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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The third day of the 2021 RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships is underway with preliminaries in four events.

Women's finals are at 4 p.m. and the men go at 7 p.m.

500-FREE
The Mines women put three into the A final of the 500-free as Meghan Slowey set the fourth-fastest prelim time of 5:12.35, Olivia Lomax qualified out of the first heat sixth in 5:14.67, and Sam Henney slipped into the eighth spot at 5:20.26. Hunter Stewart also made the B final in 16th at 5:32.13, while Rachel Fontan finished 18th in 5:34.95.

Ben Topper leads five Oredigger men into the A final, swimming a third-place 4:42.74. Mines also occupies positions five through eight with Cobi Wood (4:43.63), Scott Reeder (4:44.57), Henry Oberley (4:45.92), and Joe Peak (4:46.40) respectively, while Austin Rich will be the B final's top seed at 4:48.24.

100-BACK
Four Orediggers will swim in the B final of the 100-back led by Emma Neuroth, who qualified 10th in 59.92. Joining her will be Sarah Bennett (12th, 1:00.12), Sam Henney (13th, 1:00.76), and Kori Davis (15th, 1:00.97).

Four men made the A final led by Seth Krause, who qualified fourth overall in 49.86 seconds. Harry Smith (5th, 50.08), Jerry Birnbaum (6th, 50.10), and Sam LaPrade (7th, 50.97) join him in the championship race. Mines will also look for valuable points with three men in the B final, including Gareth Svanda (10th, 51.61), Connor Wong (12th, 52.60), and Braden Hunt (15th, 52.98). 

100-BREAST
Jorie Selig qualified second in the 100-breast with a blazing 1:05.24, just off the oldest individual record in Mines' book, the 1:05.05 time of Angel Forsling that has stood since the 2010 NCAA Championships. Nadia Smith (10th, 1:09.13) and Claire Lautman (12th, 1:09.14) also qualified for the B final.

Defending champion Peyton Scherschel is the only Oredigger man with the 100-breast in his program, and he qualified second in a time of 56.61.

200-FLY
Erin Taggart recorded a 2:08.83 prelim time to qualify second in the 200-fly, leading three Orediggers into the A final with Jules Hays (4th, 2:14.52) and Kailey Said (5th, 2:18.09).

Robert Clayton broke teammate Charles Burroughs' 200-fly program record as the two went 1-2 in prelims with NCAA B cut times. Clayton swam 1:48.91 for first, and Burroughs was right behind at 1:49.54 as the pair were more than two seconds clear of the field. Max Mitchell also made the A final in sixth at 1:53.28.