GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— The Colorado Mesa University women's swimming and diving team picked up two event wins and five NCAA Division II Championship provisional qualifying times as they knocked off a Big 12 Conference opponent in their season-opening meet for the second straight year while also extending their Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference dual meet winning streak of nearly nine years to 35 straight wins in Day 1 action of the 14^th Annual Intermountain Shootout on Friday in the El Pomar Natatorium.
 
The Mavericks squeaked by Utah for the first time in program history, 101-100 and dominated Division II and RMAC rival CSU Pueblo, 174-27 while falling only to BYU (128 ½-68 ½) in Friday's quadrangular that included competition in 11 events.  CMU had defeated BYU in the 2023 edition of the meet to claim what was the first of now two wins over a NCAA Division I P4 or P5 Conference foe.
 
Meanwhile, the Maverick men also recorded a pair of event wins on Friday while claiming three other third place finishes in their triangular against BYU.  BYU won the dual with the Mavs, 142-63 and took down Utah 129-73.  Utah was also victorious over the Mavs, 124-78.
 
Agata Naskret and Olivia Hansson were event winners for the Maverick women while Andrew Scoggin won the 100-yard backstroke while also leading off CMU's victorious 400-yard medley relay squad.
 
Naskret got the meet off to a solid start as she, Maddi Moran, Kiara Borchardt and Ada Qunell combined to clock a NCAA Championship provisional qualifying time of three minutes, 44.74 seconds (3:44.34-altituted adjusted) in the women's 400 medley relay, which was good for third place.  Naskret also turned in a relay lead-off 100 backstroke split of 55.33 seconds (55.23-converted) before going on to win that individual discipline with a time off 55.76 seconds later in the evening.
 
Meanwhile, Hansson won the 200 butterfly in 2:06.35 (2:05.15-converted), moving into the No. 8 spot of CMU history for that discipline.  Borchardt also took third in 2:08.28 while Amber Siverts was fifth in 2:08.85.
 
Hansson also set a pair of NCAA provisional qualifying times, placing third in the 200 Free with a time of 1:53.33 (1:52.13-converted) before coming back to finish second in the 1000 Free, completing the distance race in 10:25.89 (10:14.49-converted).  The Swedish junior finished amongst the top 3 in all four of her Friday events.
 
Moran also clocked a NCAA "B" cut mark of 1:04.18 (1:04.08-converted) to place fourth in the 100 breaststroke.
 
Meanwhile, the Maverick divers helped propel the Mavs to the win over the Utes, who did not have any divers.  Reigning RMAC Diver of the Year Jenna Hurley finished second in the 3-meter competition, scoring 251.25 points over six dives.  Junior teammate Kenya Meyer was third with 249.53 points while freshman Emma Lence scored 249.00 points to place fourth in her collegiate debut.
 
Other CMU women's highlights included a 3-4 finish in the 100 individual medley with Tori Bartusiak leading the Maverick contingent in 1:00.23, just ahead of teammate Kate Speerschneider, who touched in 1:00.25.
 
On the men's side, Scoggin, the Mavs' captain, Cal transfer Forrest Frazier and returning all-Americans Dejan Urbanek and Jameson McEnaney, combined for a time of 3:16.37 to win the men's 400 medley relay in the first men's race of the night.
 
Scoggin then later claimed the 100 back in 49.66 seconds.
 
The Mavs also went on to tally three other third place finishes with Kuba Kiszczak recording the first in the 100 IM.  He finished in 51.06 seconds while German freshman teammate Richard Schmiedefeld was right behind, taking fourth in 52.02 seconds.
 
McEnaney, Kiszczak, Jackson Moe and Austin Patterson then finished third in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:22.47 while sophomore diver Jax Juarros led a 3-4-5-6 CMU finish in the men's 1-meter competition.  Juarros scored 267.90 points while Ryan Campbell, a junior college national champion, was second in the CMU pack with 256.13 points.
 
Saturday's portion of the weekend slate will begin at 10:30 a.m. with the teams contesting 22 more events (11 men's, 11 women's).  Team scores will start fresh for what is officially a different meet.