DENVER—The Colorado Mesa University Mavericks won a combined six relays as both the men's and women's squads took second at Saturday afternoon's Denver Relays swimming and diving meet here at the University of Denver's El Pomar Natatorium.
The Maverick women scored 162 points over 11 events to finish second behind the host Pioneers (216) but well ahead of another NCAA Division I in-state foe in Northern Colorado, which scored 100 to place third.
CMU's men won four relays and scored 210 points but were edged the Pioneers, who won the meet with 246. Northern Colorado does not have a men's team.
The Maverick men claimed their first win in the 300-yard (3x100) butterfly relay as the "A" squad of
Dejan Urbanek,
Kuba Kiszczak and
Ben Sampson won in 2:28.74 while the "B" squad of
John Walgast,
Xander Zappas and
Jameson McEnaney was second in 2:32.05.
The Mavs then swept the 300 backstroke relays as
Agata Naskret,
Katerina Matoskova and
Lauren White dominated the women's field in 2:47.68, winning by more than six seconds. Naskret was making her collegiate debut and posted a NCAA Division II championship provisional qualifying lead-off split of 55.46 seconds (55.36-altitude adjusted) to move into the No. 4 spot of CMU history for the 100 back behind White, Matoskova and former Maverick great Mary Saiz.
Sampson,
Andrew Scoggin and
Jackson Moe then won the men's event in 2:28.16
Naskret, reigning Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Week
Maddi Moran,
Kiara Borchardt and
Elli Williams then took the 100 (4x25) medley relay in 46.80 seconds before the Maverick men won each of the final two relays.
In the 400 (4x100) individual medley relay, Sampson, Kiszczak,
Max Ayres and
Mauricio Posadas claimed a 6.12-second win in 3:24.57 as Sampson broke his own 100 IM school-record with a 50.52 (50.42-adjusted) lead-off split.
Sampson then claimed his fourth win while Kiszczak was victorious for the third time in the 200 free relay as they book-ended a winning time of 1:21.70 to out-touch the Pioneers (1:21.77). McEnaney and Austin Paterson swam the middle two legs of that winning effort.
Sampson and Kiszczak and were also on the Mavs' second-place 200 medley relay team that finished in 1:30.54 while Naskret, Williams,
Izzy Powers and Ada Qunnell took second in the 100 (4x25) free relay with a time of 43.18 seconds. McEnaney, Ayres, Scoggin and Patterson were second in the men's 100 free relay as well with a time of 36.79 seconds.
Moran,
Benedict Nagy and
Juliette Benson also finished second in the 300 (3x100) breaststroke relay with a time of 3:19.18 while Posados,
Aron Jonsson and Ayres touched in 2:50.12 to lead the CMU men to a second place finish as well.
The Mav men also took second in the 100 medley relay as Kiszczak, Ayres, Patterson and Moe touched in 40.62 seconds before Borchardt, Williams,
Olivia Hansson and
Sophia Bains finished the 500 crescendo (50-100-150-200) free relay in 4:36.82 to take second place as well.
Patterson,
Marcos Otero, McEnaney and Urbanek then finished the men's event in second as well, combining for a time of 4:04.16.
Matoskova,
Ellie Wilke,
Tori Bartusiak and Bains then recorded a second place finish in the women's 4x100 individua medley relay with a time of 4:02.13. Qunnell, Williams, Powers and White also took second in the 200 free relay with a solid time of 1:36.23.
Team diving competitions were also held earlier in the afternoon as the Maverick women took second and fourth with 3-person, 6-dive scores of 233.93 and 221.40 points. CMU's men had scores of 262.05 and 258.23 points to take second and third, respectively.
The Mavericks will take next week off from competitive action but will return to the Front Range to take on RMAC rival Colorado School of Mines in a Oct. 21 dual meet in Golden.
