GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— Jordan Staniszewski claimed her first collegiate win by more than 36 seconds over teammate Autumn McQuitty as the Colorado Mesa University Maverick women dominated the High Desert Dental Maverick XC Invite on Saturday afternoon here Chipeta Golf Course.
 
The Mavericks women, ranked 20^th nationally, had four of the top five finishers and eight in the top ten as they claimed a 17-45 win over No. 5 Western Colorado University, which sat their top five runners from their last meet.
 
Their team win was the program's first since 2015.
 
Staniszewski is the first Maverick woman to win an individual race since Kira MacGill beat the Mountaineers in the 2022 season-opener.
 
Meanwhile, Western's men, ranked ninth nationally, had five in the top seven of the men's race to win a 3-team event with 18 points.  The Mavericks, paced by a fourth place finish from Chase Brown, took second with 52 while No. 14 Fort Lewis was third with 62.
 
Staniszewski took the lead on the first of three 2-kilometer loops and extended it throughout, eventually finishing the 6K course in a career-best time of 21 minutes, 9.49 seconds, just under her former best of 21:09.9 from two weeks ago closer to sea level at the NCAA Division II Pre-Nationals in Lawrence, Kansas.
 
McQuitty also smashed her former career-best, finishing in 21:45.84, while CMU freshman Addie Hollmann rounded out a 1-2-3 sweep in 22:02.42, which is the fastest time of her three collegiate races.
 
Western's Katie Horneck was fourth in 22:13.24 to break up CMU's nearly perfect effort while Shirley Weaver (22:18.73), Kate Linstedt (22:24.06) and Quin Dedrick (22:30.55) were the next three finishers and in the top seven and all posted season-best times.
 
CMU's Daisy Lalonde (22:49.00) and Lily Nichols (23:02.78) also recorded top ten finishes.
 
In the men's 8K race, Brown and Maverick freshman Daxin Holtzen ran near the front on the opening of four 2K loops before both finished in the top ten.
 
Brown posted a time of 25:35.84 to finish, third amongst team scorers while Holtzen took eighth overall in 25:50.40.   Both finished in the top ten for the first time in their careers.
 
Western's Branden Davis took over the lead on the second loop and eventually won the race by 23.02 seconds over teammate Wyatt Hoover.  Davis was timed in 25:02.27 while Hoover finished in 25:25.29 as the Mountaineers
 
Unattached runner Lachlan Monger was third with a time of 25:34.16.
 
Owen Frank was CMU's third finisher, placing 13^th in 26:03.25 while Ryan O'Loughlin finished 15^th in 26:12.07.  Dominick Muller rounded out the Mavs' team score with 16 points and a 19^th place time of 26:17.84.
 
Saturday's races were the Mavs' final tune-up for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships on Nov. 7 in Rapid City, South Dakota.