Nova Southeastern Claims Fourth-Straight Women’s Swimming National Championship

Nova Southeastern Claims Fourth-Straight Women’s Swimming National Championship

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SSC boasts the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the nation.

A.J. Vazquez, Communications Contractor

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Nova Southeastern University women's swimming won the 2026 NCAA Division II Women's Swimming National Championship, totaling 486 points. The University of Tampa followed the Sharks in second with 424.5, and Lynn University finished 14th with 116 points.

Nova Southeastern's win was fueled by eight gold medals, five silver and two bronze. Kristina Orban solidified herself as one of the nation's best swimmers by capturing six first-place finishes across the week. In total, Nova Southeastern had seven other competitors record first-place finishes: Hailey Williams (1), Emilia Ronningdal (3), Zsofia Kurdi (3), Maxine Enger (2), Maya Esparza (3), Hannah Montgomery (1) and Mollie Morfelt (1).

Orban won the 100-yard freestyle in 49.34, the 200-yard freestyle in 1:46.34, the 100-yard butterfly in 52.79, the 200-yard freestyle relay with a split of 22.10 and total time of 1:29.03, the 800-yard freestyle relay with a split of 1:45.74 and total time of 7:08.52, and the 200-yard medley relay with a butterfly split of 23.10 and final time of 1:37.95. In the 200-yard freestyle and medley relays, she was part of the squads that set two new national records alongside Zsofia Kurdi, Maxine Enger, Maya Esparza, Mollie Morfelt and Hannah Montgomery. The Sharks' 400-yard freestyle relay team of Ronningdal, Esparza, Enger and Kurdi set a new national record with a time of 3:17.37.

Tampa, the national runner-up, had six podium finishes, led by Burley Bokos, who won the 400-yard individual medley by two seconds ahead of the rest of the field with a time of 4:14.09. Lynn was led by Lydia Douthit and Luz Tapia, who scored 26 and 23 points, respectively.

Full results can be found here. 

Individual Champions:
– Emilia Ronningdal - Nova Southeastern - 200 Medley
– Kristina Orban - Nova Southeastern - 100 Butterfly, 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle
– Burlingtyn Bokos - Tampa - 400 Medley

Relay Champions:
– Nova Southeastern - 800 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay

All-America Honors:

Lynn

– Lydia Douthit: 100 Butterfly (first team), 200 Butterfly (first team), 200 Freestyle Relay  (second team), 200 Medley Relay  (second team), 400 Medley Relay  (second team)

– Lily Drons: 200 Medley Relay  (second team)

– Adel Pal: 800 Freestyle Relay  (second team)

– Ala Piascinska: 200 Medley Relay  (second team), 400 Medley Relay  (second team)

– Luz Tapia Sahagun: 100 Freestyle (first team), 200 Freestyle (first team), 200 Freestyle Relay  (second team), 400 Medley Relay  (second team), 800 Freestyle Relay  (second team)

– Mariele De Santis: 200 Individual Medley (second team), 400 Individual Medley (second team), 200 Backstroke (second team), 200 Freestyle Relay  (second team)

– Malaika Schneider: 100 Breaststroke (second team), 200 Medley Relay  (second team), 400 Medley Relay  (second team), 800 Freestyle Relay  (second team)

– Alastair Webster: 200 Freestyle Relay  (second team), 800 Freestyle Relay  (second team)

Nova Southeastern

– Brielle Buchanan: 1000 Freestyle (second team), 500 Freestyle (second team)

– Sara Dowden: 200 Butterfly (second team)

– Maxine Egner: 100 Freestyle (first team), 200 Freestyle (second team), 200 Freestyle Relay  (first team), 400 Freestyle Relay  (first team)

– Maya Esparza: 100 Freestyle (second team), 50 Freestyle (second team), 200 Freestyle Relay  (first team), 200 Medley Relay  (first team), 400 Freestyle Relay  (first team)

– Viktoriia Kostromina: 200 Butterfly (first team), 400 Medley Relay  (first team)

– Zsofia Kurdi: 100 Breaststroke (first team), 100 Freestyle (first team), 50 Freestyle (first team), 200 Freestyle Relay  (first team), 400 Freestyle Relay  (first team), 400 Medley Relay  (first team), 800 Freestyle Relay  (first team)

– Hannah Montgomery: 200 Medley Relay  (first team), 400 Medley Relay  (first team)

– Mollie Morfelt: 200 Medley Relay  (first team), 400 Medley Relay  (first team)

– Kristina Orban: 100 Butterfly (first team), 100 Freestyle (first team), 200 Freestyle (first team), 50 Freestyle (first team), 200 Freestyle Relay  (first team), 200 Medley Relay  (first team), 800 Freestyle Relay  (first team)

– Emilia Ronningdal: 200 Individual Medley (first team), 200 Freestyle (first team), 500 Freestyle (first team), 400 Freestyle Relay  (first team), 800 Freestyle Relay  (first team)

– Danika Senekal: 200 Butterfly (second team)

– Hailey Williams: 1000 Freestyle (first team), 1650 Freestyle (first team), 200 Freestyle (second team), 500 Freestyle (first team), 800 Freestyle Relay  (first team)

Rollins

– Taiylor Tegler: 100 Breaststroke (second team)

Tampa

– Burlingtyn Bokos: 400 Individual Medley (first team), 200 Butterfly (first team), 1000 Freestyle (first team), 1650 Freestyle (first team)

– Caroline Foltz: 200 Individual Medley (second team), 400 Individual Medley (second team), 200 Breaststroke (second team)

– Avery Frece: 200 Freestyle Relay  (first team), 400 Freestyle Relay  (first team), 800 Freestyle Relay  (first team)

– McCall Freiburger: 200 Breaststroke (second team)

– Laura Hodgson: 1000 Freestyle (first team), 1650 Freestyle (first team), 500 Freestyle (first team), 800 Freestyle Relay  (first team)

– Laney Jones: 50 Freestyle (second team), 200 Freestyle Relay  (first team)

– Hannah-Claire Jowers: 200 Medley Relay  (first team), 400 Medley Relay  (first team)

– Sofia Krstolic: 200 Butterfly (second team)

– Lindsey Louder: 100 Backstroke (first team), 200 Backstroke (first team), 200 Freestyle (first team), 400 Freestyle Relay  (first team), 800 Freestyle Relay  (first team)

– Kimberly McCaffrey: 200 Backstroke (second team), 200 Medley Relay  (first team)

– Sidni Meister: 200 Individual Medley (first team), 100 Backstroke (first team), 200 Backstroke (first team), 400 Medley Relay  (first team)

– Tilde Morin: 100 Freestyle (second team), 50 Freestyle (first team), 200 Freestyle Relay  (first team), 200 Medley Relay  (first team), 400 Freestyle Relay  (first team), 400 Medley Relay  (first team)

– Mckenna Patrick: 1000 Freestyle (second team), 200 Freestyle (second team), 500 Freestyle (second team), 800 Freestyle Relay  (first team)

– Madalee Roberts: 100 Butterfly (first team), 50 Freestyle (second team), 200 Freestyle Relay  (first team), 200 Medley Relay  (first team), 400 Freestyle Relay  (first team), 400 Medley Relay  (first team)

– Alicia Soderlind: 100 Breaststroke (second team)

– Carlie Tyler: 200 Backstroke (second team)