CLEVELAND, Miss. — The third day of the 2025 NSISC Championships saw Nojus Skirutis break a school record twice in one day as the Red Wave added three more medals to its count for the week.
Skirutis set a new Henderson State record in the 400 Yard IM with a time of 3:54.94 in prelims Thursday morning. That record would last mere hours. In the 400 Yard IM Final, Skirutis broke his own record in the event with a time of 3:50.99. With his performance, the Lithuanian put himself in a prime position to earn an invite to the NCAA Division II National Championships with a B-cut time that is currently ranked eighth in the country. He finished second in the final, trailing only a conference-record time from Ouachita Baptist's Zsombor Bujdoso by less than half of a second (3:50.53).
Kiara Pozvai took second in the 200 Yard Freestyle with an NCAA Division II B-cut time of 1:50.58.
Freshman Colin Candebat narrowly missed out on the podium in the 100 Yard Butterfly, but his time of 48.26 seconds did earn him a consideration cut for nationals.
Fellow freshman Zachary Ponder finished fourth in the 400 Yard IM at a B-cut time of 3:56.82.
Patryk Dabrowski (1:39.42) and Tate Sloan (1:39.91) both collected national consideration cuts for their performances in the 200 Yard Freestyle.
HSU's Jean Ducastel, Oskar Cebula, Candebat, and Dabrowski claimed first place in a neck-and-neck Men's 400 Yard Medley Relay that saw them best rival Ouachita Baptist by two hundredths of a second (3:13.16).
The Red Wave's Pearl Himelick, Emma Crowe, Raven Roberts, and Shelby Travis finished fourth in the Women's 400 Yard Medley Relay (4:04.74).
These were the standings at the end of competition on Thursday:
Men
- Delta State - 518.5 points
- Ouachita Baptist - 511.5 points
- Henderson State - 481 points
Women
- West Florida - 669 points
- Delta State - 446.5 points
- Ouachita Baptist - 296 points
- Henderson State - 189.5 points
Conference action continues in Cleveland, Mississippi, with the fourth day of the 2025 NSISC Championships taking place tomorrow, February 21. Swim prelims will begin at 10 a.m. and diving prelims will begin at 1 p.m. Finals are slated to start at 5 p.m.
