Nova Southeastern Women Set D2 200 Medley Relay Record With 1:37.95

2026 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships

  • March 10-14, 2026
  • Deaconess Aquatic Center — Evansville, Indiana
  • SCY (25 Yards)
  • Defending Champions
    • Women: Nova Southeastern (3x)
    • Men: vacant
  • Psych Sheets
  • Live Video: NCAA.com
  • Live Results
  • Live Recaps:

WOMEN’S 200 MEDLEY RELAY — FINALS

  • NCAA DII Record: 1:38.30 – Indy (2025)
  • Meet Record: 1:38.30 – Indy (2025)

Top 8 Teams

  1. Nova S’Eastern — 1:37.95 **New NCAA Record
  2. Findlay — 1:38.49
  3. West Florida — 1:38.53
  4. Indy — 1:38.96
  5. Wingate — 1:39.39
  6. Delta State — 1:39.92
  7. Drury — 1:40.17
  8. Tampa — 1:40.37

The Nova Southeastern women swam to a new Division II National Record posting a 1:37.95 in the 200 medley relay. That broke the previous Division II record of a 1:38.30 set by the UIndy women just a year ago.

Split Comparison

Nova Southeastern – 2026 NCAAs
UIndy- 2025 NCAAs
Back Mollie Morfelt 25.48 Julia Magierowska 24.87
Breast Hannah Montgomery 27.49 Megan Gregory 27.95
Fly Kirstina Orban 23.1 Andrea Paaske 23.79
Free Maya Esparza 21.88 Kirabo Namutebi 21.69
1:37.95 1:38.30

The biggest difference between last year and this year was the butterfly leg as Kristina Orban blasted a 23.10 for Nova Southeastern. That was the fastest fly split of the 2026 field by over two-tenths. Hannah Montgomery had a strong breaststroke leg with a 27.49.

Orban and Esparza were notably members of the team’s record-setting 200 free relay and 400 free relay NCAA records that Nova Southeastern swam last month at the Sunshine State Conference Championships. The team will look to defend their overall NCAA title and head into day three with a 33.5 point lead ahead of Tampa.

Nova Southeastern is now home to four out of the five relay records. The 400 medley relay is the lone record held by another school as Queens-NC holds that record from 2019 although the team has since transitioned to Division I.


											
										

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Anya has been with SwimSwam since June 2021 as both a writer and social media coordinator. She was in attendance at the 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 Women's NCAA Championships writing and doing social media for SwimSwam. She also attended 2023 US Summer Nationals as well as the 2024 …

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