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South Dakota State University Athletics
Friday, November 11
Brookings, S.D.
1 p.m.
South Dakota State University
156.5
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141.5
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Omaha
Photo by: SDSU Athletics
11/11/2022 8:00:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
In a meet that wasn't decided until the final race of the afternoon, the South Dakota State men's swimming and diving team held off Omaha for 156.5-141.5 victory in Summit League action Friday at the Stanley J. Marshall Center Pool.
The Jackrabbits entered the closing 400-yard freestyle relay with a six-point lead over Omaha and needed to either win the event or claim both the second and third spots to record the dual victory. The two squads traded leads through the first three legs, but the Jackrabbits trailed by about a half-second when anchorman Eric Anderson hit the water. Anderson trimmed the deficit in his first 50 yards, and overtook his Maverick counterpart after the final turn to lead SDSU to the event and dual victory.
The quartet of Sam Johnson, Alex Kraft, Jon Galles and Anderson finished with a time of 3 minutes, 7.12 seconds as SDSU improved to 8-5 in head-to-head competition this season.
Anderson also posted an individual win in the 100 freestyle, clocking a time of 47.21 seconds, following a second-place finish in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.50 seconds.
SDSU won four of the five individual freestyle events, including a pair of wins by freshman and Omaha native Jack Ellison in the distance events. Ellison claimed the 1,000-yard race in 10:08.92 and came back later in the afternoon with a winning time of 4:51.98 in the 500.
Alex Kraft added a win in the 200 freestyle as the Jackrabbits took three of the top four spots in the event. Kraft touched the wall in 1:44.72, followed by freshman Jon Galles in second place, 1:45.21, and Sam Johnson in fourth place at 1:46.16. Kraft also was the 500 freestyle runner up with a time of 4:54.04.
Spencer Fritze also was a two-time winner for SDSU as the reigning Summit League Diver of the Week posted top scores of 287.10 on the 1-meter board and 291.00 in the 3-meter competition.
Austin Smith, along with freshmen Aiden Carstensen and Braxton McGrath, also were victorious for the Jackrabbits. Smith tied Omaha's A.J. Swibold for the top time in the 100 butterfly as both swimmers hit the wall in 51.96 seconds.
Carstensen led SDSU in the backstroke, clocking a winning 100 time of 50.83 seconds and a runner-up mark of 1:55.20 in the 200-yard race.
McGrath swam his way to victory in the 200 butterfly, turning in a time of 1:57.51, and added a third-place time of 52.35 seconds in the 100 fly.
UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits close out the fall portion of their schedule at the Augustana Invitational Nov. 17-19 in Sioux Falls.
The Jackrabbits entered the closing 400-yard freestyle relay with a six-point lead over Omaha and needed to either win the event or claim both the second and third spots to record the dual victory. The two squads traded leads through the first three legs, but the Jackrabbits trailed by about a half-second when anchorman Eric Anderson hit the water. Anderson trimmed the deficit in his first 50 yards, and overtook his Maverick counterpart after the final turn to lead SDSU to the event and dual victory.
The quartet of Sam Johnson, Alex Kraft, Jon Galles and Anderson finished with a time of 3 minutes, 7.12 seconds as SDSU improved to 8-5 in head-to-head competition this season.
Anderson also posted an individual win in the 100 freestyle, clocking a time of 47.21 seconds, following a second-place finish in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.50 seconds.
SDSU won four of the five individual freestyle events, including a pair of wins by freshman and Omaha native Jack Ellison in the distance events. Ellison claimed the 1,000-yard race in 10:08.92 and came back later in the afternoon with a winning time of 4:51.98 in the 500.
Alex Kraft added a win in the 200 freestyle as the Jackrabbits took three of the top four spots in the event. Kraft touched the wall in 1:44.72, followed by freshman Jon Galles in second place, 1:45.21, and Sam Johnson in fourth place at 1:46.16. Kraft also was the 500 freestyle runner up with a time of 4:54.04.
Spencer Fritze also was a two-time winner for SDSU as the reigning Summit League Diver of the Week posted top scores of 287.10 on the 1-meter board and 291.00 in the 3-meter competition.
Austin Smith, along with freshmen Aiden Carstensen and Braxton McGrath, also were victorious for the Jackrabbits. Smith tied Omaha's A.J. Swibold for the top time in the 100 butterfly as both swimmers hit the wall in 51.96 seconds.
Carstensen led SDSU in the backstroke, clocking a winning 100 time of 50.83 seconds and a runner-up mark of 1:55.20 in the 200-yard race.
McGrath swam his way to victory in the 200 butterfly, turning in a time of 1:57.51, and added a third-place time of 52.35 seconds in the 100 fly.
UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits close out the fall portion of their schedule at the Augustana Invitational Nov. 17-19 in Sioux Falls.
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