NCAA Division II Championships, Day 4 Prelims: Agata Naskret Chasing More Records
A year ago, as a Colorado Mesa junior, Agata Naskret set the NCAA Division II record in the women’s 100 backstroke.
This year, as a senior at West Florida, she’s lowered it once in-season and once at the meet off the front of the 400 medley relay.
Naskret is chasing another gold medal on Friday at the NCAA Division II Championships, leading the way in prelims of the women’s 100 back by more than a second with a time of 53.16. It’s not the 51.24 she led off the medley relay with, but there’s time for that.
It’s a busy moving day at the Deaconess Aquatic Center in Evansville, Indiana. The night session includes men’s 3-meter diving finals and the 200 freestyle relays.
NCAA Division II Championships Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 19 1. Nova S'Eastern 265 2. Tampa 209.5 3. Colorado Mesa 160.5 4. Drury 158 5. Indy 153 6. West Florida 143 7. Findlay 128.5 8. Grand Valley 111 9. Wingate 103 10. Delta State 87 11. Lynn 85 12. Catawba 83.5 13. Clarion 66 14. Simon Fraser 59 15. Mines 32 16. Umsl 25 17. Csu East Bay 22 17. Saginaw Valley 22 19. Carson-Newman 19 20. Davenport 18 21. McKendree 14 21. Augustana 14 23. Oklahoma Christi 12 24. Nmu 9 25. Concordia 5 25. Wayne State 5 27. Emmanuel 3 28. Iup 2 29. Alaska Fairbanks 1
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 20 1. Drury 253 2. Tampa 244 3. Indy 228 4. Colorado Mesa 214 5. McKendree 151.5 6. Lynn 124 7. Findlay 95 8. Wingate 92 9. Grand Valley 91 10. Florida Southern 90 11. Catawba 82 12. Clarion 54 13. Nmu 52 14. St. Cloud St.-M 38 15. Delta State 37 16. Wayne State 31 17. Rollins 27.5 18. West Chester 20 19. Missouri S & T 19 20. Carson-Newman 16 21. Roberts Wesleyan 12 22. Florida Tech 10 23. Mines 8 24. Davenport 7 24. Quincy 7 26. Barry U 2
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Women’s 500 freestyle
The champion in the 1,000 free, Justice Beard of Missouri St. Louis, is looking to add another title. (Hers on Wednesday was just the third in school history and the first in the swimming pool.) Beard was the top seed in the morning by going 4:49.30. She rebounded well from an off night in the 200 free, where she entered seeded ninth but ended up at the bottom of the B final.
Nova Southeastern’s Hailey Williams was second in 4:51.93. With she and Emilia Ronningdal in fourth, the Sharks can build on their lead in the team competition. Colorado Mesa has two A finalists, with Olivia Hansson third and Hanna Sasivarevic eighth.
Event 21 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA DII: N 4:39.28 3/11/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 4:39.28 3/11/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Beard, Justice JR UMSL 4:48.17 4:49.30
25.80 53.91 (28.11)
1:22.79 (28.88) 1:52.08 (29.29)
2:21.53 (29.45) 2:51.24 (29.71)
3:21.00 (29.76) 3:50.79 (29.79)
4:20.60 (29.81) 4:49.30 (28.70)
