Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference announced its 2023-24 Women’s Swimming and Diving major award winners alongside its all-conference rosters on Thursday. Colorado Mesa’s Agata Naskret earns the league’s Swimmer of the Year honor, while her teammate Jenna Hurley is the RMAC Diver of the Year. League newcomer Simon Fraser’s Laine Perry received the Freshman of the Year honor, while Colorado Mesa head coach Mickey Wender secured his second consecutive Coach of the Year distinction. These major awards are voted on by the league’s head coaches, and coaches are not permitted to vote for their own student-athletes.
 
Naskret is the RMAC Swimmer of the Year following her five national championship swims at the 2024 NCAA Division II National Championships in Geneva, Ohio. The Pole won the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke titles, while also being a member of the Mavs’ three winning relay teams (400-yard medley relay, the 200-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay). Naskret’s swims aided the Mavs to the best finish in program history at the National Championships, finishing second as a team and scoring 461.5 points. The sophomore earned six RMAC First-Team All-Conference nods in her extremely successful 2023-24 season.
 
CMU’s Hurley claims the Diver of the Year award in her debut season in Grand Junction, Colo. The Texan secured Woman Co-Diver of the Meet honors at the RMAC Championships and won gold in the 3-meter dive at the meet. Her efforts helped the Mavs’ win their sixth straight RMAC title, the longest stretch of consecutive titles in conference history. Hurley earned three conference Diver of the Week awards in her first season as a Maverick.
 
Perry receives the RMAC Freshman of the Year honor in her first year at Simon Fraser as well as the program’s first season in the conference. The native Canadian excelled for her home country’s institution, culminating in an RMAC First-Team All-Conference selection as a member of the Red Leafs’ silver medal-winning 400-yard freestyle relay team. Simon Fraser finished in third place at the RMAC meet, scoring 626.5 points and finishing just 11 points behind second. At the NCAA National Championships, Perry was a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay and 200-yard freestyle relay squads that each secured a top-seven finish.  
 
Wender grasps his second straight Coach of the Year nod and secures the outright honor this season. His Maverick squad had seven national championship winning swims in Ohio, tied for the most of any school at the meet. With Wender leading the charge, CMU finished as the national runner-up with 461.5 team points, both marks were the program’s best and the all-time best finish by an RMAC institution. Wender adds the conference honor to his first ever Division II Women’s National Coach of the Year award, as recently announced.
 
The record-setting Mavericks earned 41 all-conference selections, including 27 first-team honorees. RMAC newcomer Simon Fraser checked in with 14 roster spots, followed by Oklahoma Christian’s 13 all-conference finishes. Colorado School of Mines had eight honorees, while Western Colorado (three spots), Colorado State University Pueblo (three spots) and University of Texas Permian Basin (two spots) rounded out the rosters.
 
The top two finishers in each event at the 2024 RMAC Swimming and Diving Championships receive First-Team All-Conference, while the third and fourth place finishers get second-team distinctions.
 
Women’s Swimmer of the Year: Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa
Women’s Diver of the Year: Jenna Hurley, Colorado Mesa
Women’s Freshman of the Year: Laine Perry, Simon Fraser
Women’s Coach of the Year: Mickey Wender, Colorado Mesa
 
