GOLDEN, Colo.— The Colorado Mesa University Mavericks turned in the fastest time in every swimming event, swept victories on both boards and set a slew of natatorium records as they posted a dominant 163-78 dual victory over Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference rival Colorado School of Mines on Friday afternoon here at the CSM Natatorium.
The Mavericks, ranked fourth in the nation, claimed official wins in 12 events while exhibitiioning their 400-yard freestyle relay teams in the final event, and added five second place finishes and a pair of 1-2-3 sweeps over the 18
th-ranked Orediggers while extending their decade-long winning streak in RMAC duals to 16.
The Mavs also set six new natatorium standards as diver
Wyatt Hermanson and swimmers
Daniel Bordin,
Micah Moore,
Richard Schmiedefeld and
Jakob Werner all won two events.
Titouan Bernot, Bordin, Schmiedefeld, Werner and both of the Maverick relay teams set new pool records.
Hermanson got the rout started in the diving session, winning the 3-meter with 351.38 points and the 1-meter with 320.33 points while easily surpassing the NCAA qualifying standards of 295 (3m) and 285 (1m).
Giani Benoit also set NCAA qualifying marks in both disciplines finishing third in both events with 321.30 points on the 3-meter and 299.25 on the 1-meter.
The Mavs then started the record-setting efforts in the swimming events, starting early as Schmiedefeld,
Marcos Otero, Moore and Bordin combined for a pool record time of 1:31.10 in the 200 medley relay ahead of the "B" team's second place time of 1:33.51.
Mines had held the former record of 1:32.52 for six seasons.
The Mavs then took four of the top five spots in the 1000 free as Werner touched first in 9:39.51, just 1.3 seconds off the pool record of 9:38.21, while
Austin Felio was second in 9:45.04.
Bernot then won the 200 free in 1:39.67, smashing a 12-year old pool record of 1:41.19. Maverick freshman
Brody Blatt was third in that event, finishing in 1:43.29.
Holden Convertino then took the win in the 50 free with a time of 21.38 seconds before
Brennen O'Neil won the 400 IM in 4:08.84, just four hundredths of a second off the pool record. Moran finished third in the latter event with a time of 4:16.32.
Bordin then led a 1-2-3 Maverick sweep in the 100 free, winning in a facility record time of 45.52 seconds.
Emerson Tully was second in 47.26 while
Andrew Carlile finished third in 47.70.
The Mavs also grabbed a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 back as Schmiedefeld smashed a 12-year old pool record by 1.25 seconds with a time of 1:51.42.
Brady Bennett was also just off the former record of 1:52.39, touching second in 1:52.42.
Marcus Witkowski finished third in 1:53.57.
Werner then won this second event of the evening, taking the 500 free in 4:34.27, going more than five seconds faster than the former pool record time of 4:39.48, set by Mines' Vlad Kazakin last year, while dominating the race to win by nearly nine seconds.
Bernot was second in 4:43.00 while Mines' William McCaffery (4:43.31) and Kazakin (4:44.57) touched next.
Moore then claimed his individual win, completing the 100 fly in 49.56 seconds while Bennett touched third in 50.51.
Aron Jonsson then claimed victory in the 200 breast, touching in 2:05.57, less than a second off his own pool record of 2:04.64. Maverick Freshman
Denny Woods finished third in 2:07.69.
The Mavs then closed out the meet with a pool record time of 3:03.45 from the "B" team of Bernot, Bordin, Blatt and Tully. CMU exhibitioned that event as Mines' "B" team claimed the official win in 3:05.58, which was also quicker than the former pool record of 3:05.68, set by Air Force in 2021-22.
CMU's men will be back in action on Halloween day (Oct. 31) taking on NCAA Division I Denver in the Mile High City.
The Maverick women will take on Division I foes Colorado State and Washington State on Saturday in Fort Collins.
