GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— The Colorado Mesa University men's swimming and diving squad will look to extend their dominance over Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference foes when the nation's fifth-ranked Mavs take on the 24th-ranked Colorado School of Mines Orediggers in a dual on Saturday in the CSM Natatorium in Golden.

The meet will be the Mavericks' first dual of the season while Mines will enter the weekend with a 2-0 record.
 
Diving will begin at 10 a.m. while the swimming events will begin at 1 p.m.
 
A live stream will be available with a subscription to the RMAC Network and live results can be found through Swimcloud at the link above.
 
Event List
 
A total of 13 events will be contested, starting with the 1 and 3-meter diving events in the morning.
 
The afternoon swimming session will feature 11 events, including two relays (200 Medley, 400 Free) to book-end the day.  Nine individual events, including five different freestyle distances, will be contested in the middle.
 
Here's the complete event list:
 
Diving Session (10 a.m.)
1M Diving
3M Diving

Swimming Session (1 p.m.)
200 Medley Relay
1000 Free
200 Free
50 Free
400 IM
100 Free
100 Back
500 Free
100 Fly
200 Breast
400 Free Relay
 
Scoring is slated to be conducted on a 9-4-3-2-1 basis with a limit of three scorers per team in the individual events.  Relay events will be scored on an 11-4-2 basis with a limit of two scoring teams. 
 
Last Times Out
 
The Mavericks opened their season earlier this month, hosting BYU and Adams State in the Intermountain Shootout meets on Oct. 3-4.  Each of the meets were scored in an invitational-style scoring format.
 
The Mavericks took second in both, falling shy of Division I and Big 12 Conference BYU while finishing well ahead of Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference rival Adams State.
 
Ryan Campbell won the 3-meter diving event during the first dual as the Mavericks racked up ten top-3 finishes and some NCAA Division II Championship provisional qualifying times while scoring 187 team points.  BYU had 252 points while Adams State had 28.
 
The Mavs then had four second and four other third place finishes on the second day, finishing with 160 points behind BYU's total of 256, but well ahead of Adams State's 36.
 
Guillaume Guth set the program's No. 2 ranking time in the 100 Free as part of the Mavs' 400 medley relay team while Oskar Sawicki set the Maverick record in the 50 Bly with a time of 21.76 seconds.
 
Full recaps and links to results from both meets can be seen here: Day 1 (Friday) | Day 2 (Saturday)
 
Split Squad
 
The Maverick women will not compete on Saturday but will take on Colorado State and Denver in a double-dual on Friday in Fort Collins.
 
Colorado State does not sponsor a men's program.  Denver does and will host the Maverick men and women on Jan. 17.  Wyoming will also compete at that meet.
 
RMAC Awards Sweep
 
The Mavericks swept the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's Swimmer and Diver of the Week honors back on Oct. 9 as Guillaume Guth took the Men's Swimmer of the Week honor while Jax Juarros won the Men's Diver of the Week honor.
 
CMU's women also swept the awards with Olivia Hansson and Kenya Meyer winning the swimming and diving accolades, respectively.
 
Olympian Debut
 
Guillaume Guth, who represented his native France in the 4x100-meter relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics, made his CMU and collegiate debut at the Intermountain Shootout, making quite a splash, setting a NCAA Division II-leading time of 43.20 seconds (altitude adjusted) in the 100 Free while adding two other strong NCAA Championship "B" cut times of 20.08 and 1:37.22 (adjusted) in the 50 and 200 Free, respectively.  He ranks fourth in the country in the 50 Free and fifth in the 200.
 
Guth also moved into the top ten of CMU history in all three disciplines on the opening weekend, ranking second in the 100 Free, seventh in the 50 Free and tenth in the 200 Free.
 
One Weekend, One Record
 
Fellow Maverick newcomer Oskar Sawicki, a transfer from the University of Indianapolis, also made his immediate mark with the Mavericks, setting a school record time of 21.76 seconds in the 50 Fly, a non-championship event, during the second Intermountain Shootout meet, breaking Harry Stacey's mark of 21.81 seconds from last year.
 
Half-Way to Indiana
 
Maverick divers Ryan Campbell and Jax Juarros both met the NCAA qualification standard in the 3-meter (6 dives) event at the first Intermountain Shootout.  They both will now just need another NCAA qualifying performance in an 11-dive event at some point this season in order to earn a trip to the NCAA Division II Pre-Championship Diving Qualification Meet in Evansville, Indiana on Mar. 10.
 
About the Orediggers
 
The Colorado School of Mines is off to a 2-0 start and will take on NCAA Division III Colorado College in a Friday afternoon dual before facing the Mavs on Saturday.
 
