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2025-26 Swimming & Diving Roster

Nastia Tichy

  • Position Fly/Free
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Salzburg, Austria

Biography

BEFORE FGCU
Swam one season at Nebraska and spent one year at Kentucky (did not compete)... Excelled in the freestyle and butterfly for the Huskers during the 2023-24 season... At the Big Ten Championships, she qualified for the B final of the 200 butterfly with a prelim time of 1:59.35... Went on for a 15th-place finish with a time of 1:59.85... Added a 24th-place finish in the C final of the 100 butterfly (54.38)... At the Hawkeye Invitational, she took first in the 200 butterfly and hit the NCAA B Standard with a time of 1:58.87... Added another B cut in the event against Rutgers with a career-best time of 1:58.20... Added a fifth-place finish in the 100 butterfly at the Hawkeye Invite (54.59).. Capped off her season with nine top-three finishes, including four titles... Was a CSCAA Scholar All-American, Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll, and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Sport und musisches Realgymnasium... Competed in the 2022 LEN European Championships in the 200 fly (2:14.59, 14th) and 100 fly (1:01.74, 28th)... Also participated in the 2022 FINA World Cup stop, where she placed 12th in the 200 fly (2:12.48) and 55th in the 200 free (2:05.26)... Both of those times were personal bests in their respective events.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Peter and Natalia... Has one sibling, Alexandra... Chose FGCU because she was impressed of the program's growth as well as the coaches visions and the great teammates... Favorite sport moment was walking out to swim the 200 fly semifinals at the European Championships... One thing no one really knows about her is that she has lived in five different countries... Has career aspirations to work in the sport/event management field, and continue to stay connected to sports and teams... Majoring in Business Management.