Swim & Dive Teams Progress at Minnesota Invite

Saturday, December 1

Minneapolis, Minn.

All Day

South Dakota State University

Minnesota Invitational

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

12/1/2018 8:48:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

Day 3 Results

The South Dakota State swimming and diving teams wrapped up the Minnesota Invite Saturday night, finishing day three with 16 career best times and nine season-bests.

The women's side swam 10 of the 16 career-bests and posted season-best times in all six of Saturday's events.

"We put a cap on a great meet," said head coach Doug Humphrey. "This was an excellent meet for us to end our semester competition. Even though they were often tired and sore, more swimmers found a way to be faster than they ever have. It was a defining week of swimming for us."

Women
Lily Schimke swam a career best 2:07.90 in the 200 back. Alice Foote, Maria Currie and Rori Conners also posted career-best times in the event.

Richelle Bruyckere slid into sixth all-time at SDSU in the 100 free with a season-best time of 52.01. The event also saw career bests from Carolyn Kennedy, Kristen Davis, and Foote.

In the 200 breast, Sam Frigard and Emily Artz finished with career-best times of 2:25.37 and 2:31.34 respectively. Rori Conners placed 10th in the 1,650 free with a season-best time of 18:31.81.

Davis swam another career best in the 200 fly with a time of 2:06.95, good for eighth in school history. Mykin Gunning also swam a career-best in the event.

Men
Jared Miller moved into eight all-time at SDSU in the 200 back with a time of 1:51.58. In the 200 breast, Wyatt Rumrill swam a season-best time of 2:07.72 which is good for seventh in school history.

In the 100 free, Alex Kraft swam a career-best 46.10 in preliminaries and then a 46.16 in final competition. Those times are good for sixth and eighth all-time at SDSU. Cody Watkins added a career-best time of 46.71 in the event.

Watkins swam a season-best 1:52.69 in the 200 fly while Trever Brenner, Damon Venner, and Jon Gouger added career-best performances. Watkins' time puts him at fourth in school history and Brenner's 1:55.33 sits in 10th

Relays
The women finished the 400 free relay in a season-best 3:32.06 behind the team's 'A' squad (Foote, Kennedy, Pincus, Bruyckere). The men didn't have any finishers in the event.

Up Next
The Jackrabbits' next competition is Jan. 19 when they host St. Cloud State for a dual meet at the Stanley J. Marshall Pool.