SIOUX FALLS - The South Dakota State swimming and diving teams finished day one of the Summit League Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships presented by U.S. Air Force Special Operations Wednesday night.
"Great swims tonight," said head coach
Doug Humphrey. "We are faster than a year ago. We had a breakout performance, shattering a school record. What a way to start off a meet."
The Jacks men sit in a three-way tie for second while the women are in fourth through the first day of competition.
Trever Brenner broke the 200 free school record with his opening 200 yard leg of the 800 free relay. His time of 1:37.82 bested the previous time of 1:40.08 by over two seconds.
The Jackrabbits got on the board with the first event due to a seventh place finish from
Quincee Simonson in the women's 3-meter dive with a score of 234.70.
Abbigail Rouse finished 12th, scoring a 206.25.
In the 200 medley relay, both the men and women posted season-best times with their respective 'A' squads. The women (Nguyen, Beckman, Davis, Langerud) swam a 1:46.50 to place fifth, while the men (Miller, Rumrill, Watkins, Skinner) swam a 1:30.74 to place fourth.
Both the women's and men's teams placed third in the 800 free relay with season-best times. The women (Bruyckere, Pincus, Santillan, Currie) posted a 7:35.04 and the men (Brenner, Watkins, Miller, Kraft) swam a 6:43.36.
Rankings
Women:
1. Denver - 80
2. Omaha - 66
3. South Dakota - 64
4. South Dakota State - 60
5. W. Illinois - 56
6. E. Illinois - 52
Men:
1. South Dakota - 74
2. South Dakota State - 62
E. Illinois - 62
W. Illinois - 62
5. Denver - 40
6. Valparaiso - 28
Up Next
The Jacks return to the pool Thursday with swimming prelims starting at 10 a.m., diving prelims at 1 p.m. and finals at 5 p.m.
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