CHARLOTTE, N.C. — 23 swimmers from the Queens University of Charlotte men's & women's swimming programs are getting ready to head to Ocala, Fla. for the annual CSCAA National Invitational Championship (NIC) on March 13-15. Prelims are scheduled to start at 9:30 AM each morning while the finals are scheduled for 6:00 PM each evening.
The National Invitational Championship (NIC) is a postseason competition for Division I swimmers who are not selected and/or eligible for the NCAA Division I Championships but have achieved NCAA B Zone Standards.
Swimmers can automatically qualify for the NIC by either winning their respective Conference Championship event or meeting the CSCAA 'A' Standard for that event during the season.
For relay events, the CSCAA states that qualifying times belong to the team, allowing any swimmer to participate in a relay once the team has met the standard. Furthermore, teams with at least four individual qualifiers may enter any relay event using their fastest time, even if it does not meet the meet's qualifying mark.
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Live Results: https://www.cscaa.org/nic
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Last year, the Queens men finished in second place with a total 621.5 points ahead of opponents such as Kentucky and Purdue. The women finished in fourth place with a score of 438 over squads such as Illinois and California San Diego. Matej Dusa was also named the 2024 CSCAA National Invitational Freestyle Swimmer of the Meet after his record-breaking performances on the week. As a combined gender program, Queens were the highest-ranked mid-major university.
This year, the following athletes will represent Queens at the NIC:
WOMEN
Tova Andersson
Katherine Bailey
Maddie Foster
Ryley Heck
Annika Huber
Sabina Kupcova
Libby Livesay
Maren Patterson
Haley Ross
Mary Shanahan
Abigail Zboran
MEN
Noah Beladi
Jacob Browne
Matej Dusa
Ondrej Dusa
Caden Fritz
Nien Levy
Andreas Marz
Daniel Meszaros
Matheus Przewalla
Matt Shanahan
TJ Spokas
Conner Wang
LAST TIME OUT
The Royals are coming off a successful 2025 ASUN Championship run, as the men made history winning their first-ever Atlantic Sun Conference Championship title while the women claimed third place in the meet. Matheus Przewalla, was named the Most Outstanding Freshman Performer of the meet while Abigail Zboran was honored as the Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Championship. Additionally, Director of Swimming Jeff Dugdale was named the ASUN Men's Coach of the Year, voted on by the league's head coaches.
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