststroke portion of a 200 medley relay team and competing in the 100 IM, before being knocked out in the semifinals of the skins portion. In Saturday’s 239-61 win, Wright finished first in all four of her events: swimming freestyle to anchor the first-place 400 medley relay team and blowing the field out of the water for golds in the 1000 free, 500 free, and 400 IM. Wright paced the Wildcats with 27 points on Saturday.
Through week six of the season, Wright is the best on the team and the seventh-best swimmer in the GLIAC in terms of point accumulation, as she owns 666.60 points.
“Anika had a great weekend,” adds head coach Heidi Voigt. “She really swam with confidence and determination, and I am super excited for her to receive this award for all of her hard work she’s put in!”
An Elmhurst, Illinois, native, Kalina Ceglinski has yet to slow down, as the junior All-American won four more boards over the weekend. On Friday, Ceglinski opened with a score of 252.68 in the 3-meter, besting teammate Daly in second by 20+ points, before claiming the 1-meter board with her score of 281.70 with a 24+ point win, earning her team 18 points on Friday. Saturday saw much of the same, as she claimed another 18 points with decisive 450.00 points in the 1-meter, a 25+ point gap ahead of second, and a dominant 278.18 points in the 3-meter, 33+ points ahead of second place and the largest point gap on the weekend.
Through six competitions to start the 2025/26 season, Ceglinski has earned gold in all of her boards.
“Kalina has been diving very well in competitions, and it is super nice to see consistency and confidence in meets this early on in the season,” adds diving coach Christopher Kelly. “Looking forward to taking that consistency into our mid-season meet after a month of training!”
As coach Kelly alluded to, the ‘Cats are now off until December 4, when the team travels to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to compete in the Calvin College Invite. The three-day competition runs from Thursday, December 4, to Saturday, December 6, with sessions at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. each day.
2025-26 NMU Swim and Dive Athletes of the Week
Week 1
MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Jef Leroux
WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Anika Wright
MEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK: Tobie Stiles
WOMEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK: Kalina Ceglinski
Week 4
WOMEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK: Kalina Ceglinski
Week 6
WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Anika Wright
WOMEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK: Kalina Ceglinski
