GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— The nation's third (women's) and fourth (men's) ranked Colorado Mesa University swimming and diving teams will look to sweep the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles for the eighth straight year, beginning Tuesday night in the Mavs' El Pomar Natatorium.
 
The meet will run through Saturday night and will feature nine women's and six men's squads.
 
Single day or full 4 ½ day championship tickets as well as championship gear can be purchased through the championship website, which also has a complete event schedule.
 
All 13 sessions of the meet, can be seen on the live stream (subscription required) at www.cmumavericks.com/tv. 
 
Live results can also be accessed here and will also be available for MeetMobile subscribers.
 
Daily recaps will be posted on www.cmumavericks.com each night.
 
How to Watch
 
All 13 sessions of the 2026 RMAC Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving Championships can be seen live on the RMAC Network. A single day pass for the championship is $15 and provides access to all sessions on a given day. A monthly subscription is available for $25 that will provide access to all 13 sessions.  
 
Fans attending the event in person are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance at RMACSports.org/Tickets. 
 
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference has again partnered with Hudl Tickets to manage ticketing for all championship events during the 2025-26 season. Fans can purchase tickets and will receive them via email with a QR code. When you arrive at the gates, scan the QR code on your phone for a frictionless entry. 
 
Meet Format
 
This championships will run over five days to mirror the NCAA Championship format.  The 800-yard freestyle relays begin the meet Tuesday evening in a brief 6 p.m. session.
 
The other four days (Wednesday-Saturday) will include preliminary swimming heats at 10 a.m., diving preliminaries at 2 p.m. and a nightly swimming and diving finals session at 5:30 p.m.
 
For the second straight year, there will also be that the inclusion of a "C" final for the women's individual events and that the top 24 individual swimmers will score team points, with 32 points now going to championship winner instead of the previous 20 under the previous 16-scorer format.  The full scoring structure for the women's events will be (32-28-27-26-25-24-23-22-20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1).
 
The men's finals will still only include 16 swimmers in championship "A" and consolation "B" finals with 20 points going to the winners, the same as in the past.  The full scoring structure is (20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1).
 
Diving events will also be scored in the same manners.
 
The 1000 and 1650 freestyle events do not have preliminary rounds and will be seeded in sections by entry time.  The top eight seeded and scoring-eligible swimmers will swim during the evening sessions on Wednesday and Saturday, respectively.  The slower sections will be held at the end of the morning preliminary sessions.

Relay events, which also do not have preliminary heats, will be scored with 40 points going to the winning team on the men's side, while 44 will be awarded to the first-place women's teams.  All of the "A" relay teams will score ahead of the "B" teams.
 
Individual swimmers are allowed to score in up to four individual and seven total events, and each team is limited to 18 scoring athletes.  Athletes that compete in only diving events count as one-third of a person toward that team-scoring total, although teams are permitted to enter others as exhibition swimmers and divers.
 
Exhibition "C" and "D" relays are now allowed, using only exhibition swimmers, and will be contested at the end of the morning sessions.
 
Time trials will also be held at the end of each swimming session.
 
Relay Sweeps
 
The Mavericks have swept all ten relay events in each of the past two years at the RMAC Championships and will enter the 2026 meet as the No. 1 seeds in all ten.
 
The Maverick women have been even more dominant and have won all five relay events in each of the past five years.  They also won four out of five in 2020.
 
Diving Dominance
 
The Maverick divers have also been dominant in the RMAC Championships sweeping all four diving events at each of the last four RMAC Championships.
 
The dominance has been even more extended on the men's side, with Maverick divers winning every conference diving event since and including 2018.
 
Senior Kenya Meyer was the champion on both boards last year and has won four titles in her previous three years.  Jenna Hurley was the 3-meter champion in 2024.
 
Senior Ryan Campbell won the men's 3-meter title last year and will look to defend his title.
 
Swimming Defending Champs
 
Additionally, CMU will have four individuals who are looking to defend their RMAC titles in various individual swimming disciplines.  Antonia Leese (100 Breast), Kiara Borchardt (100 Fly) and Tori Bartusiak (200 Fly) are all defending champions on the women's side while Richard Schmiedefeld won the men's 50 free a year ago en route to RMAC Freshman of the Year accolades.

Olivia Hansson also has three individual and six overall RMAC crowns to her credit while Ada Qunell won the 100 free in both 2023 and 2024 and has 11 total RMAC titles, including nine relay wins.
 