The Orediggers swept Adams State in a pair of RMAC match-ups on Oct. 10 and 11, claiming a 134-82 win in the Friday event before beating the Grizzlies, 116 ½-59 ½ in the Saturday meet.
 
The Orediggers have brought back diving and have one men's diver in Bruno Albertoni on their men's roster this year.
 
Last year's Oredigger squad went 3-3 in dual meets and took second behind CMU at the RMAC Championships before finishing in a tie for 25^th place at the NCAA Division II Championships.
 
They were picked second behind CMU in the Preseason RMAC Coaches Poll and claimed the No. 24 spot in the October edition of the CSCAA Top 25 Dual Meet Coaches Poll.
 
A New Associate
 
Wender & Parro would be a great name of a law firm and certainly makes a great coaching combination at the helm of the Maverick program.
 
Mickey Wender, who was the 2024 NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year, announced the promotion of Andy Parro to the role of Associate Head Coach earlier this week.  Parro has been Wender's top assistant coach for the previous four seasons, helping the Mavs sweep the RMAC men's and women's team titles in each year while racking up eight combined top-10 finishes in the NCAA Championships, including a second and third place finish in each of the last two years on the women's side.
 
A former head coach at NCAA Division III Illinois Tech in his native city of Chicago, Parro will also continue his role as the team's recruiting coordinator, after repetitively proving the ability to attract great ability to attract and develop talent to the Maverick program.

High Five
 
The Maverick men were picked fifth in the initial monthly edition of the CSCAA NCAA Division II Top 25 Dual Meet poll, which was announced by the coaching organization last Friday. 
 
The Maverick men picked up 212 points in the polling and sit behind only Drury (240), Tampa (238), Indianapolis (231) and Grand Valley State (228).

The Mavs are one of three Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams in the poll, sitting ahead of No. 18 Oklahoma Christian and No. 24 Mines.
 
A look back to 2024-25
 
The Mavericks swept the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles for the seventh straight year before going on to post more strong finishes at the NCAA Division II Championships.  The CMU women finished third as a team at the national meet and combined to win three national titles, including defense of their title in the 400 medley relay.
 
CMU's men took ninth place to lead all RMAC teams.
 
The Mavericks competed mainly against NCAA Division I opposition throughout the season seeing only the CSU Pueblo women and the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers in meets during the first half of the season prior to the conference and national meets.
 
At the RMAC Championships, the Mavericks combined to win 27 gold and 62 total medals in the 42 events.
 
The Mavs then claimed 82 total all-America honors at the NCAA meet.
 
Award-Winners
 
Fittingly, the Mavericks brough in quite a haul of post-season awards at both the national and conference level last year.
 
Five Maverick athletes received the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's major awards at the end of the 2024-25 season.
 
On the men's side, team captain Andrew Scoggin, who has since graduated, was named as the RMAC Simmer of the Year while Ryan Campbell was named as the Men's Diver of the Year.  Kenya Meyer was named as the RMAC Women's Diver of the Year.
 
The Mavs also swept the RMAC Freshman of the Year awards with Richard Schmiedefeld and Kendyll Wilkinson receiving the men's & women's awards.
 
The Mavs also brought in a boatload of academic awards as Meyer and Dejan Urbanek swept the RMAC Academic Athlete of the Year honors while leading a group of 19 Maverick First Team Academic All-RMAC selections.
 
The Mavericks also led the country with the maximum eight possible (four men, four women) College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® selections.  Meyer, Kiara Borchardt and Ada Qunell
Return in 2025-26 from that list.
 
The Mavs also led the country with 39 CSCAA Scholar All-Americans while the Maverick men won the RMAC's Brechler Award for having the highest team GPA in the conference.
 
Returning National Champs
 
Antonia Leese, Kiara Borchardt and Ada Qunell all return as members of the Mavs' women's 400-yard medley relay team that won the NCAA title for the second straight time in 2025.  Borchardt and Qunell were also members of the 2024 winning team
 
Qunell, a 4-time national champion, also helped the Mavs win the 200 and 400 Freestyle relay teams in 2024.  Elli Williams also returns for her senior season after teaming with Qunell and others on those winning teams.
 
National Championship Run
 
Excluding, 2020 when the national championship meet was canceled 1 ½ days in due to the initial stages of the COVID pandemic, the Mavericks have won at least one national championship event every year since 2018, a streak they will hope to continue into 2026.
 
All-American List
 
The Mavericks roster or returning all-Americans is quite lengthy and impressive.
 
The Mavericks had a program-record 30 different individuals combine for 82 CSCAA All-America honors at last year's championships.  The Mavericks return 20 of those people to this year's roster and have 21 total returning all-Americans on this year's roster, including one who earned honors in 2023.
 
