by Eric Bohannon

Swimming Completes 2026 Season at CSCAA National Invitational Championships

NIC Final Results
Swimming Completes 2026 Season at CSCAA National Invitational ChampionshipsSwimming Completes 2026 Season at CSCAA National Invitational Championships

OCALA, Fla. – The Old Dominion Men’s 200 medley relay team of Bryce Mortimer, Dawson Truong, Jordan Smolsky and Zachary Redding swam a school record time of 1:26.76 to finish in fifth to lead Old Dominion Swimming at the 2026 CSCAA National Invitational Championships.

Redding led the Monarchs individually by finishing in second in the 100 free with a time of 43.15. Redding finished in ninth in the 50 butterfly with a time of 21.55. He added a 16th place finish in the 50 free with a time of 20.37.

Grey Bremer earned a fifth-place finish in the 500 free with a time of 4:25.60. Nick Martin earned a time of 4:39.91 to place 26th. Bremer then took 12th in the 1000 free with a time of 9:33.30. Bremer earned a third top 15 finish by placing 15th in the 200 free with a time of 1:39.77. Bremer added a 20th place finish in his final individual event, the 1650 free, with a time of 16:36.61.

Mortimer finished in sixth place in the 100 IM with a time of 49.27.

Addison Elliott earned an eighth-place spot in the 100 backstroke with a time of 54.10. Elliott finished in 19th in the 50 backstroke with a time of 25.28.

The Monarchs finished 10th in the 200 freestyle relay as the team of Robby Young, Jordan Smolsky, Bryce Mortimer and Zach Redding earned a time of 1:20.68.

Mortimer finished in 36th in the men’s 50 backstroke with a time of 23.26. Jordan Davis followed in 44th with a time of 23.80.

Dawson Truong finished in 37th with a time of 22.55, Davis finished in 38th in a time of 22.58 and Smolsky came in 39thin a time of 22.60. Davis added a 44th place finish in the 100 butterfly with a time of 50.71. He earned a 49th place position in the 100 backstroke with a time of 49.18.

In the 50 breaststroke, Truong came in 25th with a time of 25.51. Mortimer finished in 33rd in a time of 25.85. Toni Sallaku finished in 40th with a time of 26.29.

The men’s 400 medley relay team of Mortimer, Sallaku, Truong and Redding finished in 15th with a time of 3:17.33.

The men’s 800 freestyle relay team of Young, Bremer, Martin and Smolsky finished in 15th with a time of 6:40.93.

Young, Smolsky, Davis and Redding placed 10th in the 400 free relay with a time of 2:57.64.

In the 200 breaststroke, Sallaku finished in 42nd with a time of 2:06.72.

For the event, the men’s squad finished in 16th out of 30 teams, while the women placed 47th out of 52 teams. Elliott was the only women’s swimmer to compete.