Contact: Brock Reisler, Assistant Executive Director, breisler@midwestconference.org
 
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin – St. Norbert College’s Ashley Mako and Adelle Polzin, along with Grinnell College’s Alex Kruse, have qualified for the NCAA Division III diving regionals as announced by the NCAA on Wednesday.
 
Mako and Polzin will compete in Kalamazoo, Michigan, at Kalamazoo College on Friday and Saturday (February 27-28) in the Region 1 event. Kruse punched her ticket to Atlanta, Georgia, for competition at Emory University in the region 2 competition on the same two days. In order to qualify for regionals, a diver must meet or exceed a predetermined score on the same board twice in a season.
 
Kruse had a weekend to remember at the 2026 Midwest Conference Women’s Swim and Dive Championships. On her way to being named the MWC Women’s Diver of the Year, Kruse won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions to help the Grinnell women win their fifth consecutive team title.
 
Mako was named the Midwest Conference Women’s Newcomer of the Year at last weekend’s conference meet. She was the runner-up to Kruse in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events.
 
Polzin earned All-MWC honors in the 1-meter competition at the conference meet last weekend, taking third place. She also took fourth in the 3-meter event.
 
The women’s one-meter competition takes place on Friday beginning at 1 p.m., while the three-meter event is on Saturday at 11 a.m. at both venues. Fans can follow the action at both sites via the following links: Kalamazoo (here) and Atlanta (here).
 
Thirty-two females qualified in Kalamazoo, while 24 will dive in Atlanta. The top nine finishers in Kalamazoo and top six finishers in Atlanta will advance to the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships, scheduled for Wednesday, March 18 through Saturday, March 21 at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana.