Agata Naskret Breaks 100 Back Division II Record Leading Off CMU’s Winning 400 Medley Relay

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:
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2
  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3

Agata Naskret gave us a preview of what the women’s individual backstroke events could look like over the next two days as she broke the 100 backstroke Division II record leading off Colorado Mesa’s winning 400 medley relay.

Earlier this season, Naskret, a junior, set a goal to break the Division II record in the event, which stood at 52.52. She ticked that box during the midseason CMU Invitational, where she swam 51.96 and brought the mark under 52 seconds for the first time. The meet was at altitude, so while she swam 51.96, the time shows as 51.86 on the psych sheet.

She hacked another few tenths off the record tonight, blazing a 51.53 during her lead-off leg. She turned in 24.95, getting out well under her record pace (25.39). In November, she split 26.57 on the back-half and was a hundredth off that split tonight, clocking 26.58 on her second 50 yards in Indianapolis.

Top 5 Performers All-Time, NCAA Division II History

1. Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa – 51.53 (2025 D2 Championships)
2. Polina Lapshina, Queens – 52.07 (2019 D2 Championships)
3. (TIE) Laura Pareja, Drury – 52.42 (2021 NCAA D2 Championships)/Celina Marquez, Nova Southeastern – 52.42 (2021 Spartan Invitational)
5. Cassie Wright, Nova Southeastern – 52.48 (2022 NCAA D2 Championships)
6. Katya Rudenko, Drury – 52.65 (2014 Mizzou Invitational)

Naskret is now .54 seconds than the next fastest swimmer in Division II history. Her record-breaking swim put the Mavericks in full control of the 400 medley relay and they held off a back half surge from the Drury Panthers to defend their national relay title from last season.

Naskret is the defending NCAA Division II champion in both backstroke events. She’ll get another shot at lowering her Division II record tomorrow during the individual women’s 100 backstroke and will race the 200 backstroke on the final day of the meet. She swam a 1:55.17–not altitude-adjusted–at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships last months, which ranks fourth all-time in division history. Adjusted for altitude, her best converts to 1:53.97, well under the Division II record.

Women’s 400 Medley Relay – Timed Final

• NCAA DII Record: 3:35.70 — Queens (NC) (Lapshina, Prayson, DaCruz, Dobson) (2019)
• Meet Record: 3:35.70 — Queens (NC) (Lapshina, Prayson, DaCruz, Dobson) (2019)

Final: 

1. Colorado Mesa (Naskret, Leese, Borchardt, Qunell), 3:37.54
2. Drury (Lee, Laegreid, Wijk, Morales), 3:37.97
3. Findlay (Melnyk, Susi, Mears-Bentley, Jones), 3:38.64
4. Nova Southeastern, 3:39.54
5. Wingate, 3:39.80
6. Catawba, 3:41.61
7. Tampa, 3:41.89
8. Indy, 3:42.43

Agata Naskret set the Mavericks up for success from the first leg of the 400 medley relay. Leading off for Colorado Mesa in heat three, Naskret broke her Division II record in the 100 backstroke, swimming 51.53 to take over three-tenths off the mark she set at her midseason invite.

Colorado Mesa did not trail again, as Antonia Leese (1:01.62), Kiara Borchardt (54.88), and Ada Qunell (49.51) followed Naskret’s antics, defending their title from last season with a 3:37.54.

They held off the Drury’s strong back-half of Wijk and Maria Morales for the win. Wijk pulled the Panthers close to the Mavericks with a 53.26 butterfly split, though Morales (49.60) wasn’t able to out-split Qunell and completely erase the gap. The Panthers finished second in 3:37.97, about four-tenths behind Colorado Mesa.