USAFA, Colo.— Agata Naskret completed a weekend backstroke sweep while Marcos Otero and Richard Schmiedefeld joined her in the winner's circle for the Colorado Mesa University men as both Maverick swimming & diving teams concluded a solid weekend on Saturday competing against NCAA Division I opposition here at the Air Force Falcons' Cadet Natatorium.
 
The Mavericks also picked up eight other second place finishes and seven third place tallies throughout the second day of the 3-team invitational with the Falcons and BYU Cougars, who used their Division I depth to defeat the Mavericks.
 
The host Falcons took the women's crown with 753 points while BYU finished second with 612, edging the Mavs, who slipped back to third with 593 points.  BYU won the men's team scoring chase with 743 ½ points, ahead of Air Force (633) and the Mavs (566 ½).
 
The Mavs had plenty of highlights as Naskret dominated the women's 200-yard backstroke, winning by more than two seconds in 2:02.29.  The 5-event national champion from last season, had also won the 100 on Friday evening.
 
Schmiedefeld then followed that effort with an impressive and victorious time of 1:47.97 in the men's heats, surging up five spots to fifth in CMU history with an improved NCAA Division II Championship provisional qualifying altitude-adjusted time of 1:46.37.
 
Andrew Scoggin, who sits second in CMU history behind only all-time Division II record holder Ben Sampson, finished third on Saturday in another solid mark of 1:49.31 while Luka Samsonov, who ranks third in CMU history, touched fifth in in 1:50.92.
 
Two events later, Otero claimed victory in the 200 breaststroke, finishing in 2:00.90 to win by nearly 2 ½ seconds.
 
Those wins came after a string of solid second and third place finishes throughout the first half of the day.
 
Naskret, Antonia Leese, Kiara Borchardt and Ada Qunell started the day by finishing second in the women's 400 medley relay in 3:42.09.
 
The men's combo of Scoggin, Forrest Frazier, Dejan Urbanek and Harry Stacey also took second in 3:14.85.
 
Kenya Meyer then finished second in the women's 3-meter diving event with a 6-dive score of 262.50 points, just shy of the D-II Pre-Championship meet qualification score of 265.  Mimi Licht also fared well, placing fifth with 242.40 points.
 
Meanwhile, Wyatt Hermanson finished third in the men's 1-meter competition with 273.90 points while Jax Juarros was fifth with 257.95.
 
After the intermission, action returned to the swimming lanes as Olivia Hansson posted an impressive time of 4:59.63, but was out-touched by BYU's Victoria Schreiber by just 0.03 seconds for the win.
 
Katerina Matoskova also posted a fifth place finish in 5:07.58 before taking fourth behind Naskret in the 200 Back with a time of 2:05.02.
 
In the men's 500 Free, Jacob Troescher led the Mavs with a solid third place time of 4:37.04.
 
The Mavs then claimed second and third place marks in the women's 200 individual medley as Sophia Bains and Tori Bartusiak managed the solid finishes.  Bains touched in 2:06.43 while Bartusiak finished in 2:08.34, just off her season-best.
 
Otero then led CMU in the men's 200 IM, placing fifth in 1:53.15, just ahead of Ben Vester's sixth place time of 1:53.34.
 
The  Maverick men then had three of the top five finishes in the 50 free as Stacey took second in 20.24 seconds while Kuba Kiszczak was third in 20.58.  Schemiedefeld tied for fourth in 20.73 seconds.
 
Later, Kendyll Wilkinson led the CMU women in the 100 free with a time of 52.16 seconds while freshman teammate Reagan Horn was fifth in 52.19.

Stacey led the CMU men in the 100 free, placing fourth in 45.21 seconds.
 
Bartusiak also had a second place finish in the women's 200 butterfly, touching in 2:07.36 while Sydnee O'Neil was fourth in 2:08.64.
 
In the men's 200 fly, Urbanek took third in 1:51.81.
 
The Mavs then wrapped up the meet with second and third place finishes in the 200 free relays.  The men's quartet of Stacey, Kiszczak, Otero and Schmiedefeld finished second in 1:20.28 while Naskret, Elli Williams, Qunell and Horn finished third in 1:33.91 after Williams had earlier led the CMU women with a fifth place finish in the 50 free.
 
The meet was the final pre-championship tune-up for the Maverick swimmers although the CMU divers will return here next week (Thursday-Saturday) for the Air Force Diving Invitational.
 
The Mavs will then host the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships in Grand Junction from Feb. 11-15.