DENVER— The Colorado Mesa University men won seven events, including both relays as they split a swimming & diving dual against Division I foes on Saturday here at the University of Denver's El Pomar Natatorium.
The Mavs took down the host Pioneers, who have won 11 of the last 12 Summit League crowns, 152 ½-147 ½ but fell to Wyoming, 159-141.
CMU's women also picked up a win from junior
Antonia Leese in the 100-yard breaststroke along with eight second place finishes but were not able to overcome either the Cowgirls or Pioneers, falling 176-124 to Wyoming and 171 ½-128 ½ to Denver.
Melina Giraudeau also set a pair of NCAA Division II Championship provisional qualifying times in the breaststroke events during her collegiate debut, recording one of the Mavs' second place finishes in the 200 while moving into fifth place on the Mavs' all-time top 10 charts with a time of 2:18.36 (2:17.16-altitude adjusted).
Her French counterpart
Guillaume Guth led the Maverick men, taking first in both the 200 free (1:36.50) and 100 free (44.25) while tying for second in the 50 free (20.18). He also led-off the Mavs' winning 400 free relay team with a split of 43.46 seconds as the Mavs quartet of Guth,
Marcos Otero,
Oskar Sawicki and
Holden Convertino won in 2:56.72.
The Maverick men also received individual wins from Otero in the 100 breast (54.68), freshman Michah Moore in the 200 fly (1:47.03) and
David Roethlisberger in the 1-meter diving event (324.30) after
Richard Schmiedefeld,
Aron Jonsson, Sawicki and Convertino took first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:27.99.
Roethlisberger's 6-dive score of 324.30 points highlighted the early diving session as he and
Ryan Campbell (294.55), who took fourth, both surpassed the NCAA Pre-Championship Qualification standard of 285 points. Campbell also did the same in the 3-meter, taking third with 333.60 points while Roethlisberger finished sixth with 288.45 points.
The Mav men then started the afternoon swimming session with the 200 medley relay win before Guth claimed his 200 free win just two events later.
Luka Samsonov then finished second in the 100 back with a time of 49.20 seconds before Otero claimed the 100 breast. Moore then claimed his first collegiate individual win by a wide 1.80-second margin with a career-best and improved NCAA Division II "B" cut mark of 1:47.03 (1:45.83-converted).
After Guth's efforts in the 50 and 100 free, the Mavs picked up a third place finish from Samsonov in the 200 back (1:48.57).
Sawicki later turned din a second place finish in the 100 fly with a time of 47.90 seconds while
Ben Vester finished third in the 400 IM with a season-best and improved NCAA provisional time of 3:57.99 (3:52.99-converted).
On the women's side, Leese took the 100 breast in 1:02.49 to win by more than a half-second. Giraudeau finished fifth in 1:04.01 (1:03.91-converted) to add her name to the NCAA "B" cut list while moving into the No. 7 spot of Maverick history for the discipline.
The Mavs women also picked up many other second place finishes, including three such individual efforts from senior
Ada Qunell, who turned in times of 1:49.32 (200 Free), 23.46 (50 Free) and 50.26 (100 Free) throughout the afternoon. She also teamed with
Kendyll Wilkinson, Hanna Sasivaervic and
Olivia Hansson for a second place time of 3:24.35 in the 400 free relay at the end of the meet.
Tori Bartusiak also took second in the 200 fly with an improved NCAA "B" cut time of 2:03.71 (2:02.51-converted) while Hansson and
Kiara Borchardt did the same in the 500 free and 100 fly with times of 5:00.42 and 54.94, respectively.
Abby Uhl also managed a third place finish in the 200 back (2:03.28) while
Taylar Hooton, Leese, Borchardt and
Reagan Horn finished third in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:41.08.
Kenya Meyer and
Jenna Hurley led the CMU women's diving contingent as Meyer took sixth on the 3-meter board with 248.40 points, 1.70 more than Hurley, who took seventh. Hurley led the Mavs on the 1-meter board with a seventh-place score of 222.45 points.
The Mavs will be in action again next weekend taking on more NCAA Division I foes Air Force and BYU in Provo, Utah on Friday and Saturday.
