By: Audrey Bloomquist, Director of Marketing & Championships
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – For the seventh straight year, the Colorado Mesa University women's swimming and diving squad was crowned RMAC Swimming and Diving Conference Champions on Saturday at the El Pomar Natatorium after accumulating an impressive 1,939 points. Tori Meklensek, a senior for Simon Fraser University, claimed the championship’s Women’s Swimmer of the Meet award, while Kenya Meyer, a junior for Colorado Mesa, earned the Women’s Diver of the Meet honor.
Adding 446 points to their Friday evening lead, the Maverick women gathered an individual title, a relay title and two runner-up performances during Saturday evening’s finals. Junior, Agata Naskret, swam a new RMAC championship record of 1:55.17 to capture the 200-yard backstroke title, easily surpassing the NCAA “A” standard time. Naskret also swam first leg of CMU’s first place 400-yard freestyle relay team, accompanying teammates Elli Williams, Kendyll Wilkinson and Ada Qunell to a time of 3:21.41. Olivia Hansson earned runner-up in the women’s 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 17:00.77, while teammate Kendyll Wilkinson swam to a second-place 100-yard freestyle finish with a time of 50.77.
Boasting 128 points, Tori Meklensek earned the Women’s Swimmer of the Meet award for the second consecutive year. Her individual titles in the 200-yard freestyle, 500-year freestyle, and 1000-yard freestyle surpassed the “A” standard times for the NCAA Championships, while her 1650-yard freestyle title reached the NCAA “B” standard time. Tori also swam the third leg in Simon Fraser’s second place 200-yard freestyle relay and second place 400-yard freestyle relay, while serving as the starter for SFU’s second place 800-yard freestyle relay.
After setting the RMAC Championship record and El Pomar Natatorium facility record in the 3-meter competition, Kenya Meyer earned her second consecutive Women’s Diver of the Meet honor with a total of 64 points. Meyer claimed both individual diving titles, garnering a score 459.50 in the finals of the 1-meter competition and a score of 541.70 in the finals of the 3-meter competition.
Saturday's Champions
1650 Yard Freestyle: Tori Meklensek, Simon Fraser, 16:53.52
100 Yard Freestyle: Abby Williams, Simon Fraser, 50.00
200 Yard Backstroke: Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa, 1:55.17
200 Yard Breaststroke: Hailey Uhrig, Oklahoma Christian, 2:18.28
400 Yard Freestyle Relay: Colorado Mesa (Agata Naskret, Elli Williams, Kendyll Wilkinson, Ada Qunell), 3:21.41
Final Team Results
| Team |
Points |
| Colorado Mesa |
1,939.00 |
| Simon Fraser |
1,194.00 |
| Colorado School of Mines |
1,156.50 |
| Western Colorado |
1,010.00 |
| Oklahoma Christian |
804.50 |
| CSU Pueblo |
470.00 |
| Nebraska-Kearney |
423.00 |
| UT Permian Basin |
282.00 |
| Adams State |
156.00 |