2 Williams, Hailey SR Nova S'eastern 4:49.32 4:51.93
26.14 54.43 (28.29)
1:23.53 (29.10) 1:52.99 (29.46)
2:22.72 (29.73) 2:52.66 (29.94)
3:22.31 (29.65) 3:52.34 (30.03)
4:22.51 (30.17) 4:51.93 (29.42)
3 Hansson, Olivia SR Colorado Mesa 4:48.34 4:52.84
26.39 55.28 (28.89)
1:24.89 (29.61) 1:54.65 (29.76)
2:24.35 (29.70) 2:53.88 (29.53)
3:23.71 (29.83) 3:53.57 (29.86)
4:23.68 (30.11) 4:52.84 (29.16)
4 Ronningdal, Emilia SR Nova S'eastern 4:51.23 4:52.91
26.27 55.44 (29.17)
1:25.26 (29.82) 1:55.13 (29.87)
2:25.03 (29.90) 2:54.69 (29.66)
3:24.36 (29.67) 3:54.49 (30.13)
4:24.38 (29.89) 4:52.91 (28.53)
5 Hodgson, Laura JR Tampa 4:54.99 4:53.83
27.16 56.21 (29.05)
1:25.59 (29.38) 1:55.36 (29.77)
2:25.28 (29.92) 2:54.89 (29.61)
3:24.97 (30.08) 3:54.97 (30.00)
4:24.57 (29.60) 4:53.83 (29.26)
6 Andrews, Abigail JR Simon Fraser 4:57.60 4:54.33
26.71 55.49 (28.78)
1:24.99 (29.50) 1:54.80 (29.81)
2:24.39 (29.59) 2:54.46 (30.07)
3:24.31 (29.85) 3:54.53 (30.22)
4:24.60 (30.07) 4:54.33 (29.73)
7 Meinema, Danielle SR Catawba 4:57.70 4:54.42
26.68 55.99 (29.31)
1:25.70 (29.71) 1:55.64 (29.94)
2:25.73 (30.09) 2:55.43 (29.70)
3:25.32 (29.89) 3:55.53 (30.21)
4:25.77 (30.24) 4:54.42 (28.65)
8 Sasivarevic, Hanna JR Colorado Mesa 4:52.82 4:54.83
26.39 55.17 (28.78)
1:24.66 (29.49) 1:54.78 (30.12)
2:24.98 (30.20) 2:55.14 (30.16)
3:25.32 (30.18) 3:55.54 (30.22)
4:25.37 (29.83) 4:54.83 (29.46)
Men’s 500 freestyle
Jacob Hamlin has had a busy week in Evansville. So he may have been playing it coy in prelims by finishing five seconds slower than his seed time. If so, it was a dangerous game, the reigning champion and national record holder skating into the A final in seventh by .38 seconds to get an outside lane.
The Tampa senior will be chasing from that outside lane. He’ll have teammate Barnabas Fluck, the fifth seed, next to him. They’ll be pursuing Swann Plaza, the bronze medalist in the 1,000, who set the pace in 4:20.17. He was a half-second up on Catawba’s Nazar Herashchenko.
In the team race, Drury pushed Matteo Vissotto into the A final in fourth. Tampa has Elliott Weisel 10th. Indy has Jan Schmidt 12th.
Event 22 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA DII: N 4:14.62 3/14/2025 Jacob Hamlin, Tampa
Meet: M 4:14.62 3/14/2025 Jacob Hamlin, Tampa
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Plaza, Swann SR Indy 4:16.21 4:20.17
23.90 49.89 (25.99)
1:16.21 (26.32) 1:42.44 (26.23)
2:08.95 (26.51) 2:35.43 (26.48)
3:01.87 (26.44) 3:28.30 (26.43)
3:54.66 (26.36) 4:20.17 (25.51)
2 Herashchenko, Nazar SO Catawba 4:21.99 4:20.67
24.29 50.21 (25.92)
1:16.34 (26.13) 1:42.80 (26.46)
2:09.03 (26.23) 2:35.26 (26.23)
3:01.77 (26.51) 3:28.16 (26.39)
3:54.83 (26.67) 4:20.67 (25.84)
3 Camacho Gomez, Sebast SO Findlay 4:19.14 4:21.52
23.29 49.24 (25.95)
1:15.36 (26.12) 1:41.81 (26.45)
2:08.27 (26.46) 2:35.03 (26.76)
3:01.85 (26.82) 3:28.82 (26.97)
3:55.54 (26.72) 4:21.52 (25.98)
