ST. LOUIS --- UNI swimming and diving has been picked fifth in the 2023-24 Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) preseason poll, as announced by the league office on Thursday morning.
The poll, voted on by the conference's head coaches, picked reigning MVC champion Missouri State to repeat as conference champions once again with eight first place votes. Indiana State was selected second with one first place vote, followed by Illinois State and Southern Illinois.
UNI, who placed fourth and hosted last February's MVC Championships in Iowa City, returns 22 athletes from a strong campaign a year ago.