2026 CSCAA National Invitational Championships
- March 12-14, 2026
- FAST, Ocala, Florida
- Meet Central
- Defending Champions:
- Women: Arkon
- Men: Ohio State
- Psych Sheets
- Schedule of Events
- COMPLETE RESULTS
- Day 1 Recap
- Day 2 Recap
Women’s Team Scores (Top 10)
- Kentucky – 553
- Rice – 500.5
- Ohio State – 496
- Akron – 463
- Queens (NC) – 432
- Duke – 357.5
- Illinois – 330
- Northern Colorado – 306.5
- Fresno State – 302
- Arkansas – 281.5
Men’s Team Scores (Top 10)
- Queens (NC) – 818.5
- Ohio State – 746.5
- Grand Canyon – 631
- Duke – 529
- George Washington – 440
- Towson – 371
- Youngstown State – 351.5
- Florida Atlantic – 323
- Denver – 303.5
- Kentucky – 297.5
The 2026 CSCAA NIC is now in the books. At the conclusion of the meet, the Kentucky women’s team and Queens (NC) men’s team stood atop the podium.
Rice’s Ella Dyson won 1650 free in 16:15.25. Her swim marked a season best in the mile, however, she was slightly off her career best of 16:14.03, which was set back in March of 2024. In addition to her win in the mile, Dyson won the 1000 free, splitting 9:52.82 at the 1000 of her 1650.
The men’s mile saw Ohio State’s TJ Frost clock a 15:08.45 to claim victory. That performance marks a career best for Frost. Like Dyson, Frost also won the 1000 free, splitting 9:07.70.
Moving past the distance races, Ball State’s Anna Keen was excellent in the women’s 100 IM, where she swam a 54.35. She set the NIC meet record in the process, also clocking a Ball State program record. Keen was out fast, splitting 24.44 on the opening 50.
Buckeye Mason Francis won the men’s 100 IM with a 48.43, touching 1st in an incredibly tight race with Kentucky’s Cayden Pitzer. Francis was out in 21.98 on the opening 50, giving him a lead over Pitzer, who split 22.21. Pitzer then came home faster, splitting 26.24 on the back half to Francis’ 26.45, but it wasn’t enough. At the finish, Pitzer came in 2nd with a 48.45.
Duke then had a wildly impressive showing in the women’s 200 back. Molly Donlan won the race in 1:54.65, followed closely by teammate Alexa Conner. Another Blue Devil, Kate Meyers-Labenz, took 3rd with a 1:56.09.
The men’s 200 back saw Ohio State’s Krys Gorski win in record fashion. Gorski popped a 1:41.58, taking down the NIC meet record in the process. The performance also marks a new career best for Gorski.
Tulane earned a win in the women’s 100 free, where Eliza Lennox clocked a 49.28. She won a tight race with Akron’s Helena Lalkovic, who finished 2nd in 49.31.
Daniel Meszaros won the men’s 100 free for Queens (NC), stopping the clock in 43.13. This was yet another very tight race, seeing Zach Redding (Old Dominion) take 2nd with a 43.15, and Nate Rasmussen (Pacific) come in 3rd with a 43.29.
Ohio State was back on top in the women’s 200 breast, where Danika Varda swam a 2:09.47. Varda set a new meet record in the process, and was just a tick off her career best of 2:09.31.
Grand Canyon earned a win on the night, seeing Carter Dooling touch 1st in the men’s 200 breast with a 1:55.55. Dooling set his career best of 1:54.56 at the Big West Championships a month ago.
Jessica Eden won the women’s 200 fly in 1:57.74. The Buckeye set her career best in the event at a dual meet with Pitt back in January, where she went 1:56.69.
Youngstown State’s Quinn Cynor won the men’s 200 fly with a 1:45.83.
The meet ended with the 400 free relay. Akron’s squad of Helena Lalkovic (49.71), Callie Parkes (49.10), Cora Spetz (49.79), and Hannah Trainer (49.06) teamed up for a 3:17.66, winning the women’s 400 free relay by 2 seconds. The fastest split in the field came from Eliza Lennox, who anchored the Tulane relay in 48.90.
Queens (NC) won the men’s 400 free relay, officially sealing their victory in the team race as well. Daniel Meszaros (43.18), Stamatis Paleocrassas (43.91), TJ Spokas (43.15), and Nien Levy (43.02). Ball States Will Raches put up the fastest split in the field, swimming a 42.95 on the anchor leg of his really.
