INDIANAPOLIS— Five Colorado Mesa University Maverick divers officially joined their swimming counterparts in this week's NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships as they were able to successfully navigate Tuesday's Pre-Championship Diving Qualification meet.
 
Talia Datilio, Mimi Licht and Kenya Meyer were able to qualify for the Maverick women Ryan Campbell and David Roethlisberger were able to do so for the CMU men.
 
Seven other Mavericks were unable to do so.
 
Licht and Roethlisberger also qualified in 2024.
 
A total of 18 men and 22 women qualified thanks to their Tuesday performances.
 
Campbell took care of business in the opening session, scoring 301.40 points on six dives off the 3-meter board to place third out of 36 men.  With the top nine safely through to the official championship, which also got underway Tuesday with the 800-yard freestyle swimming relays, Campbell went on to take fifth out of 37 entrants on the 1-meter in the afternoon session.
 
He was one of seven men to double qualify, which freed up seven more spots for those that finished outside of the top nine on the two boards, who were selected in descending order alternating between the 1 and 3-meter boards.
 
Roethlisberger took advantage of that as he placed 12^th on the 3-meter with a score of 259.80 points to take one of those seven additional spots.  The sophomore went on to place 18^th on the 1-meter with 249.85 points.
 
Fellow Maverick sophomore Ty Mitton ended up just one place short as he finished 14^th on the 3-meter with 246.45 points as the cut off ended up being 13^th place.
 
On the women's side, Datilio and Meyer took fifth and sixth on the 3-meter board, which was contested in the second session.  They were amongst the top 11, who automatically qualified.
 
Meanwhile, Licht was able to claim the sixth of the seven additional spots, freed up by those who double qualified.  She took 18^th on the 1-meter with 208.55 points.  Meyer led the Mavs on that board, taking 14^th out of 45 divers with 216.35 points while Datilio was just two places behind with a score of 214.50.
 
CMU sophomore Juli Holt was also a near miss, taking 19^th on the 3-meter with a score of 215.75 points.  If she would have finished 18^th, she would have advanced.
 
Jenna Hurley finished 24^th in the 3-meter (206.05) and 25^th in the 1-meter competition (199.25) while Emma Lence was 25^th on the 3-meters (201.20) and 30^th in the 1-meter (194.10).  Holt placed 32^nd on the 1-meter (191.15).
 
Jax Juarros finished 18^th on the 3-meter with 229.90 points while Wyatt Hermanson was 20^th with 221.40 points.  Hermanson was the fourth Maverick finisher in the 1-meter, placing 23^rd with 216.25 points while Juarros was 26^th with 213.60 points.
 
Roethlisberger (249.85) and Mitton (227.30) and placed 18^th and 20^th, on the 1-meter.
 
Aiden Coon rounded out the Maverick efforts, placing 28^th on the 3-meter with 205.50 points before finishing 31^st on the 1-meter with 192.35 points.
 
The NCAA Championship women's 1-meter event will be the first to be contested on Wednesday.  The preliminary round will get underway at 1 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. Mountain) with the top eight advancing to the championship final, held before the relays at the end of the evening finals session.  The consolation final for the ninth-16^th place finishers will be held 15 minutes after the preliminary round.