4 Vissotto, Matteo JR Drury 4:19.63 4:21.86
23.67 49.37 (25.70)
1:15.55 (26.18) 1:42.26 (26.71)
2:08.73 (26.47) 2:35.37 (26.64)
3:02.11 (26.74) 3:29.08 (26.97)
3:55.80 (26.72) 4:21.86 (26.06)
5 Fluck, Barnabas SR Tampa 4:23.17 4:22.33
23.92 50.20 (26.28)
1:16.56 (26.36) 1:43.18 (26.62)
2:09.78 (26.60) 2:36.60 (26.82)
3:03.13 (26.53) 3:30.06 (26.93)
3:56.94 (26.88) 4:22.33 (25.39)
6 Dehaudt, Fernando SO Wingate 4:24.93 4:22.47
24.23 50.65 (26.42)
1:16.93 (26.28) 1:43.39 (26.46)
2:09.76 (26.37) 2:36.33 (26.57)
3:02.83 (26.50) 3:29.43 (26.60)
3:56.02 (26.59) 4:22.47 (26.45)
7 Hamlin, Jacob JR Tampa 4:17.48 4:22.57
23.75 49.87 (26.12)
1:16.34 (26.47) 1:42.90 (26.56)
2:09.72 (26.82) 2:36.29 (26.57)
3:03.27 (26.98) 3:30.21 (26.94)
3:56.79 (26.58) 4:22.57 (25.78)
8 Rosell Diez, Marti FR West Chester 4:23.91 4:22.85
23.96 49.69 (25.73)
1:16.00 (26.31) 1:42.42 (26.42)
2:09.14 (26.72) 2:35.99 (26.85)
3:03.16 (27.17) 3:30.26 (27.10)
3:56.96 (26.70) 4:22.85 (25.89)
Women’s 100 backstroke
Agata Naskret is the swimmer to beat, whatever logo is on her cap. She led the way in 53.16. She had been 51.26 in-season and then 51.24 in Thursday’s medley relay. She won this event last year in 51.52.
Nova Southeastern doesn’t have a backstroker in the top 16, so this is a chance for the chasers to move. Tampa could take advantage, with Sidni Meister second and Lindsay Louder third. Colorado Mesa has Taylar Hooton in the A final in fifth. Indy misses out on a second A finalist, with Valentina Masella eighth but Caroline Reinke 10th.
Event 23 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA DII: N 51.24 3/12/2026 Agata Naskret, West Florida
Meet: M 51.24 3/12/2026 Agata Naskret, West Florida
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Naskret, Agata SR West Florida 51.26 53.16
25.83 53.16 (27.33)
2 Meister, Sidni JR Tampa 55.24 54.35
26.37 54.35 (27.98)
3 Louder, Lindsey JR Tampa 54.87 54.59
26.50 54.59 (28.09)
4 Proietti, Vittoria JR Grand Valley 55.01 54.61
26.68 54.61 (27.93)
5 Hooton, Taylar SO Colorado Mesa 54.27 54.75
26.65 54.75 (28.10)
6 Leo, Sophia JR Concordia 55.55 54.99
26.80 54.99 (28.19)
7 Stokes, Kasha JR IUP 54.94 55.04
26.44 55.04 (28.60)
8 Masella, Valentina FR Indy 54.95 55.14
26.82 55.14 (28.32)
Men’s 100 backstroke
The 46.21 by Alvaro Zornoza Quiros of Drury in the medley relay was mighty impressive, solidifying his hold on favorite status. Last year’s silver medalist backed it with a 46.24 in prelims. He entered as the co-top seed in 46.14 with someone who’s swimming pretty darn well: Lynn’s Maurice Grabowski. The senior was the third seed in the morning in 46.51. Already the champion in the 50 free and 100 fly, you might not want to bet against him.
In between was Carson-Newman’s Gabriel Morales in 46.38. Drury has a second A finalist in Ivan Adamchuk, who won this event last year but has been off his best this season. Tampa has Rufus Bernhardt and Will Beckstead-Holman in the A final.