2023-24 Women’s Swimming and Diving RMAC All-Conference First Team

Event	Name	Name
50 Freestyle	Elli Williams, Colorado Mesa	Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa
100 Backstroke	Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa	Lauren White, Colorado Mesa
100 Breaststroke	Jordan Tierney, Colorado School of Mines	Andrea Paradis, Oklahoma Christian
100 Butterfly	Annie Osmun, Colorado School of Mines	Kiara Borchardt, Colorado Mesa
100 Freestyle	Ada Qunell, Colorado Mesa	Abby Williams, Simon Fraser
200 Backstroke	Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa	Katerina Matoskova, Colorado Mesa
200 Breaststroke	Jordan Tierney, Colorado School of Mines	Benedict Nagy, Colorado Mesa
200 Butterfly	Benedict Nagy, Colorado Mesa	Cheyenne Denison, Oklahoma Christian
200 Freestyle	Tori Meklensek, Simon Fraser	Ada Qunell, Colorado Mesa
200 IM	Benedict Nagy, Colorado Mesa	Sophia Bains, Colorado Mesa
400 IM	Benedict Nagy, Colorado Mesa	Sophia Bains, Colorado Mesa
500 Freestyle	Tori Meklensek, Simon Fraser	Olivia Hansson, Colorado Mesa
1,000 Freestyle	Tori Meklensek, Simon Fraser	Olivia Hansson, Colorado Mesa
1,650 Freestyle	Olivia Hansson, Colorado Mesa	Tori Meklensek, Simon Fraser
200 Freestyle Relay	A. Naskret, E. Williams, A. Qunell, L. White; Colorado Mesa	A. Williams, A. Whitmore, T. Meklensek, K. Houlder; Simon Fraser
200 Medley Relay	A. Naskret, M. Moran, K. Borchardt, E. Williams; Colorado Mesa	K. Hemp, C. Schmidt, A. Osmun, J. Selig; Colorado School of Mines
400 Freestyle Relay	A. Qunell, E. Williams, I. Powers, L. White; Colorado Mesa	A. Whitmore, A. Williams, T. Meklensek, L. Perry; Simon Fraser
400 Medley Relay	A. Naskret, M. Moran, K. Borchardt, A. Qunell; Colorado Mesa	K. Hemp, J. Tierney, A. Osmun, J. Selig; Colorado School of Mines
800 Freestyle Relay	A. Qunell, K. Matoskova, B. Nagy, L. White; Colorado Mesa	A. Williams, T. Meklensek, D. Vetter, A. Whitmore; Simon Fraser
1-Meter Dive	Kenya Meyer, Colorado Mesa	Jenna Hurley, Colorado Mesa
3-Meter Dive	Jenna Hurley, Colorado Mesa	Kenya Meyer, Colorado Mesa

 
2023-24 Women’s Swimming and Diving RMAC All-Conference Second Team

Event	Name	Name
50 Freestyle	Ada Qunell, Colorado Mesa	Aly Whitmore, Simon Fraser
100 Backstroke	Katerina Matoskova, Colorado Mesa	Tammy Greenwood, Oklahoma Christian
100 Breaststroke	Maddi Moran, Colorado Mesa	Hailey Uhrig, Oklahoma Christian
100 Butterfly	Ashlee Urroz, CSU Pueblo	Aly Whitmore, Simon Fraser
100 Freestyle	Elli Williams, Colorado Mesa	Aly Whitmore, Simon Fraser
200 Backstroke	Tammy Greenwood, Oklahoma Christian	Cheyenne Denison, Oklahoma Christian
200 Breaststroke	Hailey Uhrig, Oklahoma Christian	Andrea Paradis, Oklahoma Christian
200 Butterfly	Kiara Borchardt, Colorado Mesa	Sydnee O’Neil, Colorado Mesa
200 Freestyle	Katerina Matoskova, Colorado Mesa	Lauren White, Colorado Mesa
200 IM	Annie Osmun, Colorado School of Mines	Delrae Vetter, Simon Fraser
400 IM	Cheyenne Denison, Oklahoma Christian	Paola C Wu, CSU Pueblo
500 Freestyle	Katerina Matoskova, Colorado Mesa	Sophia Bains, Colorado Mesa
1,000 Freestyle	Sydnee O’Neil, Colorado Mesa	Morgan Nielsen, Western Colorado
1,650 Freestyle	Morgan Nielsen, Western Colorado	Haven Hinkle, Colorado Mesa
200 Freestyle Relay	J. Tierney, C. Schmidt, S. Bennett, J. Selig; Colorado School of Mines	C. Edmonds, O. Rollen, J. Branstrom, L. Byars; Oklahoma Christian
200 Medley Relay	K. Bikadi, D. Vetter, M. Armstrong, K. Houlder; Simon Fraser	C. Sanchez Guareno, O. Dannhaus, P. C Wu, A. Urroz; CSU Pueblo
400 Freestyle Relay	T. Greenwood, C. Denison, L. Byars, V. Weatherford; Oklahoma Christian	J. Maruska, S. Patterson, M. Little, M. Lambert; Western Colorado
400 Medley Relay	T. Greenwood, H. Uhrig, C. Denison, V. Weatherford; Oklahoma Christian	K. Bikadi, D. Vetter, A. Whitmore, A. Williams; Simon Fraser
800 Freestyle Relay	L. Byars, V. Weatherford, C. Denison, T. Greenwood; Oklahoma Christian	O. Kisow, A. Osmun, M. Wells, K. VanderMeer; Colorado School of Mines
1-Meter Dive	Mimi Licht, Colorado Mesa	Emi Goto, Texas Permian Basin
3-Meter Dive	Emi Goto, Texas Permian Basin	Mimi Licht, Colorado Mesa