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2026 NJCAA Championships
March 4-7, 2026 Hosted by Indian River State College Anne Wilder Aquatic Complex, Fort Pierce, Florida Defending Champions: Men: Indian River (51x) Women: Indian River (43x) Meet Central Results on Meet MobileThe Indian River men’s and women’s team successfully defended their NJCAA Championship Titles, with both teams coming away from the meet on top. For the Indian River men, who won with a score of 1255 points, it marks their 52nd-consecutive title. For the women, who notched an impressive 1291 points, it marks their 44th-consecutive title. Notably, the Indian River women bested the field by over 600 points, nearly doubling the total of runner-up Southwestern Oregon (675).
Final Team Scores – Women:
Indian River State College — 1291 Southwestern Oregon CC — 675 Iowa Western Community College — 516.5 Jamestown Community College — 409 Genesee Community College — 242.5 Fashion Institute of Technology — 221 Barton Community College — 195 Iowa Central Community College — 104 Iowa Lakes Swimming and Diving — 46 Erie Community College — 23 Meridian Community College — 9Final Team Scores – Men:
Indian River State College — 1255 Southwestern Oregon — 802 Iowa Western Community College — 593 Iowa Central Community College — 418 Barton Community College — 381 Iowa Lakes Swimming and Diving — 206 Jamestown Community College — 192 Genesee Community College — 171 Erie Community College — 85 East Central Community College/Meridian Community College — 2Indian River also swept the meet’s honors. Kelly Zwart and Wiktoria Maciuszek were named the co-female swimmers of the meet, while Marcus Johnson was named the men’s swimmer of the meet.
Day 4 Recap:
With both team titles already statistically secured, Indian River swimmers led strong efforts on the final day of action in order to widen their margins.
Kelly Zwart opened the session with a win in the women’s 50 butterfly, coming in with an impressive 24.81. Zwart led the field by nearly a second with her effort, coming in well ahead of teammate Paola Negrin (25.67) as the two posted a 1-2 sweep. The men’s event was a similar story as Indian River’s Oliver Nell threw down a 20.74 to capture the title. His teammate Zackary Gresham finished as the runner-up in 21.31, also posting an impressive time.
Shortly after her 50 butterfly performance, Zwart also captured the national title in the women’s 100 freestyle with a 50.91 performance. Despite the quick turn-around, Zwart still managed to post a season best in the event after entering the meet with a 51.55. She led a 1-4 effort for the Indian River women, as Tazmyn Robson (51.49), Khloe de Santana Guidry (51.90), and Ciel Sanabria (52.90) were all close behind. The men’s 100 freestyle was a slightly closer battle as Indian River’s Kalaa Hall came out with the victory in a time of 44.38, just ahead of Barton’s Caio Ribeiro (44.90).
Marie Kopacova threw down a huge performance in the women’s 1650 freestyle to claim the title in a time of 17:21.61. With her swim, Kopacova sliced over 12 seconds off of her entry time, leading the field by over 18 seconds. She was followed by teammate Paulina Chavis, who also sliced off 12 seconds with her 17:39.96 performance. The men’s 1650 freestyle came down to the touch between Indian River’s Knut Robinson and Iowa Western’s Sam Brunel. Despite the long distance, the pair stayed neck-and-neck into the final wall, with Robinson coming out victorious by only .13 seconds, 15:24.13 to 15:24.26.
Wiktoria Maciuszek sliced over 3 seconds off of her time from prelims en route to a victory in the women’s 200 backstroke. Maciuszek posted a final time of 2:03.34 to stand atop the podium, with the aforementioned Kopacova coming in only a second behind in 2:04.88 for second place. Noah Smith led the field in the men’s race with a dominant victory of nearly 2 seconds, touching in a time of 1:45.36 to claim the national title.
In the women’s 200 breaststroke, it was Cara Ralfe who dominated the field by nearly 10 seconds for the victory. The Indian River athlete posted a 2:18.83 to knock a second and a half off of her best time. Southwestern Oregon’s Andy Garcia Jimenez finished a distant 2nd in 2:28.49. After setting new national records in the 50 and 100 breaststroke earlier in the meet, Marcus Johnson nearly made it 3-for-3 with the 200 breaststroke. However, he fell painstakingly short, missing the record by .02 seconds to come in with a 1:56.03. Southwestern Oregon’s Yuta Kosaka had a great swim to finish 2nd, slicing nearly 4 seconds off of his best time entering the meet to swim a 1:57.86.
To close out the swimming portion of the meet and finalize their victories, the Indian River men and women posted victories in both 400 medley relays. In the women’s 400 freestyle relay, the Indian River squad of Tazmyn Robson, Kelly Zwart, Wiktoria Maciuszek, and Khloe de Santana Guidry combined for a time of 3:27.43, taking the race by nearly 12 seconds. The men’s relay of Oliver Nell, Kalaa Hall, Marcus Johnson, and Noah Smith threw down a time of 2:57.28 for the victory as the only team to finish under 3 minutes.
On the diving boards Indian River also continued their momentum. Jada Toland secured the victory in the women’s 3 meter event with 280.90 points as she completed the sweep of both diving events at the Championships. Spencer Biggs also completed his diving sweep with a victory in the men’s 1 meter, scoring 335.40 points.
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