2024 CMU Invitational
Colorado Mesa College junior Agata Naskret broke the NCAA Division II File on Friday night time within the 100 yard backstroke, ending in 51.96 on the 2024 CMU Invitational. That broke the previous D2 document of 52.07 that was set by Polina Lapshina of Queens College on the 2019 NCAA Championships.
Naskret, the defending NCAA D2 Nationwide Champion, entered the season with the #5 rating in D2 historical past with the 52.52 that she swam eventually yr’s D2 Nationwide Championship meet.
She set her aim pre-season to interrupt the document, and solely needed to wait till mid-season to do it. Much more spectacular was that she did the swim at altitude, which by NCAA conversion requirements will get her an additional tenth. The document will stand at her precise touched time, 51.96, however the NCAA qualifiers checklist will learn 51.86 – greater than two-and-a-half seconds away from another D2 swimmer within the nation thus far.
Splits Comparability:
The highest six performers in NCAA D2 historical past within the occasion have been all born outdoors of america. That features Naskret, who’s Polish.
Prime 5 Performers All-Time, NCAA Division II Historical past
- Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa – 51.96 (2024 CMU Invite, altitude)
- Polina Lapshina, Queens – 52.07 (2019 D2 Championships)
- (TIE) Laura Pareja, Drury – 52.42 (2021 NCAA D2 Championships)/Celina Marquez, Nova Southeastern – 52.42 (2021 Spartan Invitational)
- Cassie Wright, Nova Southeastern – 52.48 (2022 NCAA D2 Championships)
- Katya Rudenko, Drury – 52.65 (2014 Mizzou Invitational)
Naskret’s time was additionally a Pool and Meet File, breaking her personal mark of 53.06 finished at this meet final yr by 1.1 seconds.
That is at the very least the third NCAA Division II File that has been damaged this week after Tampa’s Jacob Hamlin broke the five hundred and 1650 free data in South Carolina.
Day 2 Recap Right here:
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— After profitable a nationwide title, it’s typically exhausting to set a significant aim to work in the direction of.
Colorado Mesa College swimmer Agata Naskret had no downside with that and set her aim for the 2024-25 season to interrupt the nationwide document.
Purpose achieved!
Naskret, who ranked fifth in NCAA Division II historical past together with her 100-yard backstroke nationwide title-winning time of 52.52 seconds coming into the 2024-25 season, obliterated the previous mark of 52.07 seconds on Friday night time, posting a time of 51.96 seconds, highlighting one other sturdy night time of swimming on the TYR/CMU Invitational.
The previous mark had been turned in by 2019 Nationwide Champion Polina Lapshina of Russia and Queens (N.C.) College.
Naskret’s mark is much more spectacular thought of it was finished at altitude and could have her sit at 51.86 seconds on the NCAA Division II Championship qualifying efficiency checklist, permitting her to increase her NCAA Division II efficiency checklist result in greater than 2 ½ seconds.
Her time was additionally a pool, faculty and meet document, breaking her personal mark of 53.06 seconds from final yr by 1.1 ticks.
The Maverick males’s 400 medley relay group additionally turned in a pair of recent data, recording a time of three:10.93 (3:10.53-altitude adjusted) to complete the boys’s night time on a excessive word. Andrew Scoggin, Forrest Frazier, Dejan Urbanek and Harry Stacey mixed for that point that went underneath the previous pool and meet document of three:11.23, set a yr in the past.
Urbanek had additionally broke his personal faculty document within the 100 Fly with a time of 47.56 seconds, good for second place in that occasion.
In the meantime, the Mavericks have been in a position to win the ultimate 5 mixed occasions of the night time, which allowed the Maverick males to complete the third night time of the 4-day meet with 979 factors, 358 ½ forward of second place Wyoming, which has 620 ½ factors after profitable the primary three occasions. The Colorado College of Mines is third with 401 whereas a partial Utah group is in fourth with 195 ½ factors.
Nevertheless, the Wyoming girls received three of the primary 4 occasions of the night time and moved into the group scoring lead with 764 ½ factors, main CMU by 55 ½. Northern Arizona, which acquired a 100-yard butterfly win from Elsa Musselman within the first occasion of the night time, is in third with 449 ½ factors whereas Mines is fourth with 300. Utah is fifth with 163 with 12 occasions (6 males’s, 6 girls’s) to return on Saturday.
Becoming a member of Naskret and the boys’s medley relay group as Friday night time winners have been Max Ayres (Males’s 100 Brast), Scoggin (100 Again) and the ladies’s medley relay group of Naskret, Maddi Moran, Kiara Borchardt and Ada Qunell.
Ayres took the 100 Breast in 54.16 seconds after posting a career-best time of 53.73 (53.63-converted) within the preliminaries as considered one of 5 Mavericks to set the NCAA provisional commonplace in that self-discipline all through the day.
Scoggin was only a single one hundredth of a second off the NCAA Championship automated commonplace within the morning prelims together with his 100 Again time of 46.43 seconds (46.33-converted) after which adopted that up with one other sturdy effort of 46.74 seconds to win within the night.
The ladies’s 400 Medley Relay group received in 3:39.97, simply off their very own pool and meet document of three:39.83 from final yr.
The Mavericks have been additionally in a position to set a ton of NCAA Championship “B” lower marks all through the day.
