MELBOURNE, Fla. – As announced by the NCAA on Wednesday evening, Akos Hajagos of Florida Tech men's swimming and Katherine Helminiak of Florida Tech women's swimming have been selected to represent the Panthers at the 2024 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships in Geneva, Ohio
 
Hajagos, a native of Budapest, Hungary will make his debut at the DII National Championships where, in his freshman season, Hajagos was the only Panther to medal in an individual event at this season's SSC Championship earning silver in the men's 200 Butterfly with 1:46.68 and silver in the 400 Individual Medley with 3:53.632, both of which set program records.
 
At NCAA's Hajagos will look to represent Tech in the 200 Individual Medley, 400 Individual Medley, and 200 Butterfly.
 
Helminiak will be making a trip to the NCAAs for the second year in a row having competed in the 200 Free and 500 Free at last year's NCAAs A junior from Sykesville, Maryland, Helminiak competed at this year's SSC Championships, having swam her way to a seventh-place finish in the A final of the 100 Free (52.65), a ninth-place finish overall in the 1000 Free (10:23.23), and two-second place finishes in the B finals of the 200 Free (1:52.41) and 500 Free (5:00.22).
 
Helminiak will compete at NCAA's this year in four events, the 200 Free, 500 Free, 1000 Free, and 1650 Free.
 
The 2024 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships will take place in Geneva, Ohio from March 12^th – March 16^th.
 
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