Jacks Display Depth in Opening Meet

Friday, October 11

Brookings, S.D.

4 p.m.

South Dakota State University

88.5

154.5

Nebraska

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

10/11/2019 6:32:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Final Results

The South Dakota State women's swimming and diving team dropped its opening meet 154.5-88.5 Friday evening.

"Tonight gave us a peek at what we can expect this upcoming season," said head coach Doug Humphries. "We were competitive, aggressive and confident tonight. We picked up some victories over a very good school and showed us how hard work pays off. It's going to be an exciting year."

The Jackrabbits won both the 50 free and 200 IM before the first diving break. A trio of freshmen led the way in the 50 free with Elisabeth Timmer winning in 24.76. She was followed by Katie Drezen who finished second (24.80) and Grace Witherspoon in fourth (25.26).

Ashley Theobald took first in the 200 IM with a time of 2:12.24 while teammates Tiffany Nguyen placed third (2:14.89) and Kristen Davis fourth (2:16.39).

Following the first break, the Jacks won their third swimming event in a row as Kristen Davis out-swam the pack in the 100 fly with a time of 58.23.

Other Top Times

Maria Currie placed fourth in the 1,000 free (11:00.38) to pace the Jacks in the event.
Emily Pincus was the top finisher for SDSU in the 200 free, placing fourth (1:58.09) and in the 500 free, placing third (5:18.28).
Nguyen finished third to lead the Jacks in the 100 back with a time of 1:00.72.
Freshman Alyssa Eckstein placed runner-up in the 100 breast in 1:08.56 with teammate Sam Frigard finishing third (1:09.00).

Relays

SDSU's 'A' team (Timmer, Drezen, Witherspoon, Theobald) won the 200 free relay with a time of 1:38.08.
In the 400 medley relay, the Jacks 'A' team finished second (Nguyen, Eckstein, Davis, Pincus) in 3:59.88.

Diving

Quincee Simonson led the Jacks in the 1-meter dive with a score of 217.73 to place fourth.
In the 3-meter dive, Abbi Rouse paced SDSU with a score of 229.73 to finish fourth.
Julia Gill placed sixth in the 3-meter (203.55).
Aleni Stoakes finished sixth in the 1-meter (189.68).

Up Next
The Jacks head to Iowa Central CC with both the men's and women's teams for an Oct. 19 meet at 11:15 a.m.

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