Buffalo NY – The Iowa Lakes swim team made their way over to Erie Community College and the Burt Flickinger Aquatic Center, the host of the 2023 NJCAA National Swim and Dive Championships. The National Championship meet took place over a four-day period of March 1^st to March 4^th, seeing the preliminary heats in the morning starting at 9:30 am, and the finals at 5:30 pm each day.

The Iowa Lakes swim team qualified 14 athletes for the event, the largest qualifying team since 2015, and the third-largest qualifying team in program history. NJCAA Nationals this year saw 13 teams competing through the week, with our Laker Men finishing in 5^th overall (scoring 347 points), and our Laker Women finishing 8^th overall (scoring 236 points), both team significantly outscoring their 2022 performance, and breaking 7 school records along the way.

2023 NJCAA Swim and Dive Nationals Day 1 Results:

Mens 50 breaststroke -

7th - Erik Graff (2nd fastest time in program history 26.40)

11th - Andres Santana (26.96)

21st - Caleb Rubitschung (32.32)

Mens 1000 Free -

23rd - Brady Noel (11:49.73)

Women's 200 IM -

6th - Moana Wind (New School Record time of 2:10.13)

11th - Gabriela Darakchieva (6th fastest all time in 2:19.23)

15th - Allison Graff (2:28.74)

Men 200 IM -

8th - Marcelo Rojas (2nd fastest all time in 1:54.26)

16th - Eduardo Sarmiento (2:04.30)

20th - Andres Santana (2:08.44)

Mens 50 Free -

4th - Eduardo Martiniano (20.64)

11th - Troy Maivusorako (5th fastest all time in 21.33)

34th - Phillip Kinono (24.13)

37th - Brady Noel (24.70)

Mens 800 Free Relay -

5th - Rojas, Voller, Graff, Martiniano (2nd fastest all time in 7:06.04)

2023 NJCAA Swim and Dive Nationals Day 2 Results:

Women's 200 Free Relay -

6th - Wind, Darakchieva, Valentine, Graff (1:45.63)

Mens 200 Free Relay -

5th - Martiniano, Rojas, Voller, Maivusaroko (2nd fastest time in school history 1:25.25)

Women's 50 Back -

5th - Gabby Darakchieva (New School Record in 27.15)

18th - Rylee Valentine (33.32)

Mens 50 Back -

19th - Phillip Kinono (29.94)

Mens 400 IM -

9th - Marcelo Rojas (2nd fastest all time performer in 4:09.05)

14th - Eduardo Sarmiento (8th fastest all time in 4:28.46)

Women's 200 Free -

13th - Allison Graff (2:16.15)

18th - Rylee Valentine (2:30.66)

Mens 200 Free-

7th - Eduardo Martiniano (1:42.27)

14th - Patrick Voller (10th fastest all time performer in 1:47.08)

17th - Erik Graff (1:50.05)

18th - Troy Maivusaroko (1:50.76)

23rd - Caleb Rubitschung (2:00.60)

Women's 400 Medley Relay -

5th - Graff, Darakchieva, Wind, Valentine (4:22.77)

Mens 400 Medley Relay -

5th - Martiniano, Graff, Rojas, Maivusaroko (2nd fastest all time performance in 3:27.41)

2023 NJCAA Swim and Dive Nationals Day 3 Results:

Women's 100 IM -

1^st place & NJCAA National Champion - Moana Wind (New School Record 57.68)

15th - Rylee Valentine (1:15.10)

Men's 500 Free-

15th - Brady Noel (5:24.41)

Women's 100 Back-

7th - Gabby Darakchieva (2nd fastest all time performer in 59.27)

12th - Allison Graff (1:06.95)

Men's 100 Back -

2nd place - Eduardo Martiniano (New School Record 50.84)

7th - Patrick Voller (7th fastest time in school history 54.11)

10th - Troy Maivusaroko (5th fastest time in school history 53.57)

19th - Phillip Kinono (1:07.97)

Women's 100 Breast-

1^st place & NJCAA National Champion - Moana Wind (New School Record 1:02.73)

Men's 100 Breast-

7th - Erik Graff (3rd fastest all time performer 57.16)

11th - Andres Santana (5th fastest all time 58.3)

14th - Eduardo Sarmiento (6th fastest all time 59.65)

25th - Caleb Rubitschung (1:11.81)

Men's 200 Fly-

7th- Marcelo Rojas (2nd fastest of all time 1:54.58)

Women's 200 yard medley relay-

5th - Darakchieva, Wind, Graff, Valentine (5th fastest all time 1:55.70)

Men's 200 yard medley relay-

5th - Voller, Graff, Sarmiento, Maivusaroko (2nd fastest all time performance in 1:35.83)

2023 NJCAA Swim and Dive Nationals Day 4 Results:

Men's 1650 Free -

16th - Brady Noel (19:30.76)

Women's 100 Free -

20th - Rylee Valentine (1:06.74)

Men's 100 Free -

4th - Eduardo Martiniano (New School Record in 45.14)

17th - Patrick Voller (6th fastest all time 48.02)

23rd - Eduardo Sarmiento (50.26)

30th - Caleb Rubitschung (55.23)

Women's 200 back-

5th - Gabby Darakchieva (2nd fastest all time 2:11.33)

13th - Allison Graff (2:27.94)

Men's 200 back-

7th - Troy Maivusaroko (5th fastest all time  (2:00.19)

10th - Patrick Voller (9th fastest all time  2:03.56)

18th- Phillip Kinono (2:26.80)

Women's 200 breast -

5th - Moana Wind (New School Record in 2:20.49)

Men's 200 breast-

6th - Erik Graff (2nd fastest all time performer in 2:07.78)

8th - Marcelo Rojas (3rd fastest all time 2:08.23)

12th - Andres Santana (4th fastest all time 2:09.76)

Women's 400 free relay-

7th – Wind, Darakchieva, Valentine, Graff (4:00.10)

Mens 400 free relay-

5^th – Rojas, Voller, Maivusaroko, Martiniano (2^nd fastest all time performance in 3:10.92)