Nikola Tadic
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Weight:
- 176
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- Hometown:
- Croatia
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- Year:
- Junior
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- Events:
- Freestyle
Bio
2019-2020: Tadic secured a lifetime best time of 45 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle on the final day of the University of Tennesee Invitational, it was also the third-fastest time in program history. At the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships, Tadic placed seventh in the 'B' final of the 100-yard backstroke.
2018-2019: Ungur, Howell, George and Nikola Tadic turned in a third-place finish with a time of 3:27.68 in the 400-yard medley relay at the Emory Invitational... C-N's group of Nikola Tadic, Seth Hughes, Jonny Goss, and Chad Andoljsek grabbed a 12th-place finish and 12 points with a time of 3:01.63 in the 400-yard freestyle relay at the UT Invitational... At the BMC Championships, Jon Lancaster, Matthew George, Nikola Tadic, and Figueiredo earned third in the 800 free relay with an NCAA provisional qualifier and season-low time by seven seconds of 6:36.58. The mark also clips a new program record which previously stood at 6:36.82 and sits at fifth-best in all of Division II. The men's foursome of Ungur, Nikola Tadic, Seth Hughes, and Chad Andoljsek earned the runner-up and All-BMC honor in the 400 free relay with a time of 2:58.92...a 12thplace finish at 1:21.28 earned the four Eagles Honorable Mention All-Americans. The 200 Free Relay team consisted of Jonathan Goss, Seth Hughes, Nikola Tadic, and Chad Andoljsek.
2017-2018: The men's side of Jon Lancaster, Nikola Tadic, Caleb Howell & Marcelo Figueiredo broke a school record by a whole three seconds with a time of 6:36.82 at the NCAA Championships. Nikola Tadic turned in a time of 45.34 seconds setting a new lifetime best in the 100 yard freestyle and the best time of any Eagle in the event this season, recording a national 'B' time at the NCAA Championships. The same day, the800 freestyle relay team of Lancaster, Tadic, Howell and Figueiredo broke a school record by 1.5 seconds in the event, and earned an automatic qualifying time to nationals putting together a time of 6:39.06. Nikola Tadic (1:39.43), Marcelo Figueiredo (1:38.74) and Chad Andoljsek (1:40.91) took home first, second and third-place in the 'C' final as they all recorded lifetime best swims. Tadic, a freshman native of Croatia, missed the school record by .5 seconds at the Univ. of Tennessee Invitational. On the same day,aa time of 6:40.77 in the 800-yard freestyle relay, Lancaster, Tadic, Howell and Figueiredo set a school record beating the previous time by a whole two seconds.
News mentions
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman swim team capped off day three of the Tennessee Invitational by piling on more season and personal best times, positioning the squad to move up the national ranks and springing multiple Eagles to qualify for the NCAA National Championships in March.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carson-Newman Eagles swim team saw 16 different athletes qualify for either ‘A’ or ‘B’ finals times during the preliminary events of day two of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The C-N swim team saw 10 Eagles win All-Conference honors during final events at day two of the BMC Conference Championships.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carson-Newman swim team saw multiple swimmers qualify for All-Conference laurels at day three of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships.
The Carson-Newman swim team will open up their 2019-2020 campaign at the CSCAA Open Water National Championships in Lawrence, Kansas on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 8:30 a.m.