Event 24 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA DII: N 45.09 3/15/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 45.09 3/15/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Zornoza Quiros, Alvar JR Drury 46.14 46.24
21.99 46.24 (24.25)
2 Morales, Gabriel JR Carson-Newman 46.95 46.38
22.42 46.38 (23.96)
3 Grabowski, Maurice SR Lynn 46.14 46.51
21.85 46.51 (24.66)
4 Adamchuk, Ivan JR Drury 46.40 46.68
22.40 46.68 (24.28)
5 Bernhardt, Rufus FR Tampa 47.02 46.76
22.35 46.76 (24.41)
6 Beckstead-Holman, Wil SR Tampa 46.70 46.84
22.40 46.84 (24.44)
7 Abdelkarim, Mahmoud E SO Grand Valley 47.00 47.13
22.48 47.13 (24.65)
8 Charnstrom, Olin SO Wayne State 47.33 47.41
22.64 47.41 (24.77)
Women’s 100 breaststroke
One of the more open races, with none of the top three back from last year, is looking for someone to take control. Prelims offered few hints: .65 seconds separating eight A finalists, then .61 separating eight B finalists. Twenty-five swimmers were within 2.01 seconds of leader Annika Luce of Wingate, who went 1:01.26.
Both of the 1:00 seeds made it back, top seed Celina Schmidt of Indy second in 1:01.34 and second seed Gwen Bergum seventh in 1:01.89. Of eight swimmers with 1:01 seed times, four made the A final, two the B final, and two no second swim at all. Findlay’s Helmi Kakela was third, but teammate Katie Susi was ninth after A finaling last year. Nova Southeastern has an A finalist in Zsofia Kurdi in fourth. Drury has just Bergum, Indy just Schmidt, Tampa only Alicia Souderlind in 14th.
Event 25 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA DII: N 59.51 3/10/2017 Theresa Michalak, West Florida
Meet: M 59.51 3/10/2017 Theresa Michalak, West Florida
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Luce, Annika SR Wingate 1:02.17 1:01.26
28.89 1:01.26 (32.37)
2 Schmidt, Celina 5Y Indy 1:00.49 1:01.34
28.78 1:01.34 (32.56)
3 Kakela, Helmi FR Findlay 1:01.23 1:01.57
29.29 1:01.57 (32.28)
4 Kurdi, Zsofia 5Y Nova S'eastern 1:01.40 1:01.69
29.07 1:01.69 (32.62)
5 Dwojak, Natalia SR Wingate 1:01.53 1:01.81
28.95 1:01.81 (32.86)
6 Gory-Lauret, Mahee FR Catawba 1:03.32 1:01.83
29.05 1:01.83 (32.78)
7 Bergum, Gwen JR Drury 1:00.67 1:01.89
28.59 1:01.89 (33.30)
8 Rozova, Alena JR West Florida 1:01.67 1:01.91
29.01 1:01.91 (32.90)
Men’s 100 breaststroke
Indy’s Jeremias Pock is looking for his third title of the meet, and he’s the top seed in 52.01 in an event where he set the NCAA record of 51.58 this season. He was .39 seconds up on Lynn’s Maxim Tsyfarov. Four other swimmers broke 53 seconds, led by Joao Nogueira of Drury in third. The Panthers pushed Elliott Weber into eighth place.
Indy has just Pock to score. Tampa has Britton Spann in 11th. Colorado Mesa has two B finalists.
Event 26 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA DII: N 51.63 3/13/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern
Meet: M 51.63 3/13/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Pock, Jeremias SO Indy 51.58 52.01
24.56 52.01 (27.45)
2 Tsyfarov, Maxim JR Lynn 52.73 52.40
24.46 52.40 (27.94)
3 Nogueira, Joao SR Drury 52.63 52.76
24.91 52.76 (27.85)
4 Minichowski, Maksymil JR Catawba 53.06 52.86
24.78 52.86 (28.08)
5 Slowey, William SR Rollins 53.18 52.89
24.84 52.89 (28.05)
6 Christensen, Jordan SR Missouri S & T 53.08 52.95
24.78 52.95 (28.17)
7 Dragun, Jurica FR Bridgeport 53.80 53.49
24.99 53.49 (28.50)
8 Weber, Elliot JR Drury 53.51 53.51
25.05 53.51 (28.46)
Women’s 200 butterfly
Fresh off her 400 IM triumph, Burlingtyn Bokos is after another gold in the 200 fly. She led the way in prelims in 200.27, but it promises to be a tight one at night. Five swimmers broke 2:01 in the morning, and four of them have gone sub-2 minutes this season.
