GREENSBORO, N.C.— The 2022 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships are underway here at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.

The Colorado Mesa University Mavericks were represented in five of the six events, which had preliminary heats on Wednesday morning.  Here is a brief update on their performances.  A full recap will be posted on Wednesday night following the finals session, which begins at 6 p.m. EST (4 p.m. Mountain).

Fans can watch the meet, which runs through Saturday, live at www.ncaa.com or follow live results at https://swimmeetresults.tech/NCAA-Division-II-2022/.

Women's 200 Individual Medley

Lily Borgenheimer, the No. 1 seed in the event with a school-record time of 1:59.20, safely reached the championship final placing seventh amongst 40 swimmers in the preliminary heats.  She finished in 2:01.71.

Teammate Davy Brown finished 19^th in 2:03.94.

Men's 200 Individual Medley

Ben Sampson led a group of four Mavericks, finishing the preliminaries in 1:47.68, very close to his seed time of 1:47.65.  He placed 16^th and will swim in the evening consolation final.

Matt Barrett placed 26^th in 1:49.46 while Mahmoud Elgayar posted a season-best time of 1:49.75 to finish 29^th.  Matheus Laperriere finished 33^rd in 1:50.00.

Men's 50 Free

Freshman Kuba Kiszczak set a season-best time of 20.50 seconds and finished 40^th in the preliminary round.  Lane Austin was 41^st in 20.54.  Kiszczak now ranks ninth in program-history with his morning time.

Women's 1000 Free

Amelia Kinnard will swim with the top-8 seeds during the evening session in the timed-final event.  She is the No. 5 seed with a school-record time of 10:04.53, set en-route to winning the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title.  The top time from the morning preliminary session was 10:10.40.

Men's 1000 Free

Redshirt freshman Gavin Anderson led three NCAA Championship debutants, posting a time of 9:25.22 to stand in 16^th place after the morning preliminary session.  That time is the fastest actual time of his career but was just off his altitude-adjusted seed time of 9:15.00. 

Dejan Urbanek posted a time of 9:33.93 and is in 23^rd place while Jacob Troescher posted a time of 9:38.48, currently good for 25^th place.
The top eight seeds will swim in the evening finals session and their times will be compared with the earlier swims to determine final placements.

Men's 1-meter Diving

Three Mavericks will be amongst the 18 qualifiers out of Tuesday's pre-championship qualification meet.  Isaiah Cheeks, Tanner Belliston and Noah Luna will all contest 11 dives, beginning at 2 p.m. EST (Noon Mountain).  The top eight will advance to the finals session, where they will repeat their six optional dives.  The ninth through 16^th place finishers out of the preliminaries will score team points and earn Second Team CSCAA All-America honors but will not compete during the evening session.  Live diving results can be found on DiveMeets.com.

Evening Representation

The evening finals session will begin at 6 p.m. EST (4 p.m. Mountain).  Here are the list of Mavericks who will compete:

Event #1- Women's 200 Medley Relay – The Mavericks are seeded 12^th with a time of 1:42.47.  Twenty teams are entered.
Event #2- Men's 200 Medley Relay- The Mavericks are seeded sixth with a time of 1:27.04.  Nineteen teams are entered.
Event #3- Women's 200 IM- Lily Borgenheimer will swim in the championship final, possibly after swimming the breaststroke leg on the 200 Medley relay team.
Event #4- Men's 200 IM- Ben Sampson will swim in the consolation final.
Event #9- Men's 1m Diving- If any of the Mavericks finish in the top eight of the afternoon preliminaries, they will contest six dives during the evening session, with their compulsory dive scores from the afternoon carrying forward.
Event #10- Women's 200 Free Relay- The Mavericks are seeded 16^th out of 19 teams with a time of 1:34.03
Event #11- Men's 200 Free Relay- The Mavericks are seeded tenth out of 23 teams with a time of 1:20.05.