FORT COLLINS, Colo.— Breaststroker
Melina Giraudeau and distance freestyler
Hanna Sasivarevic both recorded a pair of second place finishes to lead the Colorado Mesa University women's swimming and diving team's efforts against NCAA Division I and Pac-12 Conference foes Colorado State University and Washington State University in a Saturday afternoon double dual here at the Eldora Pool Ice Center (EPIC).
The host Rams went 2-0 on the day, beating the Mavericks, 204-96 while edging the Cougars, 149-145. The WSU Cougars were 173-121 winners over the Mavs.
Giraudeau set improved NCAA Division II Championship provisional qualifying times of 1:02.26 (1:02.16-altitude adjusted) and 2:13.97 (2:12.77-converted) to extend her national performance list leads in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events.
Meanwhile, Sasivarevic also improved her NCAA "B" cut time in the 1,000 free, completing that race in 10:27.48 (10:16.08-converted) before coming back to record a time of 5:06.54 in the 500 free.
The Mavs also picked up a third place finish from freshman
Eveline Grannis in the 1,000 free (10:31.14) after
Abby Uhl, Giraudeau,
Caden Kelly and
Reagan Horn combined for a third place time of 1:42.55 in the 200 medley relay to open the meet.
The Mavs also recorded seven third place efforts throughout the afternoon, picking up their third in as many everts from Linnea Sjöberg in the 200 free as the Swedish sophomore touched in 1:52.23.
Uhl then finished fifth in the 100 back with a season-best time of 56.53 seconds (56.43-converted) before Giraudeau turned in her first runner-up finish of the day in the 100 breast.
Gabby DeLuna then paced the Mavs in the 200 fly, finishing fourth in an NCAA "B" cut time of 2:05.65 (2:04.45-converted) as she moved in to the No. 10 spot of program history.
Later, Horn was CMU's top finisher in the 50 free, touching in 23.82 seconds to take sixth place before Kelly finished third in the 100 free with a time of 51.90 seconds after a diving break.
Uhl then gave the Mavs another third place finish in the 200 back, touching in 2:01.96 (2:00.76-converted), just off her season-best of 2:00.71 that ranks her second in the country.
In the 200 breast,
Georgia Hatzenbeller finished fourth in 2:19.83 (2:18.63-converted) to improve her NCAA "B" cut time while supporting Giraudeau's runner-up effort. Hatzenbeller now ranks fourth in Division II this season and took over the No. 9 spot in CMU history.
After Sasivarevic's 500 free evert, Kelly took sixth in the 100 fly with a time of 55.98 seconds before Giraudeau took third in the 200 IM with a time of 2:08.86 in what was her fourth swim of the dual.
Kelly, Sasivarevic, Horn and Uhl then combined for a time of 3:25.86 in the 400 free to close the meet.
Meanwhile,
Emma Lence took third in the 1-meter and fourth on the 3-meter to pace the Maverick divers. She scored 237.75 points over six dives off the 1-meter and tallied 227.25 points off the taller board.
The Mavericks, will return to action in two weeks as they will face another NCAA Division I foe in Denver on Halloween day (Oct. 31) in the Mile High City.
