QUEENS VS CATAWBA
- October 18, 2025
- Charlotte, N.C.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Queens Athletics
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte swimming programs continued their strong start to the season with an emphatic dual meet sweep over Catawba College on Saturday afternoon at the Levine Aquatic Center. The Royals women earned a 174-82 victory, while the men captured a 167-81 win behind five new pool records and numerous podium finishes.
“Both the men’s and women’s teams came ready to race today,” Director of Swimming Jeff Dugdale said. “The men opened the meet by setting a new pool record in the 200-yard medley relay, Freshman Leonie Tenzer followed with a standout performance in the 1,000-yard freestyle to break the pool record and post a personal best. The momentum continued as both the men’s and women’s 400-yard freestyle relays capped off the meet by setting additional pool records. Maddie Foster also clocked a pool record as well in the 100 fly. The Royals fed off each other’s energy all day, building momentum and working together to deliver a strong collective performance.”
Queens opened the meet with its first pool record of the day as the men’s 200-yard medley relay team of Pablo Ortega Navarro, Cal Bartone, Emil Harlem, and Nien Levy touched first in 1:26.12, surpassing the 1:27.96 mark previously held by Virginia Tech since 2023. The women’s quartet of Maren Patterson, Libby Livesay, Maddie Foster, and Sabina Kupcova also grabbed gold in 1:40.40.
In the distance events, Leonie Tenzer broke a pool record in the 1000-yard freestyle, clocking 9:56.51 to surpass the previous mark of 10:02.66 set by recent Queens assistant coach and graduate Francesca Bains in 2020. On the men’s side, Akos Horvath won the 1000 in 9:22.76, with Jack Vanvalkenburg placing third (9:27.21).
Foster and Kupcova led a 1-2 finish in the 200 freestyle, while Daniel Meszaros and TJ Spokas went 1-3 for the men.
Queens swept the podium in both 100-yard backstroke events — Patterson, Haley Ross, and Zoey Prezyna went 1-2-3 for the women, while Ortega Navarro, Eli Brinkman, and Caden Fritz did the same for the men.
The Royals again filled the top three in the 100 breaststroke, with Huber, Livesay, and Cornelia Almqvist finishing 1-2-3 for the women, and Bartone, Milan Samoczi, and Matheus Przewalla doing so for the men.
In the 200 butterfly, Abigail Zboran earned the win (2:00.65) and Mary Shanahan placed third, while Nick Karaivanov, Keegan McKenney, and Matt Shanahan swept the men’s podium.
Patterson claimed gold in the 50 freestyle (23.11), with Livesay third. The men’s sprint trio of Stamatis Paleocrassas (19.69), Levy (19.84), and Meszaros (19.98) went 1-2-3.
Foster later earned her second win of the meet and a third pool record with a 53.92 in the 100-yard butterfly, eclipsing alum Kayla Tennant’s 2020 record of 54.37. She also won the 100 freestyle in 50.23.
Ross added another first-place finish in the 200 backstroke (1:58.54), with Prezyna taking second. Ortega Navarro captured the men’s title (1:48.09).
Huber picked up a win in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.46), while Samoczi won the men’s race (1:59.87). Tenzer claimed her second distance victory in the 500 freestyle (4:51.55), and Zboran added her second win of the day in the 400 IM (4:22.90).
Queens closed the meet with two more pool records in the 400-yard freestyle relays. The women’s team of Patterson, Kupcova, Bianca Wettel, and Zboran broke Duke University’s 2020 record (3:24.36) with a 3:22.25, while the men’s quartet of Stamatis Paleocrassas, Meszaros, Spokas, and Levy broke Carson-Newman’s 2020 mark (2:59.35) with a 2:56.41.
UP NEXT
Queens will be back in action at the annual Queens Fall Frenzy in November.
Courtesy: Catawba Athletics
Charlotte, N.C. — The 8th-ranked Catawba College women’s swimming team fell in its matchup with Division I Queens on Saturday in Charlotte, 174-82.
HOW IT HAPPENED
1000 Yard Freestyle
– Fiona Byrne earned a runner-up finish in the 1000 Free, posting a time of 10:22.96
200 Yard Butterfly
– Rebecca Possenti picked up a second-place finish in the 200 Fly, finishing in 2:08.10
50 Yard Freestyle
– Marit Reckmann was the runner-up in the women’s 50 Free, finishing less than two-tenths of a second behind the winner with a mark of 23.29
100 Yard Freestyle
– Reckmann followed up with another second-place finish in the 100 Free, clocking in a 51.50
200 Yard Breaststroke
– Gabi Moll touched the wall second in the women’s 200 Breast, posting a 2:21.13 second effort
500 Yard Freestyle
– Catawba’s Danielle Meinema finished second in 500 Free, finishing less than a second ahead of Byrne for third place with a time of 5:03.07
100 Yard Butterfly
– Sydney Peterson clocked a 55.98 time in the 100 Fly, placing second in the event
400 Yard Individual Medley
– Moll followed up with another runner-up finish in the 400 IM with a time of 4:37.73
400 Yard Freestyle Relay
– Catawba’s 400 Free Relay team of Eniko Onofer, Reckmann, Brinkley Watson and Eszter Pajor placed second in the women’s 400 Free Relay, recording a time of 3:27.83
UP NEXT
– Catawba returns to action at Johnson Pool for a Halloween matchup with Wingate on Oct. 31 at 4 p.m.
Charlotte, N.C. — The 9th-ranked Catawba College men’s swimming team traveled to Division I Queens on Saturday night, as the Catawba Indians fell 167-91.
HOW IT HAPPENED
1000 Yard Freestyle
– Nazar Herashchenko picked up a runner-up finish in the Men’s 1000 Free, finishing six-hundredths of a second behind the victor, placing a time of 9:22.82
200 Yard Freestyle
– Maks Minichowski was three-tenths of a second behind the winning Queens swimmer in the 200 Free, placing second in the 200 Free with a time of 1:37.48
200 Yard Backstroke
– Catawba newcomer George Fykatas added a runner-up finish in the Men’s 200 Backstroke with a time of 1:48.42
200 Yard Breaststroke
– Marshall Wells touched the wall second in the Men’s 200 Breast, logging a time of 2:14.00
500 Yard Freestyle
– Nazar Herashchenko earned the victory in the Men’s 500 Free, posting a 4:31.61 to beat out the top Queens competitor
100 Yard Butterfly
– Lassi Miemi turned in a sub-50 second time in the 100 Fly, earning a runner-up finish with a time of 49.48
400 Yard IM
– Jules Remy was Catawba’s second event winner of the afternoon, turning in a sub 4-minute 400-yard IM to take first with a mark of 3:58.68
400 Yard Free Relay
– Minichowski, Matt Howard, Sammer Abdallah and Ryan Case placed second in the 400 Free Relay with a time of 3:01.13
UP NEXT
– Catawba returns to action at Johnson Pool for a Halloween matchup with Wingate on Oct. 31 at 4 p.m.
