PROVO, Utah— A 1-2-3 sweep in the 100-yard backstroke helped propel the Colorado Mesa University Maverick men's swimming and diving team to a program-record setting win over NCAA Division I University of Denver during a Friday afternoon triangular here at BYU's Richards Building Pool.
 
The Mavericks claimed their second dual win over a Division I opponent this season and increased their overall dual-meet win total to a program record-setting nine with Friday's 158-141 victory over the Pioneers.  The host Cougars won both of the other legs of the 3-team, 16-event affair, taking a 199-100 win over the Mavs and 204-94 victory over Denver.
 
Meanwhile, Lily Borgenheimer won the 200-yard breaststroke while claiming three top-3 finishes to lead the CMU women, who were downed by both Division I foes.  The team scores saw the Mavs fall 205 1/2-94 1/2 to Denver and 220-79 to BYU.
 
In the men's meet, the Mavs (9-4), ranked fourth in Division II claimed six runner-up finishes, including in the dominant 100-yard backstroke as Ben Sampson paced the field in 50.44 seconds.  Freshman teammates Andrew Scoggin (51.67) and John Walgast (51.89), who later placed second in the 100 fly with a season-best time of 50.31 seconds, were right behind Sampson, the NCAA Division II leader.
 
Elsewhere, the Mavericks took second in the 400 yard medley relay as Sampson, Matthew Barrett,  Dejan Urbanek and Lane Austin turned in a time of 3:23.63 to finish second and ahead of the Denver Pioneers.   Sampson turned in a 100-yard backstroke split of 49.79.
 
The Mavs also took second and third in the 200 free as Kuba Kiszczak touched in 1:42.66, just ahead of Jeremy Koch, who had a personal-best time of 1:42.97.
 
Urbanek also took third in the 200 fly at 1:55.02 while Austin finished third in the 50 free, sprinting to a time of 21.04 seconds.
 
Sampson later finished second in the 200 back (1:49.93) and took third in the 200 IM in 1:54.59. 

Treven Wertz also claimed a third place finish in the 100 fly, finishing just behind Walgast in 51.58 seconds.
 
Wertz also combined with Kiszczak, Scoggin and Austin for a runner-up time of 3:07.09 in the 400 free relay.
 
On the diving boards, Tanner Belliston took fourth on the 3-meter with a 6-dive score of 271.70 points while Noah Luna finished fourth on the 1-meter with a score of 263.90.
 
In the women's half of the meet, Borgenheimer claimed the 200 breast in 2:17.42 after taking third in the 100 breast (1:04.77).  She also finished third in the 200 IM at 2:09.11.
 
The Maverick women (11-8-1) also received runner-up finishes in both backstroke events as Katerina Matoskova finished the 100 in 57.90 seconds before Lauren White completed the 200 in 2:05.89.

Elsewhere, Amelia Kinnard finished third in the 1000 free with a time of 10:41.33 while Kelsea Wright took third in the 200 free, touching in 1:55.54.
 
White, Wright, Ruby Bottai and Julie Day also finished third in the meet-capping 400 free relay, touching in 3:33.35.
 
The Mavericks will complete the dual-meet portion of their season on Saturday when they compete in another tri-meet against the Pioneers and Pac-12 foe Utah in Salt Lake City on Saturday.