The returning group from 2025 earned a combined total of 44 all-America honors last year, which go to the top 16 finishers in each event at the national championships, last season.  The top eight finishers earn first team honors while the ninth through 16^th place finishers are Second Team/Honorable Mention selections.
 
Here's a list of CMU's returning all-Americans along with the number of honors each received in 2025 and the total number in their career.
 
Women
Kiara Borchardt (3/9)
Talia Datillo (1/1)
Olivia Hansson (5/10)
Taylar Hooton (1/1)
Reagan Horn (1/1)
Antonia Leese (3/3)
Mimi Licht (1/1)
Kenya Meyer (1/1)
Sydnee O'Neil (2/2)
Ada Qunell (4/13)
Hanna Sasivarevic (1/1)
Kendyll Wilkinson (3/3)
Elli Williams (3/7)
 
Men
Ryan Campbell (2/2)
Wyatt Hermanson (0/2)
Marcos Otero (1/2)
David Roethlisberger (2/2)
Luka Samsonov (3/3)
Richard Schmiedefeld (5/5)
Gavyn Tatge (1/1)
Ben Vester (1/1)
 
Preseason Polls
 
Both Maverick teams were unanimous selections to win their eighth straight RMAC crowns according to last week's Preseason Coaches' Polls.  The Maverick women received all eight of the possible first place votes they could receive to top the poll with 64 points ahead of Simon Fraser, which had 56 points and the first place vote from CMU Coach Mickey Wender.
 
Eight points were awarded for first place votes as each of the conference's nine coaches were asked to rank their opposition 1-8 without voting for their own squad.
 
The Maverick men picked up all five of their possible first place votes to top the poll with 25 points ahead of Mines, which took second in the poll with 20 points while receiving Wender's first place vote.  There are six men's teams in the conference and coaches were asked to rank their opposition 1-5.
 
Preseason All-RMAC
 
The RMAC also announced a Preseason All-RMAC team, made up of the top returning finisher in each individual event from last year's RMAC Championships.
 
Nine Maverick women combined for 14 of the 16 possible spots on the team while the Maverick men had four selections.
 
RMAC Domination
 
Although the Mavericks have focused their efforts against NCAA Division I opponents in recent years, something they will do again this year, they have gradually extended winning streaks when meeting up with their fellow RMAC foes.
 
The Maverick men will have their lone full swimming & diving dual against a RMAC opponent on Saturday against Mines.  He Maverick men have won 13 consecutive RMAC duals since the 2016-17 season and have not finished behind any RMAC foe in any format since the start of 2018-19 and are unbeaten by RMAC opposition under the direction of now seventh-year head coach Mickey Wender.
 
RMAC Network News
 
The RMAC Network has moved to a pay-pre-view model for the 2025-26 season.  This season, all RMAC athletic events broadcast by its 15 full-member institutions and associate members will only be available for purchase via a single-game pass or a monthly or annual subscription. Revenue generated by the network will be redistributed to the league's membership to enhance their programs.
 
RMAC fans can purchase monthly and annual subscriptions that will provide them with access to all regular-season, championship, and archived broadcasts on the RMAC Network. A monthly subscription costs $25, and an annual subscription costs $130. Single-day passes are available for $10, which grants access to a particular day of coverage and are valid for 24 hours from the time of purchase.
 
In conjunction with the launch of the new pay-per-view plans, an RMAC Network "Peak Pricing" sale is now currently available until October 26. During the sale, fans can purchase an annual subscription for $120 by using the code RMACELEVATE25 during the purchasing process.
 
Additionally, throughout the 2025-26 season, any annual subscription purchased with an .EDU email address and using the code Y26-RMACEDU will receive the Peak Pricing Promotion. With the discount, an RMAC institutional community member can purchase a yearly subscription for $120, which is more than half off a monthly subscription of the same length.
 
Additionally, a discounted annual subscription price will be available to students, faculty, and staff of each member institution throughout the year. Purchasing options and pricing for individual RMAC Championships will be announced closer to each event.
 
Colorado Mesa turns 100
 
The CMU Century Celebration stands as the cornerstone of Colorado Mesa University's year-long centennial celebration. This ambitious initiative unites our community in honoring a rich heritage while boldly envisioning the next hundred years of academic excellence.

Led by the Steering Committee and six specialized sub-committees, we're orchestrating a transformative experience that will resonate through generations. Each committee brings unique expertise to create an unforgettable commemoration of our past, present and future.
 
To learn more about Colorado Mesa's 100-year celebration, visit cmucentury.com.
 
Up Next
 
The Mavericks will take on another NCAA Division I foe next Friday, competing in a Halloween afternoon dual in Salt Lake City against the University of Utah Utes.