University of West Florida senior Agata Naskret broke her own NCAA Division II record in the 100-yard backstroke, swimming 51.26 to win the Delta State Thanksgiving Invite last weekend.
The swim improved her own record of 51.52, set at last season’s NCAA Division II Championships when she was competing for Colorado Mesa University.
Compared to her previous record, she opened 0.27 faster through the first 50 before closing just 0.01 slower on the back half. See a splits comparison between the two swims below.
Splits Comparison:
| New D2 Record | Previous D2 Record | |
| 50y | 24.84 | 25.11 |
| 100y | 26.42 | 26.41 |
| Total Time | 51.26 | 51.52 |
This is Naskret’s fourth NCAA Record in the 100 back, as she broke the record three times last season.
She first set the mark at the CMU Invitational last November, going 51.96 to become the first D2 swimmer under 52. She then shattered it when she led off Colorado Mesa’s winning 400 medley relay at NCAAs in 51.53, before lowering it again to 51.52 to win the individual event.
Naskret is now 0.74 seconds ahead of the next-fastest D2 performer in history and owns the four fastest swims ever recorded in the division.
Top 5 Performances All-Time, NCAA Division II History:
- Agata Naskret, West Florida – 51.26 (2025 Delta State Thanksgiving Invite)
- Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa – 51.52 (2025 NCAA DII Championships)
- Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa – 51.53 (2025 NCAA DII Championships)
- Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa – 51.96 (TYR CMU Invitational)
- Polina Lapshina, Queens – 52.07 (2019 NCAA DII Championships)
Naskret holds the D2 Record in the 200 back at 1:53.25 from last year’s NCAA Championships, and she nearly matched it this past weekend, winning the event in 1:53.81. She also clocked a lifetime-best 22.53 to win the 50 free, slicing four one-hundredths off her 22.57 best time from last season. That time, if replicated come post-season, could put her into the upper tier of the ‘A’ final at NCAAs, as she was ninth last year in 22.76.
Over the course of her career, Naskret has won eight NCAA D2 titles. She is the two-time defending champion in both individual backstroke events, while she also helped Colorado Mesa win the 400 medley relay the past two years, as well as the 200 free relay and 400 free relay in 2024.
