2025 Zippy Invitational
- December 4-7, 2025
- Ocasek Natatorium, Akron, OH
- SCY (25 yards)
- Competing Teams: Akron, Bowling Green, Cornell, Keiser, PennWest Clarion, Buffalo, Youngstown State
- “2025 Zippy Invitational” on Meet Mobile
Keiser University sophomore Isaiah Aleksenko is having a breakout sophomore season for the NAIA’s dominant program. At the mid-season Zippy Invitational in Akron, Ohio, he broke a pair of NAIA National Records.
He won both the 100 backstroke (45.65) and 200 IM (1:46.48) at the meet in national records, in addition to wins in the 100 fly (45.93), 200 fly (1:45.36), and swimming on three winning relays.
In the 100 backstroke, he broke his own record that was a 46.12 done at last year’s NAIA National Championship meet by half-a-second. Before that, this was one of the oldest records on the NAIA books, having stood since 2014.
100 Backstroke Split Comparison:
| New Record | Old Record | |
| 2025 Zippy Invitational Championships |
2025 NAIA Championships
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| 50y | 22.57 | 22.86 |
| 100y | 23.08 | 23.26 |
| Total Time | 45.65 | 46.12 |
Aleksenko’s drop was split between the two 50s, though his already-tight splitting got even tighter, down to just a four-tenths spread.
That time ranks him 26th among all divisions of college swimming in the United States.
In the 200 IM, he swam 1:46.48, which broke the old NAIA Record of 1:46.76 that was set by Keiser swimmer Alex Kusik in 2024. This isn’t an event he has swum very often in yards: he raced it at one tri meet in early November and one dual meet last season previously.
200 IM Split Comparison:
| Old Record | New Record | |
| Alex Kusik | ||
| 50y | 24.10 | 22.18 |
| 100y | 27.31 | 25.68 |
| 150y | 30.58 | 32.23 |
| 200y | 24.77 | 26.39 |
| Total Time | 1:46.76 | 1:46.48 |
His versatility was on display at this meet. Other best times he swam:
- 50 free – 19.49
- 100 free – 43.92
- 200 free – 1:37.41
- 200 back – 1:45.17 (prelims)
- 100 fly – 45.93
- 200 fly – 1:45.36 (season best)
Aleksenko hails from the Northern Mariana Islands, which he has represented internationally at the Pacific Games. The Northern Mariana Islands are a territory of the United States and do not have their own Olympic Team.
Keiser also picked up a school record from freshman Natalia Janszewska, who split 53.83 on a 400 medley relay leadoff to break a school record of her own.
Both the Keiser men’s and women’s team are the four-time defending NAIA Champions.
Bru, Evan Nail holds it he just went 1:46.19, lock in
Evan Nail of the NAIA swam a 1:46.19
Actually Evan Neil from the masters university got the NAIA record with a 1:46.19 at La Verne winter invite.
Evan Nail 1:46.19 The Master’s University @ La Verne Invite
Evan Nail from The Masters University went 1:46.19 at their Winter Meet which would stand as the NAIA National Record.