GENEVA, Ohio – For the tenth consecutive season, the Florida Tech swimming program was represented at the NCAA Division II National Championships as they began their 2024 appearance on Wednesday, March 13^th at the second day of nationals at the SPIRE Institute – Aquatics Center with Akos Hajagos and Katherine Helminiak competing in their first events of the week.
 
Freshman Hajagos from Budapest, Hungary competed in his first-ever NCAA Championship Wednesday morning in the men's 200 IM. In the race, Hajagos shattered his program record of 1:49.56 by swimming the race in 1:47.70. Overall, he finished just outside of the B Final's cut for a 17^th overall finish in the 200 IM.
 
Junior Helminiak returned to the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row and started her trip to Geneva, Ohio by competing in the 1000 Free.  With a time of 10:18.94, Helminiak finished in 31st overall out of 39 total swimmers to start her 2024 National Championship swims.
 
Up Next: Day three of the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships will begin at 10:00 am and see Akos Hajagos compete in the men's 400 IM while Helminiak will swim in the women's 200 Free.
 
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