Mavs sweep RMAC Swimmer & Diver of the Week awards

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— After sturdy efforts at their season-opening meets final weekend, the Colorado Mesa University Mavericks swept the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week awards, the convention introduced on Thursday.
 
Junior Jax Juarros was named because the RMAC Men’s Diver of the Week for the fourth time in his profession whereas senior Kenya Meyer claimed the ladies’s award for the third time in her profession.  Newcomer Guillaume Guth obtained the Men’s Swimmer of the Week honor whereas Olivia Hansson claimed the ladies’s honor for the second time in her profession.
 
Juarros, took second place in each diving competitions throughout final Friday and Saturday’s Intermountain Shootout meets, scored individually, which have been towards BYU and RMAC rival Adams State.  He recorded a NCAA qualifying rating of 308.85 factors in Friday’s 3-meter meet, which was contested in a 6-dive format.  He then scored 425.85 factors in an 11-dive, 1-meter occasion on Saturday.
 
Meyer, the reigning RMAC Diver of the Year from 2024-25, gained the 3-meter occasion on Saturday, scoring 440.25 factors on 11 dives to eclipse the NCAA qualifying normal of 420 factors by greater than 20.  She additionally gained the occasion by 23.25 factors over teammate Jenna Hurley and defeated 4 totally different divers from the NCAA Division I BYU Cougar program.  Meyer additionally took second in Friday’s 6-dive, 1-meter occasion with 242.70 factors.
 
Guth, a 2024 Paris Olympian, Guth, for his native France, competed in his first collegiate meets, recording NCAA Division II-leading instances in each the 50 (20.08) and 100 Freestyle (43.20) in addition to a No. 3 rating time within the 200 Free (1:37.22).
 
He additionally helped the Mavs submit the quickest Division II time of the season to date in three totally different relays (200 Free, 400 Free, 400 Medley) in addition to the No. 3 rating time within the 200 Medley Relay.  Guth leads the RMAC in all seven occasions and set NCAA Championship “B” lower instances in every of his three particular person disciplines.
 
Hansson was even higher, setting national-leading and NCAA “B” lower instances in 4 totally different occasions whereas claiming three wins within the weekend meets.
 
On Friday, she gained each the 200 Free (1:48.53) and 1000 Free (9:57.07), profitable the latter by greater than seven seconds with a time that’s simply 2.26 seconds off her personal faculty report and 12.43 forward of teammate Maya Clise for the highest spot on the NCAA listing.
 
In Saturday’s meet, Hansson gained the five hundred Free (4:49.95) by almost 5 seconds over BYU’s high swimmer with a time that leads the nation by 12.14 seconds.  She additionally took second within the 400 IM and leads Division II by almost seven seconds over teammate Haven Hinkle in that occasion with an altitude-adjusted time of 4:26.94.
 
The Mavericks will subsequent compete on Oct. 24 and 25 with the ladies taking over Division I Colorado State and Denver in Fort Colins on Friday, Oct. 24 whereas the Maverick males will contest an RMAC twin on the Colorado School of Mines in Golden on Saturday, Oct. 25.
 
*-Note all instances listed above are altitude-adjusted