Jacks Win 12 Events on Senior Day But Fall to USD

Saturday, January 25

Brookings, S.D.

2 p.m.

South Dakota State University

130

170

South Dakota (Senior Day)

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

1/25/2020 5:47:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

Final Results

South Dakota State swimming and diving won a total of 12 events on Senior Day as the women (154-146) and men (170-130) both fell to USD Saturday evening.

"It was a great day of racing," said head coach Doug Humphrey. "We haven't had a competition since mid-November and it took us a while to get going but we continued to improve throughout the meet and had some outstanding performances by our seniors. This was a wonderful day to honor our senior class.

Women
Emily Pincus won the 200 free in 1:55.49 while Elisabeth Timmer came in third (1:58.39). Pincus also won the 500 free with a time of 5:11.00.

Alyssa Eckstein won a pair of events as well, taking first in the 100 breast (1:07.05) and the 200 breast (2:24.25).

Timmer took first in the 50 free in a time of 24.12 while Ashley Theobald placed third (24.56). Timmer also finished second-place in the 100 free in 53.68.

Kristen Davis won the 100 fly with a 58.35 mark while Tiffany Nguyen followed with a second-place finish of 1:00.04. Davis also took second in the 200 fly with a swim of 2:08.53 while Liezl Ocon finished third in the event (2:14.70) and Madison Sarantakos fourth (2:15.17).

Theobald took gold in the 100 IM, finishing in 1:00.21 for her second win in the event this season.

Maria Currie placed second in the 1,000 free in 11:01.20, followed by Rori Conners in fifth (11:24.09) and Linda Lidstrom in sixth (11:40.92).

Conners paced the Jacks in the 200 back with a time of 2:11.62, finishing third, followed by Nguyen in fourth (2:13.24).

In the 100 back, Nguyen led the way for the Jacks, placing third with a time of 1:01.00.

Relays
The women's 'A' team (Timmer, Katie Drezen, Grace Witherspoon, Theobald) won the 200 free relay with a time of 1:38.05.

In the 200 medley relay, the women's 'A' team (Nguyen, Eckstein, Davis, Drezen) placed second in 1:50.43.

Diving
Quincee Simonson finished second in the 3-meter dive with a season-best 256.80 while Aleni Stoakes posted a career-best 249.68 to place third.

In the 1-meter, Stoakes finished second (242.48), Simonson third (234.83) and Abbi Rouse fourth (230.93).

Men
Max White won his first event as a Jackrabbit, taking gold in the 200 fly with a time of 1:56.74.

Jared Miller won the 200 back with a swim of 1:55.26. Austin Pham followed with a second-place finish of 1:57.41.

Cody Watkins took gold in the 100 fly with a 51.86 mark. White placed third in the event (53.63).

In the 1,000 free, Parker R. Brown led the Jacks with a third-place finish in a season-best 10:09.46, with Reece Stikeleather (10:34.19) placing fifth and Pham (10:41.99) sixth. Brown was also the top finisher for the Jacks in the 500 free with a fourth-place finish of 4:56.60.

Alex Kraft paced the Jacks in the 200 free, swimming a 1:46.91 to finish fourth. He also led the way in the 100 free with his second-place finish of 47.47.

Miller (52.89) and Josh Wuflestad (53.87) finished second and third, respectively in the 100 back.

Quenton Steffen placed third in the 100 breast with a time of 59.59 while Gavin Wheeler finished fourth in 1:00.75. Both were the top finishers in the 200 breast for the Jacks as Steffen finished second (2:10.11) and Wheeler fourth (2:15.48).

In the 50 free, Henry Skinner led the Jacks with a second-place time of 21.36, followed by Mac Johnson in third (21.44).

The Jacks were led by Pham in the 100 IM as he finished second in 54.45.

Relays
The men's 'A' team (Miller, Steffen, Watkins, Skinner) placed second in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:35.68.

The 200 free relay also ended in a second-place finish as the men's 'A' team (Skinner, Johnson, Watkins, Kraft) swam a 1:25.41.

Diving
Mitch Raihle won both the diving events, scoring season-bests of 309.53 in the 1-meter and 336.45 in the 3-meter. Zach Boyd finished second in the 3-meter (313.80) and Spencer Fritze scored a career-best 291.07 to place second in the 1-meter.

Up Next
SDSU will host the Jackrabbit Invitational Feb. 7-8 at the Midco Aquatic Center, serving as a final tune-up before the Summit League Championship, Feb. 19-22.

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