Borchardt also won the 100 fly as a freshman in 2023.
 
National Leaders
 
With their times from earlier in the season, four Maverick swimmers plus the women's 800 Free and 200 Medley relay team currently lead the NCAA Division II Top 10 times report.
 
The Mavs individual leaders are Guillaume Guth (Men's 100 Free), Luka Samsonov (Men's 400 IM), Ada Qunell (Women's 100 Free) and Olivia Hansson (Women's 1000 Free).  The women's 800 relay team of Qunell, Linnea Sjöberg, Kendyll Wilkinson and Hansson leads the country by more than four seconds while Taylar Hooton, Antonia Leese, Kiara Borchardt and Qunell combined for a national-leading time of 1:40.40 to win the 200 medley relay at the UNLV Invitational.
 
Top 10's
 
The Mavericks also have 45 (22 men's, 23 women's) times that rank amongst the nation's top ten.  A complete listing of those times can be found below.
 
Men
50 Free- T4. Guillaume Guth (19.59)
100 Free- 1. Guth (42.66)
200 Free- 2. Guth (1:34.31), 8. Ben Vester (1:35.57)
500 Free- 10. Vester (4:24.05)
1000 Free- 5. Gavyn Tatge (9:12.61)
1650 Free- 10. Tatge (15:24.87)
200 Back- 3. Luka Samsonov (1:44.34), 7. Richard Schmiedefeld (1:45.02)
100 Breast- 7. Aron Jonsson (53.89)
200 Breast- 3. Jonsson (1:55.56), 6. Marcos Otero (1:58.02)
100 Fly- 4. Guth (46.68), 5. Oskar Sawicki (46.76)
200 Fly- 6. Micah Moore (1:45.83)
400 IM- 1. Samsonov (3:49.59), 6. Moore (3:51.04)
200 Free Relay- 3. Guth, Sawicki, Schmiedefeld, Holden Convertino (1:18.81)
400 Free Relay- 4. Guth, Otero, Sawicki, Marcus Pineiro (2:54.31)
800 Free Relay- 3. Guth, Schmiedefeld, Veser, Jonas Friess (6:23.76)
200 Medley Relay- 5. Samsonov, Otero, Sawicki, Guth (1:26.22)
400 Medley Relay- 2. Samsonov, Jonsson, Sawicki, Guth (3:09.17)
 
Women
100 Free- 3. Ada Qunell (49.50)
200 Free- 1. Qunell (1:46.95), 7. Olivia Hansson (1:48.53)
500 Free- 2. Hansson (4:49.95), 7. Hanna Sasivarevic (4:56.06)
1000 Free- 1. Hansson (9:57.07), 5. Maya Clise (10:09.50), 8. Sasivarevic (10:11.41)
1650 Free- 2. Hansson (16:31.46), 7. Sasivarevic (16:59.26)
100 Back- 2. Taylar Hooton (54.27)
200 Back- 4. Abby Uhl (1:58.82)
100 Breast- T9. Antonia Leese (1:02.17)
200 Breast- 4. Melina Giraudeau (2:13.89)
100 Fly- 3. Qunell (54.33), 9. Kiara Borchardt (54.72)
200 Fly- 10. Borchardt (2:02.16)
200 IM- 8. Hooton (2:02.97)
200 Free Relay- 7. Qunell, Bartusiak, Borchardt, Reagan Horn (1:32.52)
400 Free Relay- 7. Qunell, Horn, Kendyll Wilkinson, Hansson (3:22.89)
800 Free Relay- 1. Qunell, Linnea Sjöberg, Wilkinson, Hansson (7:16.08)
200 Medley Relay- 1. Hooton, Leese, Borchardt, Qunell (1:40.40)
400 Medley Relay- 3. Hooton, Leese, Borchardt, Qunell (3:40.05)
 
Psyching the Competition
 
The Mavericks have the top seeded swimmer, relay team or diving events in 34 of the 42 RMAC Championship events heading into the championships.
 
The Mavs are the top seed in all ten relay events with their times listed in the previous section of this preview.
 
