Northern Michigan University women’s diver Kalina Ceglinski performs during a dual meet held against Wisconsin-Stevens Point at the PEIF pool in Marquette on Saturday. (Photo courtesy NMU)

MARQUETTE — Though limited in her number of available events compared to swimmers, diver Kalina Ceglinski has really been making her mark with the women’s swimming and diving team at Northern Michigan University this season.

The Wildcats junior earned her fifth GLIAC Female Diver of the Week honor this season after her performance at a dual meet held against Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Saturday.

The meet was originally scheduled to be hosted by the Pointers at their Wisconsin pool, but a last-minute scheduling switch brought all the swimmers to the PEIF pool in Marquette instead.

Despite having just two diving events to participate in, Ceglinski shared point-scoring honors for the NMU women with 18 points after winning both the one- and three-meter diving events.

That helped Northern win the women’s meet 185-75, while the Wildcat men won a much closer meet, edging Stevens Point 133-128.

Ceglinski, a two-time All-American and Scholar All-American, is ranked as one of the top women divers in NCAA Division II, rated the best diver on the one-meter board and fifth in the three-meter.

On this day, she blew the field away on the higher three-meter competition, scoring 281.93 points to just 189.38 for runner-up Mallory Spaeth of Stevens Point.

On the one-meter board, she won a much closer competition with 273.53 points as teammate Lillian Marx was runner-up with 264.53.

Ceglinski was previously conference diver of the week in weeks 1, 4, 6 and 8 with this being Week 12.

The only other NMU swimmer or diver on either team with multiple GLIAC weekly awards this season is men’s diver Tobie Stiles, who has won his honor twice.

The Wildcats remain home to host Lake Superior State at 2 p.m. Saturday, a meet that also serves as the Wildcat Skins meet and as Senior Day as the last home meet of the season.

Here are more details from each meet vs. Stevens Point:

Women’s meet

The NMU women, whose swimmers are ranked No. 11 in the nation and divers No. 5, also got 18 points from Kenzie Stute after she won the 200-yard backstroke and the 200 individual medley. Stute won against a full field in the 200 IM by nearly 10 seconds in 2:14.31, while taking an 18 1/2-second win in the 200 back in 2:10.42 against just one other swimmer.

Stute also joined Julia Zimpel, Pauline Izydorek and Vicky Burda on NMU’s runner-up 200 medley relay team.

Northern’s Phini Schneider added 13 points with a win in the 500 freestyle and second place in the 100 breaststroke.

Teammates Evie DeCarlo and Annika Geyer each added 12 points with a win and third-place finish. DeCarlo won the 200 butterfly and was third in the 200 free, while Geyer triumphed in the 1,000 free and won bronze in the 50 free.

Ellie Kilgard won the 200 free, Manuela Araujo the 100 back, Ludovica Bonini the 100 breast, Abby Keen the 50 free, Joanne Arbic the 100 free, Sophia Moore the 200 breast and Annie Devine the 100 fly.

The Wildcats also won both relays — Bonini, Moore, Keen and Evangeline Pierce took the 200 medley relay and Keen, Arbic, Laura Stockinger and Burda the 200 free relay.

Men’s meet

In a meet where every point made a big difference, Northern’s Matteo Ballardin and Daniel Khmara each contributed 18 points in individual events with a pair of victories.

NMU, ranked No. 11 nationally for both its swimmers and its divers, won 11 of the meet’s 16 events.

Ballardin won the 100 breast and 200 breast, while Khmara turned in the fastest performances in the 100 free and 200 free, the latter adding in a leg on the runner-up 200 medley relay.

Teammate Alessandro Rosatelli added 13 points with a win in the 200 IM and second in the 100 breast, also joining the 200 medley relay silver squad.

Caleb Rice had 10 points led by his win in the 100 back.

The Wildcats’ Rafael Schaub won the 1,000 free, Max Swiatowski the 50 free, Timothee Garin the 500 free and Will LaCount the 100 fly.

NMU also won the 200 medley relay with LaCount, Ian Rocheleau, Andrew Tease and Leo Nolles.

Story contents based on Northern Michigan University Sports Information press release reviewing the meet and honors. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee’s email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.