Nova Southeastern Women Blast 1:29.03 Breaking Own Division II 200 Free Relay Record

2026 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships

Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay

  • NCAA DII Record: 1:30.04 — Nova S’Eastern (2026)
  • Meet Record: 1:30.05 — Queens (NC), (2018)

Top 8 Finishers

  1. Nova S’eastern — 1:29.03 **New NCAA Record
  2. Indy — 1:30.43
  3. Tampa — 1:31.28
  4. Delta State — 1:31.65
  5. Findlay — 1:31.72
  6. Grand Valley — 1:31.97
  7. West Florida — 1:32.06
  8. Catawba — 1:32.11

The Nova Southeastern women smashed their own record in the 200 freestyle relay as the group of Zsofia Kurdi, Kristina Orban, Maxine Egner, and Maya Esparza swam to a 1:29.03. That broke their own Division II record of a 1:30.04 that the four swam just a month ago at the 2026 Sunshine State Conference Championships. They also broke the Division II meet record of a 1:30.05 set by Queens back at the 2018 NCAA Championships.

Split Comparison

New NCAA and Meet Record Nova Southeastern- 2026 NCAA Championships Old NCAA Record Nova Southeastern- 2026 Sunshine State Conference Championships Old Meet Record
Queens- NC, 2018 NCAAs
Zsofia Kurdi 22.55 Zsofia Kurdi 23.01 Alex Marshall 23.21
Kristina Orban 22.1 Kristina Orban 22.33 Kyrie Dobson 22.31
Maxine Egner 22.18 Maxine Egner 22.39 Wonda Dollmayer 22.36
Maya Esparza 22.2 Maya Esparza 22.31 Shelly Prayson 22.17
1:29.03 1:30.04 1:30.05

All four swimmers were faster today than they were a month ago at conferences. Lead off leg Zsofia Kurdi was the biggest difference today as she was 0.46 seconds faster. Her 22.55 lead off was notably faster than she was in the individual 50 free earlier this week as she swam a 22.67 for 5th in the event.

This marks the 2nd relay record of the meet for Nova Southeastern as they already set the 200 medley relay record on night 2. They hold all but the 400 medley relay record.

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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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