The list of top seeded individuals includes:
 
Men (13 Individual Events)
50 Free- Guillaume Guth (19.59)
100 Free- Guth (42.76)
200 Free- Guth (1:34.69)
100 Fly- Guth (46.78)
100 Back- Luka Samsonov (47.50)
200 Back- Samsonov (1:45.54)
100 Breast- Aron Jonsson (53.89)
200 Breast- Jonsson (1:56.76)
200 Fly- Micah Moore (1:47.03)
200 IM- Moore (1:48.73)
400 IM- Samsonov (3:54.59)
1m Diving- Ryan Campbell (529.45)
3m Diving- Campbell (571.40)
 
Women (11 Individual Events)
100 Free- Ada Qunell (49.60)
200 Free- Qunell (1:48.15)
500 Free- Olivia Hansson (4:54.90)
1000 Free- Hansson (9:57.07)
1650 Free- Hansson (16:31.46)
100 Back- Taylar Hooton (54.37)
200 Back- Abby Uhl (2:00.02)
200 Breast- Melina Giraudeau (2:15.09)
100 Fly- Ada Qunell (54.43)
1m Diving- Kenya Meyer (483.50)
3m Diving- Meyer (522.30)
 
In the polls
 
Both Maverick teams remained in the third (women's) and fourth (men's) spots of the monthly College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) NCAA Division II Top 25 Dual Meet poll.  The February edition was released on Friday.
 
The poll committees, consisting of Division II coaches, assesses, and ranks the nation's top 25 dual meet teams in monthly polls.  Their evaluation considers head-to-head dual meet outcomes, performances since the last rankings, season-long performances, dual meet records, roster changes (such as injuries), and data from the SwimCloud Simulator. It is important to note that the poll's objective is not to predict the top finishers in a championship meet format.
 
Swimcloud Rankings
 
The Maverick women are currently ranked second in Division II, according to the Swimcloud rankings.  With 717.80 points in the dual rankings, they trail only Nova Southeastern (721.50)  The Mavs have 678.34 points in the championship rankings, trailing only Tampa (681.70).
 
The Maverick men sit third in both rankings.
 
All of the rankings are mathematically compiled based on times reported to the site.
 
New Diving Rankings
 
This season, the US Professional Diving Coaches Association (US PDCA) has unveiled a new PDCA "Top 25", a brand new ranking dedicated to celebrating and recognizing the best in NCAA diving. "For too long, diving has been an afterthought in swimming-centric rankings, where the success of a diving program is often lost in the overall team score.  The PDCA Top 25 changes that, providing a comprehensive and accurate measure of excellence for both individual divers and diving programs across the nation," the PDCA said the unveiling earlier this month.
 
The organization updated its rankings on Dec. 22 after the mid-season invite portion of the season.

The Maverick men are now ranked second with 30.7 points, up one spot from the inaugural November edition of the poll.  The CMU women are tied for second with 28.3 points while the Mavs also sit second in the composite poll with 29.5 points trailing only Clarion.
 
Power rankings, powered by data collected from DiveMeets.com were also produced for the teams and for individuals in each of the four total diving events.
 
Kenya Meyer is ranked second in the women's 3-meter individual power rankings and is third in the women's 1-meter rankings.  Jenna Hurley is ranked sixth in the 3-meter.
 
On the men's side, the Mavs have four of the top eight in the 3-meter discipline with Ryan Campbell sitting second, one spot ahead of Jax Juarros.  David Roethlisberger is ranked fifth while Ty Mitton sits eighth.  Juarros sits fifth in the 1-meter rankings as well.
 
To see the various polls, rankings and methodology, please click here.
 
A look back to 2024-25
 
The Mavericks swept the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles for the seventh straight year before going on to post more strong finishes at the NCAA Division II Championships.  The CMU women finished third as a team at the national meet and combined to win three national titles, including defense of their title in the 400 medley relay.
 
CMU's men took ninth place to lead all RMAC teams.
 
The Mavericks competed mainly against NCAA Division I opposition throughout the season seeing only the CSU Pueblo women and the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers in meets during the first half of the season prior to the conference and national meets.
 
At the RMAC Championships, the Mavericks combined to win 27 gold and 62 total medals in the 42 events.
 
The Mavs then claimed 82 total all-America honors at the NCAA meet.
 
Award-Winners
 
Fittingly, the Mavericks brough in quite a haul of post-season awards at both the national and conference level last year.
 
Five Maverick athletes received the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's major awards at the end of the 2024-25 season.
 
On the men's side, team captain Andrew Scoggin, who has since graduated, was named as the RMAC Simmer of the Year while Ryan Campbell was named as the Men's Diver of the Year.  Kenya Meyer was named as the RMAC Women's Diver of the Year.
 
