GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— The top-10 ranked Colorado Mesa University Maverick swimming and diving teams combined to win 22 of 26 events and set three NCAA Division II Championship provisional qualifying times en-route to a perfect 5-0 combined dual-meet record on Friday evening here during CMU Duals action at the El Pomar Natatorium.
The Maverick men, ranked eighth in the nation, won all but one of the 13 events and recorded 28 top-3 finishes while claiming comfortable 190-41 and 177-54 team wins over Augustana (S.D.) and No. 22 Colorado School of Mines in a triangular. They went 1-2 in nine events and had 1-2-3 sweeps in five of them and while extending their Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference dual-meet winning streak to ten with the win over Mines.
Meanwhile, the ninth-ranked Maverick women claimed ten event wins and extended their nearly 6-year old Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference dual-meet winning streak to 29 with 159-75 and 190-52 victories over No. 23 Mines and Western Colorado. They also crushed No. 21 Augustana, 169-73 in the other leg of the quadrangular.
The Maverick men had two NCAA qualifying efforts, both of which came in the 200-yard freestyle as school-record holder
Matheus Laperriere edged freshman teammate
Kuba Kiszczak by four one-hundredths of a second. Laperriere was clocked in 1:40.78 while Kiszczak was clocked in 1:40.82.
The Polish freshman then avenged the Brazilian redshirt sophomore's victory in the 100 free as Kiszczak turned in a time of 45.61. Laperreire touched in 45.84 while
Ben Sampson finished third in 45.94.
Serbian freshman
Dejan Urbanek also tasted victory in all three of his events winning the 300 butterfly in 2:58.23 before leading a 1-4 Maverick sweep in the 500 free with a time of 4:42.98, nearly seven seconds faster than
Gavin Anderson (4:49.67), who had also finished second behind CMU freshman
Stef Teutsch (16:38.95) in the 1650 free. Anderson finished the 1650 in 16:40.17 while
Jacob Troescher completed the first 1-2-3 sweep in 16:40.99.
Meanwhile, Urbanek had also teamed with Sampson,
Mahmoud Elgayar and
Mado Elkady, the 50 free and a triple-event winner, in a Maverick sweep of the meet-opening 200 medley relay, which set the early tone.
The Maverick men also had a top-3 sweep in the 50 free with Elkady winning in 20.82 ahead of
Felipe D'Orsi (20.87) and
Lane Austin (20.88). Austin came back to win the 300 back in 2:59.52, touching before freshman teammates
John Walgast (3:02.51) and
Jeremy Koch (3:04.40).
Elgayar also won the 300 breast in 3:26.53 while Sampson, D'Orsi, Elkady and Kiszczak capped the night with a 200 free relay win in 1:22.12.
On the diving boards,
Tanner Belliston won both events with 6-dive scores of 225.70 and 289.65 in the 1 and 3-meter events.
Dylan Apicello was second in both.
On the women's side,
Lily Borgenheimer and
Lauren White were both victorious in all three of their events while
Katerina Matoskova and diver
Jolynn Harris both won a pair of individual events.
Izzy Powers was also on both of CMU's winning women's relay teams.
Borgenheimer set the only women's NCAA qualifying time of the night in her first 400 individual medley attempt as a CMU Maverick. She won that event in 4:34.86 from the outside lane to take over the No. 6 spot in CMU history with her altitude-adjusted mark of 4:29.86.
Davy Brown was second in 4:41.79.
Borgenheimer then dominated the rarely-contested non-championship 300 breast in 3:41.02, winning by more than 12 seconds.
Earlier, White, Borgenheimer, Brown and Powers won the 200 medley relay by 4.7 seconds in 1:46.08, getting the Mavericks off to a quick start.
After managing just fifth and sixth place finishes in the 1000 free, the Mavs then bounced back with a 1-4 sweep in the 200 free with White taking top honors in 1:54.36. Matoskova was just behind in 1:55.45 while
Kelsea Wright (1:55.71) and
Rhea Mead (1:58.76) finished third and fourth, respectively.
Powers (24.30),
Ruby Bottai (24.95) and
Logan Anderson (24.97) then went 2-3-4 in the 50 free before Borgenheimer's highlight 400 IM win.
After a short break, Matoskova won the 300 fly in 3:27.55 while Brown (52.83), Bottai (54.06) and Wright (54.12) finished second through fourth in the 100 free. White then claimed the 300 back in 3:15.63 while
Sarah Fillerup finished third in 3:21.47.
Matoskova then won the 500 free in 5:11.19 before Borgenheimer won the 300 back in the final individual event of the night.
Powers, Anderson, Bottai and
Julie Day then completed the women's meet with a 200 free relay win. They touched in 1:37.19 to win by 3 ½ seconds.
Harris won the 1-meter diving event with 233.60 points as the Mavericks went 1-4. Harris also claimed the 3-meter win by more than 50 points with a score of 247.85 points.
Ali Lange was second in both diving events for the Mavs.
Both Maverick teams will attempt to repeat their victories on Saturday against the same teams. The 16-event format meet will get under way at 10 a.m.
