SALT LAKE CITY, Utah— Ben Sampson won an event for the second straight day while runner-up finishes from
Kelsea Wright,
Katerina Matoskova,
Dejan Urbanek, the men's 200 free relay team and an improved NCAA Division II Championship qualifying time from
Lily Borgenheimer highlighted the efforts of the Colorado Mesa University Maverick swimming and diving teams in a Saturday tri-meet against NCAA Division I foes here at the University of Utah's Ute Natatorium.
After winning the 100-yard backstroke in a Friday tri-meet at BYU, Sampson claimed the victory over 200 yards on Saturday, touching in one minute, 49.44 seconds to lead the Maverick men, who dropped team decisions to the host Utes (239-61) and another Division I opponent in the University of Denver (159-141).
He,
Lane Austin,
Matt Barrett and
Andrew Scoggin also took second in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:53.87 after Urbanek placed second in the 200 fly with a time of 1:54.96.
On the women's side, Wright touched second in the 200 free with a time of 1:53.87 while Matoskova took second in the 200 back with a mark of 2:04.84. Borgenheimer had two third place finishes and finished the 400 IM in 4:31.89, which with the available altitude adjustment of 5.0 seconds, will put her atop the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's season-long performance list and up one spot to fifth in Maverick all-time history at 4:26.89.
Borgenheimer also placed third in the 200 breaststroke at 2:20.39 and placed fifth in the 100-yard distance with a time of 1:05.54.
The Maverick women, now 11-10-1 in duals this season, also received top-5 finishes from
Amelia Kinnard,
Izzy Powers,
Davy Brown and the 200 medley relay team of
Lauren White, Borgenheimer, Brown and Powers, but those were not enough for the Mavericks, who dropped team scoring decision to the Utes of the Pac-12 (79-221) and the Pioneers (82-218), winners of the last eight Summit League titles.
Kinnard, the Maverick school-record holder, took fourth in the 1000 free (10:43.44), while Powers (24.61) and Brown (53.39) each took fifth in the 50 and 100-yard free races, respectively. The 200 medley relay quartet finished in 1:47.00.
The Maverick men (9-6) had 12 total top-5 finishes throughout the day as Sampson,
Kuba Kiszczak, Urbanek and Austin started the day with a third place 200 medley relay effort of 1:33.18.
Freshman
John Walgast then took third in the 200 free with a season-best mark of 1:43.36. He also placed fourth in the 100 fly with a time of 50.84 seconds and took fifth in the 200 fly at 1:57.98.
Meanwhile, Sampson finished fifth in the 50 free, touching in 21.36 seconds while Barrett finished fourth in the 100 free with a time of 46.47.
Later, freshman
Jeremy Koch placed fifth in the 200 back at 1:53.75 behind Sampson while another freshman in
Stef Teutsch finished fourth in the 500 free after touching in 4:49.51.
On the diving boards,
Tanner Belliston led CMU with a fourth place finish on the 3-meter with a score of 260.85 points.
Kyra Apodaca led the Maverick women's divers with sixth place finishes in both the 1 and 3-meter events.
The Mavericks will now begin final preparations for the RMAC Championships, which they will host at the El Pomar Natatorium in Grand Junction, Colorado from Feb. 9-12. Both CMU teams will be looking for their fourth successive team titles.
