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Natalie Saul won the 50 free and was a part of the Mavs' winning 200 free relay squad on Friday.

Women's Swimming by Chris Day

Mavs dominate Grizzlies as RMAC winning streak reaches 13

CMU wins 10 of 11 events, going 1-2-3 in six

ALAMOSA, Colo.— The nation's eighth-ranked Colorado Mesa University women's swimming team won ten of 11 events and swept the top three places in six of them en-route to a dominating 161-44 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference victory over Adams State University in the Grizzlies' Plachy Hall Pool on Friday afternoon.
 
CMU had seven different individual winners and took also took maximum points in both relay events of the overall team effort, which extended their 3-season streak of consecutive RMAC dual wins to 13.
                                                                                                       
They will look to continue that streak on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock when they visit Western State Colorado University in Gunnison.
 
On Friday, the Mavericks got out to a quick start in the 200-yard medley relay as Grace Payton, Samantha White, Danielle Jefferies and Sierra Forbord posted a time of 1 minute, 51.21 seconds to claim win.  The Mavericks' "B" squad of Sarah Fillerup, Ginger Bryant, Candice Rosen and Abbey Desmet was second in 1:53.82.
 
Maddie McClain then won the 1000 free in 10:58.27 while Isabelle Hansson was second in 11:27.21.
 
Kennedy Bright then led a 1-2-3 Maverick sweep in the 200 free as she won in 2:00.85 ahead of Maddie Pressler (2:01.42) and Rosen (2:03.04).
 
The Mavericks then took five of the top six spots in the 50 free with Natalie Saul claiming victory in 25.25.
 
Danielle Jefferies then claimed the first of her first two individual wins taking the 100 fly in 58.95 as the Mavericks had each of the top five finishers.  Jefferies would later win the 100 breast in 1:08.41, edging White (1:08.64).
 
The Mavericks also dominated the 100 free and 100 back with Sierra Forbord leading a 1-2-3 Mav sweep of the freestyle event with a time of 53.62.  She touched ahead of Saul (55.24) and Pressler (56.51).  Meanwhile, Grace Payton took the 100 back in 1:01.09 as Celine Sargis (1:01.64) and Jordyn Beem (1:03.25) took second and third, respectively.
 
CMU also went 1-2-3 in the 500 free with Robyn Naze claiming her first collegiate win in 5:28.28 ahead of McClain (5:34.48) and Bright (5:39.33).
 
Forbord, Saul, Desmet and McClain then won the 200 free relay in 1:41.30.  CMU's "B" squad of Logan Anderson, Noel Scott, Bright and Rosen finished second in 1:42.17, 5.5 seconds ahead of the Grizzlies' top squad.
 
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Players Mentioned

Maddie McClain

Maddie McClain

Mid-Distance Freestyle
Sophomore
Candice Rosen

Candice Rosen

Butterfly/IM
Sophomore
Samantha White

Samantha White

Breast/Freestyle
Sophomore
Kennedy Bright

Kennedy Bright

Freestyle
Freshman
Sierra Forbord

Sierra Forbord

Freestyle/Butterfly
Freshman
Isabelle Hansson

Isabelle Hansson

Distance Freestyle/IM
Freshman
Danielle Jefferies

Danielle Jefferies

Sprint/Mid-Distance
Junior
Grace Payton

Grace Payton

Freestyle/Backstroke
Freshman
Maddie Pressler

Maddie Pressler

Backstroke/Freestyle
Freshman
Celine Sargis

Celine Sargis

Backstroke/Freestyle
Junior

Players Mentioned

Maddie McClain

Maddie McClain

Sophomore
Mid-Distance Freestyle
Candice Rosen

Candice Rosen

Sophomore
Butterfly/IM
Samantha White

Samantha White

Sophomore
Breast/Freestyle
Kennedy Bright

Kennedy Bright

Freshman
Freestyle
Sierra Forbord

Sierra Forbord

Freshman
Freestyle/Butterfly
Isabelle Hansson

Isabelle Hansson

Freshman
Distance Freestyle/IM
Danielle Jefferies

Danielle Jefferies

Junior
Sprint/Mid-Distance
Grace Payton

Grace Payton

Freshman
Freestyle/Backstroke
Maddie Pressler

Maddie Pressler

Freshman
Backstroke/Freestyle
Celine Sargis

Celine Sargis

Junior
Backstroke/Freestyle