By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Colorado Mesa University clinched its eighth consecutive Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship in emphatic fashion, sweeping Saturday’s six events at El Pomar Natatorium.

Colorado Mesa finished the championship with 1,870.50 points, outpacing second-place Colorado School of Mines and its 1,304.50 points. Simon Fraser University finished third with 1,240 points.

Colorado Mesa senior Olivia Hansson won the Swimmer of the Meet, claiming the title with a win in the 1,650 freestyle on Saturday, with 123 points scored in the championship. She also had individual wins in the 500 freestyle, 1,000 freestyle, and a third-place finish in the 200 freestyle, and was a member of the Mavericks’ winning 800 freestyle relay.

The Mavericks’ Kenya Meyer was the Diver of the Meet after winning both the diving events. She scored a championship record 520.95 in Saturday’s 1-meter diving event after winning Thursday’s 3-meter competition.

After Hansson’s session-opening win in the 1,650 freestyle, the Mavericks picked up the rope and stormed to wins the rest of the night. Senior Ada Qunell won the 100 freestyle, freshman Abby Uhl powered to a win in the 200 backstroke, junior Melina Giraudeau took the 200 breaststroke, and the Mavericks 400 freestyle relay team closed the championship with a two-second victory..

Saturday’s Champions

1650 Freestyle: Olivia Hansson, Colorado Mesa (16:56.37)
100 Freestyle: Ada Qunell, Colorado Mesa (49.50)
200 Backstroke: Abby Uhl, Colorado Mesa (2:00.61)
200 Breaststroke: Melina Giraudeau, Colorado Mesa (2:13.09)
400 Freestyle Relay: Colorado Mesa (3:22.01)
1-meter Diving: Kenya Meyer, Colorado Mesa (520,95, Championship Record)

About the RMAC

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, headquartered in Colorado Springs, is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 institutions located in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah. The RMAC currently competes in 22 NCAA Division II sports and has earned 71 national championships and 53 national runners-up since 1992. Founded in 1909, the RMAC is the most historic athletic conference in the western United States and Division II.

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