DENVER— Freshman Jakob Werner set a school-record in the 500-yard freestyle and was one of four Colorado Mesa University men who posted multiple wins to lead the Mavericks to a comfortable 83-point win over Division I Denver in an NCAA inter-divisional swimming & diving dual win over Saturday here in the Pioneers' El Pomar Natatorium.
 
Titouan Bernot and Richard Schmiedefeld also extended their NCAA Division II leads in the 200 free and 200 back, respectively, while Giani Benoit swept the diving wins in the Mavs' 183 ½-105 ½ triumph over the Pioneers that saw the Mavs win 11 of the events while sharing another win.
 
Meanwhile, Caden Kelly, Emma Lence and Melina Giraudeau all won for the Maverick women, who fell 197-103 to the Pioneers, who have won the last 13 Summit League titles.
 
DU's men have won five straight and 12 of the last 13 Summit League titles.
 
Men's Recap

Werner won the 1,000 free by more than ten seconds with a time of 9:25.39 and then came back to dominate the 500 free by 9.9 seconds over teammate Brody Blatt while posting an altitude-adjusted time of 4:21.43 (4:26.43-actual) to break the 9-year Maverick record of 4:23.13 that had been held Sam Bryant by 1.7 seconds.
 
In the process, Werner moved into the NCAA Division II lead ahead of Bernot, who had extended his national lead in the 200 free with a converted time of 1:35.12 (1:36.32) to move up a spot to fourth in CMU history, earlier in the competition.
 
Bernot also had a season-best time of 44.37 seconds (44.27-converted) to win the 100 free and helped the Mavs go 1-2-3 in the 500 free with a time of 4:37.74 while Blatt touched in 4:36.33.
 
Meanwhile, Schmiedefeld recorded three wins, sweeping the 100 and 200 backstroke events with times of 48.66 and 1:47.04.  The 200 time, which converts to 1:45.84, also extended his national lead and came after he posted a season-best 50 back split of 22.44 while leading the Mavs to a 200 medley relay win with a time of 1:27.76, fourth fastest in Division II this season.
 
Denny Woods, Xander Zappas and Daniel Bordin were also on that relay team, which set the tone for the Mavs' dominant swimming session after Benoit had posted scores of 280.88 and 300.08 points in his morning session 1 and 3-meter diving wins.  Both of his scores surpassed the NCAA pre-championship qualification standards of 285 and 295 points, respectively.
 
Later, Werner and Bernot then won the 1000 and 200 free events before Schmiedefeld won the 100 back.
 
The Mavs then went 3-4-5 in the 100 breast with Aron Jonsson leading the way with a NCAA Championship "B" cut time of 55.03 seconds.
 
Micah Moore and Brady Bennett then took the top two spots in the 200 fly as Moore moved up to the No. 2 spot on the national top times list with an altitude-adjusted time of 1:46.18 (1:47.38-actual).  Bennett also moved up a spot to fifth in CMU history with a career-best of 1:47.79 (1:46.59-converted) to rank third in Division II this season.
 
Marcos Otero then tied for the 50 free win with a time of 20.36 seconds to share top honors with DU's Hamish McLellan while Bordin finished third in 20.66 for the Mavs.
 
Bernot (44.37) and Bordin (44.38) then finished together to take the top two spots in the 100 free before Schmiedefeld claimed the 200 back ahead of Bennett, who finished second in 1:49.28.
 
Jonsson and Otero then surpassed the NCAA "B" standard in the 200 breast, taking second and third, respectively.  Jonsson finished in 2:00.46 (1:59.26-converted) to move into fourth in Division II this season while Otero sits fifth.  He finished in 2:00.90 on Saturday.
 
The Mavs then swept the 500 free behind Werner's school-record setting performance before Zappas and Moore finished second and third, respectively, in the 100 fly behind only McLellan.  Zappas finished in 48.31 seconds (48.21-conveted) to record a NCAA "B" cut mark while Moore had a season-best time of 48.85 (48.75-converted) seconds.
 
Ben Vester then completed the Mavs string of victories, taking the 200 IM by more than a second while touching in an improved NCAA "B" cut time of 1:48.96 (1:47.76-converted).  Brennen O'Neil also fared well, touching third in 1:51.81.
 
Bordin, Bernot, Holden Convertino and Schmiedefeld then took second in the 400 free relay with a time of 2:58.05.
 
Women's Recap
 
On the women's side, Lence won the 3-meter diving event,  besting the field of nine with a score of 245.55 points while taking second on the 1-meter with a score of 237.68 points.
 
Taylar Hooton, Giraudeau, Kelly and Reagan Horn then combined for a NCAA Championship qualifying time of 1:41.10 to take second in the 200 medley relay at that start of the swimming session.  That time ranks the Mavs third in Division II this season.
 
Sydnee O'Neil then led the Mavs in the 1000 free with a fourth place time of 10:35.60 before Hanna Sasivarevic and Linnea Sjöberg went 2-3 in the 200 free.  Sasivarevic touched in 1:51.30 while Sjöberg set an improved season-best and NCAA provisional qualifying time, finishing in 1:51.41 (1:50.21-converted).
 
Hooton then finished third in the 100 back with a season-best and NCAA "B" cut time of 56.04 (55.94-converted).
 
Giraudeau then took second in the 100 breast with a time of 1:02.40 while Georgia Hatzenbeller touched fourth in a career-best time of 1:03.29 (1:03.19-converted) to move up the NCAA list and two spots to sixth in CMU history.
 
The Mavs also did well in the 200 fly, taking four of the top five spots with Gabby DeLuna, leading the way with a second place time of 2:06.38 ahead of Eva Lehmkuhler (2:07.67).
 
Horn then recorded a second place time of 23.85 seconds in the 50 free.

After a break, Kelly then won the 100 free in a season-best and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 51.21 seconds (51.11-converted),  Kendyll Wilkinson also added another NCAA "B" cut time of 51.60 (51.50-converetd) while finishing fourth.
 
In 200 back, Abby Uhl finished second in 2:01.79 to lead the Mavs.
 
Giraudeau, who leads Division II in the 200 breast, then claimed her win in 2:15.81 while Hatzenbeller set a career-best of 2:17.98 (2:16.78-converted) to take third in the race and the No. 2 spot in Division II while also moving up to sixth in CMU history.
 
Sjöberg then placed the Mavs with a fourth-place time of 5:09.74 in the 500 free before Kelly came back to take second in the 100 fly with a solid time of 55.69 seconds.
 
Giraudeau then led the Mavs in the 200 IM, touching in 2:08.24 before Kelly, Horn, Wilkinson and Uhl combined for a time of 3:25.53 in the 400 free with all four posting splits quicker than 51.7 seconds.
 
Up Next
 
The Mavericks will continue their season and run against Division I foes on Friday (Nov. 7) in Salt Lake City, Utah.  They will take on host Utah as well as UNLV in the Ute Natatorium, starting at 5 p.m.  The Maverick women will use the meet as an exhibition while it will be a counter for the CMU men.