The Mavs also swept the RMAC Freshman of the Year awards with Richard Schmiedefeld and Kendyll Wilkinson receiving the men's & women's awards.
 
The Mavs also brought in a boatload of academic awards as Meyer and Dejan Urbanek swept the RMAC Academic Athlete of the Year honors while leading a group of 19 Maverick First Team Academic All-RMAC selections.
 
The Mavericks also led the country with the maximum eight possible (four men, four women) College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® selections.  Meyer, Kiara Borchardt and Ada Qunell
Return in 2025-26 from that list.
 
The Mavs also led the country with 39 CSCAA Scholar All-Americans while the Maverick men won the RMAC's Brechler Award for having the highest team GPA in the conference.
 
Returning National Champs
 
Antonia Leese, Kiara Borchardt and Ada Qunell all return as members of the Mavs' women's 400-yard medley relay team that won the NCAA title for the second straight time in 2025.  Borchardt and Qunell were also members of the 2024 winning team
 
Qunell, a 4-time national champion, also helped the Mavs win the 200 and 400 Freestyle relay teams in 2024.  Elli Williams also returns for her senior season after teaming with Qunell and others on those winning teams.
 
National Championship Run
 
Excluding, 2020 when the national championship meet was canceled 1 ½ days in due to the initial stages of the COVID pandemic, the Mavericks have won at least one national championship event every year since 2018, a streak they will hope to continue into 2026.
 
All-American List
 
The Mavericks roster or returning all-Americans is quite lengthy and impressive.
 
The Mavericks had a program-record 30 different individuals combine for 82 CSCAA All-America honors at last year's championships.  The Mavericks have 20 total returning all-Americans on this year's roster, including one who earned honors in 2023.
 
The returning group from 2025 earned a combined total of 42 all-America honors last year, which go to the top 16 finishers in each event at the national championships, last season.  The top eight finishers earn first team honors while the ninth through 16^th place finishers are Second Team/Honorable Mention selections.
 
Here's a list of CMU's returning all-Americans along with the number of honors each received in 2025 and the total number in their career.
 
Women
Kiara Borchardt (3/9)
Talia Datilio (1/1)
Olivia Hansson (5/10)
Taylar Hooton (1/1)
Reagan Horn (1/1)
Antonia Leese (3/3)
Mimi Licht (1/1)
Kenya Meyer (1/1)
Sydnee O'Neil (2/2)
Ada Qunell (4/13)
Hanna Sasivarevic (1/1)
Kendyll Wilkinson (3/3)
Elli Williams (3/7)
 
Men
Ryan Campbell (2/2)
Marcos Otero (1/2)
David Roethlisberger (2/2)
Luka Samsonov (3/3)
Richard Schmiedefeld (5/5)
Gavyn Tatge (1/1)
Ben Vester (1/1)
 
Preseason Polls
 
Both Maverick teams were unanimous selections to win their eighth straight RMAC crowns according to the Preseason Coaches' Polls.  The Maverick women received all eight of the possible first place votes they could receive to top the poll with 64 points ahead of Simon Fraser, which had 56 points and the first place vote from CMU Coach Mickey Wender.
 
Eight points were awarded for first place votes as each of the conference's nine coaches were asked to rank their opposition 1-8 without voting for their own squad.
 
The Maverick men picked up all five of their possible first place votes to top the poll with 25 points ahead of Mines, which took second in the poll with 20 points while receiving Wender's first place vote.  There are six men's teams in the conference and coaches were asked to rank their opposition 1-5.
 
Preseason All-RMAC
 
The RMAC also announced a Preseason All-RMAC team, made up of the top returning finisher in each individual event from last year's RMAC Championships.
 
Nine Maverick women combined for 14 of the 16 possible spots on the team while the Maverick men had four selections.
 
Colorado Mesa turns 100
 
The CMU Century Celebration stands as the cornerstone of Colorado Mesa University's year-long centennial celebration. This ambitious initiative unites our community in honoring a rich heritage while boldly envisioning the next hundred years of academic excellence.

Led by the Steering Committee and six specialized sub-committees, we're orchestrating a transformative experience that will resonate through generations. Each committee brings unique expertise to create an unforgettable commemoration of our past, present and future.
 
To learn more about Colorado Mesa's 100-year celebration, visit cmucentury.com.
 
Up Next
 
This Mavericks will host a Last Chance Meet next Saturday (Feb. 21), giving Maverick swimmers and divers one final chance to qualify for next month's NCAA Division II National Championships.