CLEVELAND, Mississippi – The Ouachita Baptist University men's swimming and diving team has won its first New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference Championship since the year 2000 after claiming the 2025 title by 27 points on Saturday.
 
The No. 13 Tigersharks placed first to claim the 2025 NSISC title with a total score of 1095.5 points. No. 15 Delta State placed second with 1068.6 points and cross-street rival No. 25 Henderson State finished third with 983 points.
 
This is Ouachita's third NSISC Championship and the first since 2000.
 
Head Coach Steven Bostick was named the NSISC men's Swim Coach of the Year for the second season in a row. 

Assistant Coach Dawson Pritchard won the NSISC men's Diving Coach of the Year Award.  
 
Over the course of the five-day championship event, Ouachita racked up seven individual champions, 24 top three finishes, and set six new records.
 
The Champions:
 
Daniel Meszaros won two events, winning the 200 Freestyle by more than two seconds with an NSISC record time of 1:35.28 and the 500 Freestyle by almost four seconds with a DSU pool record time of 4:23.72, which meets NCAA B-Cut standards. The Hungarian also took second in the 100 Butterfly with a B-Cut time of 48.11, 0.01 seconds out of first, and placed second in the 100 Freestyle with a B-Cut time of 43.72, 0.12 seconds out of first. Meszaros tied for the Men's Swimmer of the Meet Award for his performance this week, which is given out to the top swimmer at the NSISC Championships. 
 
Miles Schulze earned two individual titles, winning the 100 Breaststroke with a B-Cut and team record time of 53.38 and the 200 Breaststroke with an NSISC record time of 1:55.94, breaking the previous record from 2019 by more than half a second.
 
Zsombor Bujdoso won the 400 IM with a NSISC and program record time of 3:50.53 seconds, breaking the previous conference record set in 2018 by 0.25 seconds. The Hungarian also placed second in the 200 IM with a B-Cut time of 1:48.08, less than half a second out of first, and finished second in the 200 Breaststroke with a B-Cut time of 2:00.07.
 
Gabriel Palomino won the 1-Meter Dive by 16 points with an NCAA Qualifying score of 512.15 points. Palamino also placed third in the 3-Meter Dive with a qualifying score of 458.95 points. The Hobbs, New Mexico native's score in the 1-Meter Dive broke the program record in the event that had stood since 1989. 
 
The 800 Freestyle Relay squad of Bujdoso, Pal, Andruss, and Meszaros won the opening event by almost two seconds with a NSISC, pool, and school record time of 6:31.59, which also meets NCAA B-Cut standards.
 
The 400 Freestyle Relay squad of Ian Redman, Ragsdell, Pal, and Meszaros won the closing event by 0.23 seconds with a B-Cut time of 2:56.92.
 
The Top Threes:
 
Tyler Andruss placed second in the 1650 Freestyle with a B-Cut time of 15:41.28. Andruss also took third in the 1000 Freestyle with a school record and NCAA B-Cut time of 9:21.15.
 
Elijah Donaldson took second in the 3-Meter Dive with a NCAA qualifying score of 471.80 points.
 
Vince Pal finished third in the 200 Freestyle with a B-Cut time of 1:38.32, less than a second out of second place.
 
Sam Ragsdell took third in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 49.32, 0.25 seconds out of second place. Ragsdell also placed third in the 100 Freestyle with a time of 43.93, just 0.33 seconds out of first.
 
David Ware placed third in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 48.15, just 0.04 seconds out of second place.
 
The 200 Medley Relay squad of Ethan Sparks, Schulze, David Ware, and Rafael Bustillo placed second in the event with a time of 1:28.86, less than a second out of first.
 
The 400 Medley Relay squad of Sparks, Schulze, Ware, and Meszaros took second with a time of 3:13.18, just 0.02 seconds out of first place.
 
The 200 Freestyle Relay squad of Michael Higgens, Pal, Ware, and Bustillo placed third with a time of 1:21. 73.
 
In total, Ouachita posted 47 podium finishes (places 1-8) en route to totaling 1037.5 points to claim the 2025 conference title.
 
Next up, the Tigersharks will await final cuts to be made for the 2025 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving National Championships. With multiple members of the Ouachita swim team hitting NCAA qualifying marks over the season, the Tigersharks will be looking to send a number of swimmers to Indianapolis, Indiana to compete in March.