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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 (47x) Meet Central Results on Meet MobileHost Indian River State College has started strong in its quest to defend its NJCAA titles on both the men’s and women’s sides. Through day 2 of competition, the Pioneers lead the men’s competition by over 200 points with a total of 587, while the women’s team also leads with a dominant 605 points for an even larger margin of 300 points.
Day 1 featured a lighter event schedule to kick-start the meet. Opening the event slate in the women’s 50 breaststroke, Indian River’s Wiktoria Maciuszek took home the gold with an impressive 28.90 performance, just ahead of teammates Khloe de Santana Guidry and Cara Ralfe who tied for 2nd in 29.19. In the men’s event, Marcus Johnson helped Indian River to a sweep with the victory in a time of 23.90, the only swimmer under 25 seconds.
The women’s 200 IM saw Paola Negrin post the top time for the victory (2:04.47), leading the field by over 2 seconds. Shortly after the 50 breaststroke, Cara Ralfe picked up a silver medal here with a 2:06.72. Meanwhile, Indian River’s Noah Smith was dominant in the men’s event, dropping 3 seconds from prelims to post the fastest time of the day with a 1:48.10 for the gold.
In the splash-and-dash 50 freestyle for the women, Kelly Zwart picked up a victory over teammate Tazmyn Robson, touching in 23.57 to Robson’s 23.82. The Indian River saw a sweep of the podium as Jackie Conroy finished 3rd in 23.84. Oliver Nell led the men’s field by over a second, a large margin of victory over a short distance, as he touched in a time of 19.16. Teammate Brayden Hunt was 2nd in the event with a 20.57.
Indian River closed day 1 with victories in the 800 freestyle relays. On the women’s side, the team of Marie Kopacova, Tazmyn Robson, Ciel Sanabria, and Paola Negrin touched 1st in a 7:38.50, a dominant 30 seconds ahead of the field. The men’s relay of Noah Smith, Kalaa Hall, Arnas Monkelis, and Knut Robinson closed out the night with a victory in a time of 6:33.09, well ahead of the field as well.
Day 2 kicked off with the women’s 200 freestyle relay, which saw Indian River’s team of Kelly Zwart, Tazmyn Robson, Jackie Conroy, and Khloe de Santa Guidry combine for a time of 1:33.47 to claim the title by nearly 7 seconds over Southwestern Oregon. The Indian River men posted a similar level of dominance in their performance, throwing down a time of 1:19.16 to win by over 3 seconds. That quartet consisted of Brayden Hunt, Oliver Nell, Kalaa Hall, and Marcus Johnson, with Nell notably throwing down an impressive 18.65 split on the 2nd leg.
Indian River then swept the podium in the women’s 50 backstroke, led by Wiktoria Maciuszek‘s time of 25.34. She led the field by over a second, with the aforementioned Jackie Conroy finishing 2nd in 26.85 and teammate Dyara Tohom coming in 3rd with a 28.21. After throwing down his impressive split on the relay, Oliver Nell won the men’s 50 backstroke in 21.46, well ahead of teammate Noah Smith (22.69), who finished 2nd in the event.
Paola Negrin popped a 10-second margin of victory in the women’s 400 IM with a strong 4:25.30 performance. Though she was just slightly off of her prelims time, she still led by a wide margin with teammates Paulina Chavis (4:35.47) and Cora Falvey (4:43.44) coming in 2nd and 3rd to secure the Indian River sweep. Southwestern Oregon’s Yuta Kosaka became the first victor outside of Indian River with a win in the men’s 400 IM, as he dropped an impressive 9 seconds between prelims and finals to secure the top spot in a time of 3:53.84. Indian River made up for the points though as they proceeded to place 2nd through 6th in the race.
Picking up her second victory of the night, Kelly Zwart threw down an impressive 55.33 in the women’s 100 butterfly to win by almost 3 seconds. She finished ahead of the aforementioned Dyara Tohom, who placed 2nd in 58.23 to pick up her second medal of the night as well. Indian River saw a sweep of the 100 butterfly as Zackary Gresham took home the men’s title in a time of 47.79, a second ahead of the field.
Like Kelly Zwart, Tazmyn Robson also took home her second medal of the night with a large margin of victory in the women’s 200 freestyle. In the race she posted a time of 1:51.39 to lead the field by over 5 seconds, with Southwestern Oregon’s Cami Tovar taking 2nd overall in 1:56.58, only .01 ahead of Ciel Sanabria (1:56.59). The men’s race was much closer as Sam Brunel held off Caio Riberio by .04 for the title, with the two touching in times of 1:36.76 and 1:36.80, respectively.
Indian River closed out the swimming portion of the session with victories in both 400 medley relays. In the women’s event, the team of Wiktoria Maciuszek, Cara Ralfe, Kelly Zwart, and Tazmyn Robson combined for a time of 3:46.82 to dominate the field by 17 seconds. The men’s relay of Noah Smith, Marcus Johnson, Zackary Gresham, and Oliver Nell combined for a time of 3:08.64 to demolish the NJCAA record in the event. The previous record of 3:12.03 was set back in 2015 by Indian River as well.
On the diving boards, Indian River was equally as dominant as they swept both events. Jada Toland took home the gold in the women’s 1 meter event with a score of 290.00 to best the competition by over 80 points. In the men’s event, Spencer Biggs won by over 100 points with a 362.40.
Women’s Team Scores Through Day 2:
Indian River State College — 645 Southwestern Oregon CC — 331 Iowa Western Community College — 259.5 Jamestown Community College — 196 Genesee Community College — 111.5 Fashion Institute of Technology — 98 Barton Community College — 79 Iowa Central Community College — 39 Iowa Lakes Swimming and Diving — 33 Erie Community College — 8 Meridian Community College — 6
Men’s Team Scores Through Day 2:
Indian River State College — 627 Southwestern Oregon CC — 391 Iowa Western Community College — 271 Barton Community College — 207 Iowa Central Community College — 182 Jamestown Community College — 104 Iowa Lakes Swimming and Diving — 96 Genesee Community College — 92 Erie Community College — 45 East Central Community College/Meridian Community College — 2Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2026 NJCAA Championships: Indian River Starts Strong in Quest to Defend Titles (Days 1&2 Recap)
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