2025 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championship
- March 11-15, 2025
- IU Natatorium — Indianapolis, IN
- SCY (25 Yards)
- Defending Champions:
- Women: Nova Southeastern (2x)
- Men: University of Tampa (1x)
- Women’s Psych Sheets
- Men’s Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Stream
- Recaps:
Colorado Mesa University junior Agata Naskret has broken the NCAA Division II Record in the 200-yard backstroke. The Polish native placed her hand on the wall in a time of 1:53.25, breaking the previous record of 1:54.48 set by Queens’ Hannah Peiffer in 2017.
This is Naskret’s third individual record of the meet, as she broke the 100 record twice earlier in the week. She first shattered the mark leading off CMU’s winning 400 medley relay (51.53), then went on to lower it to 51.52 to win the individual event. She actually lowered the 100 record three times this season, as she became the first-ever Division II swimmer under 52 seconds with a 51.96 back in November.
During tonight’s record swim, Naskret’s first and last 50s made the biggest difference. She opened the first 50 in 26.58, well ahead of the 26.93 record split. She produced slightly slower splits compared to the record pace through the middle 100, but came home over a second faster for the final 50.
Splits Comparison:
| Naskret’s New D2 Record | Peiffer’s Previous D2 Record | Naskret’s Previous Lifetime Best | |
| First 50 | 26.58 | 26.93 | 26.94 |
| Second 50 | 28.77 | 28.54 | 29.20 |
| Third 50 | 29.26 | 29.23 | 29.73 |
| Fourth 50 | 28.64 | 29.78 | 29.30 |
| Total Time | 1:53.25 | 1:54.48 | 1:55.17 |
Colorado Mesa has become a backstroke dynasty over the past few years, as they were also home to Benjamin Sampson during his undergraduate career. He is now using his 5th year of eligibility at the University of Texas.
Last season, Sampson won four individual Division II titles, helping the CMU men to a 5th place finish as a team. He won the 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM, and 400 IM at those NCAA Championships. At that same meet, he set NCAA Division II records in both the 400 IM (3:40.22) and 200 back (1:40.34).
How is she eligible? Could someone explain this?
I haven’t heard any implication of why she wouldn’t be eligible….
If you’re referring to her age (she turns 27 this year), the clock in D2 only progresses when a student-athlete is enrolled as a full-time student, and there is no age limit.
Kinda…
For D2, there’s a gap year and then one must enroll full-time for a full year (2 semesters) at a university (and complete the coursework appropriately). After that, they could theoretically leave said school and not re-enroll until however many years later (thus a “frozen” clock) and can compete whenever/however. But if they didn’t enroll after the gap year, then any year after that gap year until initial enrollment counts against a year of eligibility if they’ve competed in more than 4 days of competitions within the full year (October 1 to Sept 30). There’s an exception for Olympic years (only one year allowed for that) and some military/religious situations in there, but that’s the general gist.
Braden, time for some investigative journalism. Can you dig up transcripts to prove she enrolled in college somewhere after (or before) one gap year to justify all of the following gap years?
Agata would be seeded 37th in 200 back in NCAA I championships. Not too shabby.