The St. Olaf men's swimming and diving team has visions of improving on their eighth place finish at last years Division III National Championships.
After a seventh-place MIAC finish a season ago, the men's basketball team looks to an experienced group to lead them to an improved conference finish.
With just five college football Saturdays left, the NFL well underway, the Fall Classic in the books and the amusing NBA now in progress, true sports fans can now turn their focus to an uplifting cultural phenomenon one that begins mid-November and concludes April 2. Look for improbable upsets, coaches on the hot seat, buzzer beaters, the gusto of the pep band, emotional television calls and a tournament that always fulfills expectations.
A fresh season began for the St. Olaf wrestling team last weekend in Forest City, Iowa, when participating in two duels against Knox College and Waldorf.
At last Saturday's Northfield Quad meet, team results were not scored, but the St. Olaf swimming and diving team still recognized the important early-season opportunity to establish a tone. The men's and women's teams competed against swimmers from UW-LaCrosse, Carleton, St. Benedict and St. John's.