Within the girls’s 100 Butterfly, Borchardt completed third in a personal-best 55.44 seconds (55.34-converted), a type of many “B” marks. Amber Siverts (56.15/56.05-converted) additionally moved as much as fourth in program historical past after profitable the comfort last.
Xander Zappas joined Urbanek as NCAA provisional qualifiers within the males’s portion of the occasion as Urbanek took second behind Wyoming’s Gavin Smith, who broke the meet document within the preliminaries. Urbanek’s time of 47.56 seconds (47.46-converted) was 0.12 faster than his former faculty document set on the 2022 version of this meet.
Zappas completed third in 48.46 seconds after posting a faster NCAA provisional qualifying time of 48.20 (48.10-converted) within the morning preliminaries shifting to sixth in program historical past.
Stacey can be now ranked third in CMU historical past after posting a time of 47.77 (47.67-converted) in a morning time trial.
Within the girls’s 400 particular person medley, Sophia Bains took second in 4:22.81 whereas Haven Hinkle improved upon her career-best to win the “B” last in one other NCAA provisional qualifying time of 4:34.29 (4:24.29-converted).
The Maverick males have been particularly sturdy within the males’s 400 IM as seven completely different CMU swimmers surpassed the NCAA “B” commonplace because the Mavs took second via seventh place to attain large factors. Freshman Ben Vester led the best way, taking second in 3:56.22 (3:51.22-converted) to maneuver into the No. 3 spot of program historical past.
Luka Samsonov now ranks fifth after ending third in 3:58.40 (3:53.40-converted) whereas Gavyn Tatge moved into the No. 6 spot of CMU lore after ending in fourth place with a time of three:58.60 (3:53.60-converted).
Graduate switch Jason McMechan additionally broke 4 minutes and now sits ninth in program historical past with a fifth place time of three:59.71 (3:54.71-converted). Jacob Troescher, Lucas Motley and Miles Moran all set NCAA provisional instances as effectively.
The Maverick girls then had 4 nationwide provisional qualifiers within the 200 Free as Katerina Matoskova took second in 1:50.41 (1:49.21-converted) whereas Ada Qunell took third in 1:50.49 (1:49.29-converted). Olivia Hansson, already assured of a nationwide championship look within the 500 Free, was fourth in 1:50.74 (1:49.54-converted) and is now eligible to swim within the 200 Free on the NCAA Championships as effectively.
Hanna Sasivarevic additionally set a NCAA “B” lower time of 1:53.47 (1:52.27-converted) within the “B” last.
5 Maverick males additionally turned in provisional qualifying efforts within the 200 Free as Lucas Viana completed fourth in 1:39.70 (1:38.50-converted). Jameson McEnaney went even faster within the preliminaries, touching in 1:39.43 (1:38.23-converted) earlier than ending sixth within the finals with a time of 1:41.20. Richard Schmeidefeld additionally set a “B” lower time of 1:39.28 (1:38.-08-converted) within the morning and took seventh at night time.
In the meantime, Jackson Moe received the comfort last in 1:39.73 (1:38.53-converted) whereas Braden Felio completed 11th total and third in that race after qualifying in a NCAA “B” lower mark of 1:40.42 (1:39.22-converted).
The Maverick girls then picked up a pair of NCAA “B” lower instances within the comfort last of the 100 Breaststroke as Maddi Moran received the warmth in 1:03.75 (1:02.55-convrted) forward of Kate Speerschneider, who had a sooner time trial time earlier within the meet.
The CMU males had 4 males within the “A” last and went first, third, fifth and seventh with Canadian freshman Brodie Khajuria took over the No. 5 spot in Maverick historical past with a 3rd place time of 54.67 (54.57-converted) seconds. Marcos Otero additionally set a career-best of 54.81 (54.71-converted) seconds to complete fifth whereas Deklan Heinzen touched seventh in 55.22 seconds (55.12-converted) to rank ninth in program historical past.
Mauricio Posadas additionally set a “B” lower time of 55.19 (55.09-converted) within the preliminaries.
Naskret’s nationwide document was not the one sturdy efficiency within the girls’s 100 Again. Freshman Taylar Hooton took second in 54.40 (54.30-converted) seconds to take over the No. 3 spot in program historical past. Katerina Matoskova, who now ranks fourth additionally had a season-best and NCAA “B” lower time of 55.64 (55.54-converted) within the morning earlier than taking fifth in 55.68 seconds. Kate Leary was the subsequent to the touch in 55.89 seconds (55.79-converted) and now ranks ninth in CMU historical past.
Scoggin’s 100 Again win, which solidified his No. 2 rating in CMU historical past, allowed him to guide 4 Mavericks within the “A” Closing. Kuba Kiszczak was fourth in 48.82 seconds whereas Jeremy Koch (49.91) and Jacob Sampson (50.46) completed seventh and eighth.
The Mavs then swept the aforementioned 400 medley relays earlier than Sydnee O’Neil accomplished the night time with a 200 Butterfly Time Trial time of two:05.68 (2:04.48-converted), eclipsing the provisional nationwide qualification commonplace.
The meet will end on Saturday with preliminary heats at 10 a.m. and the ultimate session at 4 p.m., preceded by the Mavs’ Senior Day festivities at 3:45.
