EVANSVILLE, Ind.— The Colorado Mesa University Mavericks qualified three women for the championship finals and will have eight swimmers in the consolation finals after faring well during the Friday morning session at the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships here in the Deaconess Aquatics Center.
 
Additionally, the Mavericks qualified all four of their men's divers for the 3-meter championship final and will be represented in all 11 of the event finals that will be contested on Friday evening, starting at 5:30 p.m. CDT (4:30 p.m. Mountain), including the men's and women's 200 free relays.
 
Here's an event-by-event breakdown of the Mavericks' efforts from the preliminary rounds.
 
500 Free
 
Olivia Hansson and Hanna Sasivarevic both snagged spots in the women's championship final.  Hansson won her heat and qualified third in 4:52.84 while Sasivarevic finished eighth in 4:54.83.
 
On the men's side, Jonas Friess registered a career-best of 4:24.98 to take 13^th in the preliminaries and snag a lane in the consolation final.  His time also allowed him to move up two spots to seventh in CMU history.  He was seeded 22^nd on the pre-meet psych sheet.

Gavyn Tatge finished 27^th in 4:30.56 while Ben Vester was 29^th in 4:31.62.
 
Meanwhile, Maya Clise finished 35^th in the women's preliminaries with a time of 5:10.77.
 
100 Backstroke
 
Taylar Hooton also claimed a championship final spot, qualifying fifth in 54.75 seconds.

Freshman Abby Uhl finished 29^th in 56.59 seconds.
 
Meanwhile, both Maverick men qualified for the consolation final.  Luka Samsonov finished the preliminaries in 12^th place with a time of 47.71 seconds while Richard Schmiedefeld continued his strong week with a 15^th place time of 47.79, which moves him up a spot to sixth in program history. The German was seeded 23^rd before the meet while Samsnov was seeded 11^th.
 
100 Breaststroke
 
Melina Giraudeau finished tenth in the preliminary heats with a time of 1:02.16, just off her career-best of 1:02.10 and will swim in the consolation finals for a third straight night after doing so in both of the individual medleys on Wednesday and Thursday.
 
Antonia Leese was the Mavs' other entrant in the women's half of the event and finished 29^th in 1:04.18.

Meanwhile, Aron Jonsson and Marcos Otero both snagged spots in the consolation final as both improved on their pre-meet seeds.  Jonsson finished the preliminaries in 12^th with a time of 54.05.  Otero also moved up two spots from his pre-meet No. 18 seed to take 16^th and grab the last scoring spot.  He was timed in 54.38 seconds.
 
Brodie Khajuria also competed, finishing 24^th in 55.23 seconds.
 
200 Butterfly
 
Freshman Eva Lehmkuhler snagged the final spot in the consolation final, placing 16^th in the preliminary heats with a time of 2:04.30.  She also edged senior teammate Kiara Borchardt, who will be the first alternate after finishing 17^th in 2:04.38.
 
Sydnee O'Neil and Tori Bartusiak also finished in consecutive places as O'Neil took 22^nd in 2:04.76 while Bartusiak was 23rd after touching in 2:05.43.
 
On the men's side, Micah Moore took 15^th in the preliminaries with a time of 1:46.21, just off his season-best of 1:45.83.  He will be the Mavs' lone representative in the finals.
 
Fellow NCAA Championship newcomers Nathan Knobelspiesse and Ethan Gluck finished 28^th and 30^th, respectively.  Knobelspiesse was timed in 1:48.88 while Gluck touched in 1:49.43.
 
Men's 3-Meter Diving
 
The Mavericks had a superb performance as all four of the men finished amongst the top eight of the 18-man field in the 3-meter diving preliminaries.
 
Ryan Campbell, who took second in Wednesday's night's 1-meter final, led the way, scoring 529.55 points on 11 dives.  Freshman Giani Benoit also finished well, placing with 498.60 points.
 
David Roethlisberger (497.55) and Jax Juarros (494.05) were right behind in sixth and seventh, respectively.