Second was Drury’s Maria Fe Munoz in 2:00.40, .06 ahead of Viktoriia Kostromina of Nova Southeastern. Delta State’s Janne Bodemer was fourth. The top seed entering the meet, Emily Mears-Bentley of Findlay, was fifth in 200.96.
Nova has a pair of B finalists, while Tampa has one. Colorado Mesa has just 16th-placed Eva Lehmkuhler.
Event 27 Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA DII: N 1:55.98 3/11/2022 Ann Carozza, West Chester
Meet: M 1:55.98 3/11/2022 Ann Carozza, West Chester
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Bokos, Burlingtyn SO Tampa 1:59.44 2:00.27
26.53 56.69 (30.16)
1:28.04 (31.35) 2:00.27 (32.23)
2 Fe Munoz, Maria SR Drury 1:59.40 2:00.40
27.13 57.54 (30.41)
1:28.76 (31.22) 2:00.40 (31.64)
3 Kostromina, Viktoriia 5Y Nova S'eastern 2:00.22 2:00.46
26.87 57.26 (30.39)
1:28.25 (30.99) 2:00.46 (32.21)
4 Bodemer, Janne SR Delta State 1:59.43 2:00.68
27.61 57.05 (29.44)
1:27.97 (30.92) 2:00.68 (32.71)
5 Mears-Bentley, Emily SR Findlay 1:58.41 2:00.96
27.12 57.60 (30.48)
1:28.70 (31.10) 2:00.96 (32.26)
6 Rose, Rianne FR Drury 2:02.20 2:01.24
26.33 56.49 (30.16)
1:28.01 (31.52) 2:01.24 (33.23)
7 Corcoran, Megan SO Carson-Newman 2:00.15 2:01.41
26.74 57.17 (30.43)
1:28.92 (31.75) 2:01.41 (32.49)
8 Douthit, Lydia SO Lynn 2:00.77 2:02.00
27.66 59.54 (31.88)
1:29.77 (30.23) 2:02.00 (32.23)
Men’s 200 butterfly
Gabriel Morales grabbed the top seed for Carson-Newman in 1:43.97, .02 seconds over Luke Dinges of Rollings. But all eyes are on Volodymyr Gavrysh, the 200 free winner and top seed entering the meet. He went 1:44.31 in the morning to ease into a middle lane. He’s .17 seconds ahead of Vitaly Kostin of Lynn, who as the runner-up in this event last year. Kostin tied with Akos Hajagos of Florida Tech.
In the team race, Tampa pushed two into the A final, with Nicholas Cavic sixth and Joshua Noll eighth. Drury has Belhassen Ben Miled in 11th.
Event 28 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA DII: N 1:40.75 3/10/2023 Jackson Lustig, McKendree
Meet: M 1:40.75 3/10/2023 Jackson Lustig, McKendree
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Morales, Gabriel JR Carson-Newman 1:45.51 1:43.97
23.07 49.72 (26.65)
1:16.96 (27.24) 1:43.97 (27.01)
2 Dinges, Luke SR Rollins 1:43.96 1:43.99
23.57 50.06 (26.49)
1:17.02 (26.96) 1:43.99 (26.97)
3 Gavrysh, Volodymyr SO McKendree 1:42.33 1:44.31
22.95 49.26 (26.31)
1:16.35 (27.09) 1:44.31 (27.96)
4 Hajagos, Akos JR Florida Tech 1:46.54 1:44.48
23.39 49.79 (26.40)
1:16.77 (26.98) 1:44.48 (27.71)
4 Kostin, Vitaly 5Y Lynn 1:45.22 1:44.48
23.69 50.27 (26.58)
1:17.51 (27.24) 1:44.48 (26.97)
6 Cavic, Nicholas FR Tampa 1:44.91 1:44.59
23.18 49.50 (26.32)
1:16.47 (26.97) 1:44.59 (28.12)
7 Ballardin, Matteo FR NMU 1:44.63 1:44.90
23.65 50.55 (26.90)
1:17.41 (26.86) 1:44.90 (27.49)
8 Noll, Joshua JR Tampa 1:48.56 1:45.42
23.26 50.17 (26.91)
1:17.55 (27.38) 1:45.42 (27.87)
