SIOUX FALLS – South Dakota State men's and women's swimming and diving wrapped up day one at the Augustana Invitational Thursday, breaking three school records along the way.
"What a good start to weekend," said head coach
Doug Humphrey. "We are picking up where we ended last season, but even better. We had several season bests, many lifetime best and ended the day with three school records broken. I am excited to see what we can achieve tomorrow."
Elisabeth Timmer broke the 50 free school record with a swim of 23.28 during prelims, passing Abby Zenner who had previously set the record at 23.34 in 2016.
Kristen Davis swam a record 55.82 during prelims in the 100 Fly before immediately resetting her own record in the finals with a swim of 55.65, placing second in the event.
Women
Emily Pincus tied for fourth in the 500 Free with a time of 5:02.50 after swimming a season-best 5:01.45 in Prelims.
In the 200 IM,
Tiffany Nguyen swam a 2:08.70 to place fifth and
Ashley Theobald finished eighth with a time of 2:08.99.
Timmer finished fifth in the 50 free with a time of 23.52 with
Katie Drezen following in seventh (23.66).
Men
The Jacks finished four of the top-five in the 500 free with
Damon Venner pacing the team in second-place (4:38.25). Venner also swam his career-best in the event during prelims with a time of 4:35.07.
Jared Miller placed third (4:41.12),
Reece Stikeleather fourth (4:41.60) and
Parker R. Brown fifth (4:41.88).
In the 200 IM,
Austin Pham finished fifth with a time of 1:55.43 with
Quenton Steffen placing sixth (1:55.51).
Henry Skinner swam a career-best 20.63 in the 50 free in a fourth-place finish and in the 100 fly,
Cody Watkins placed third with a season-best time of 49.83.
Relays
In the 200 medley relay, the women's 'A' team (Nguyen,
Kady Harris, Davis, Timmer) placed third in a season-best 1:46.16. The men's 'A' squad (Pham, Steffen, Watkins, Skinner) placed fourth in a season-best 1:32.96.
The 800 free relay wrapped up day one, seeing both the men and women take second in the event. The women's 'A' team (Timmer, Pincus,
Daniela Santillan,
Maria Currie) swam a 7:37.73 while the men (Watkins, Stikeleather,
Alex Kraft, Miller) posted a 6:52.66.
Diving
Zach Boyd won the men's 1-meter, scoring a career-best 324.30.
Spencer Fritze placed fifth with a career-high score of 263.10.
Quincee Simonson paced the Jacks with a second-place finish in the 1-meter, scoring a career-best 256.75.
Abbi Rouse and
Aleni Stoakes also scored career-bests as Rouse placed third (249.70) and Stoakes finished fourth (245.65).
Up Next
The Jacks return to the pool Friday for day two of the event. Prelims start at 10 a.m. with finals beginning at 5 p.m.
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