BUTTERFLY SWEEPS LEAD SDSU MEN PAST HUSKIES - South Dakota State University Athletics

Friday, January 13

Brookings, S.D.

4 p.m.

South Dakota State University

162.5

137.5

St. Cloud State

COMPLETE RESULTS

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia Sports Media

1/13/2023 10:05:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

COMPLETE RESULTS

South Dakota State won six of the final nine events to pull away down the stretch for a 162.5-137.5 dual victory over visiting St. Cloud State in men's swimming and diving action Friday at the Stanley J. Marshall Center Pool.

Competing for the first time in nearly two months, the Jackrabbits received a pair of victories in the diving events by Spencer Fritze and recorded sweeps of the top-three spots in the two butterfly events.

A senior from Park Rapids, Minnesota, Fritze tallied a season-best score of 308.55 points en route to victory on the 1-meter board and added a score of 293.55 in the 3-meter competition. Teammate Zach Boyd placed second in both events with respective scores of 271.05 and 278.63.

In the swimming events, SDSU freshmen accounted for three individual victories. Jon Galles started the Jackrabbits out on the right foot by winning the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 44.99 seconds, while Jack Ellison added an event title in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:467.46.

Braxton McGrath spearheaded the Jackrabbits going 1-2-3 in the 200 butterfly with a winning time of 1:57.50. Damon Venner was second in 1:58.49, followed by Max White in third at 2:00.57.

A freshman from Amana, Iowa, McGrath also placed third in the 100 butterfly (:51.91) behind teammates Austin Smith (:50.33) and Luke Nichols (:51.47). Smith added a runner-up finish in the 200 individual medley (1:57.85).

Also victorious for the Jackrabbits was sophomore sprinter Eric Anderson in the 100 freestyle. He clocked a winning time of 47.87 seconds after posting a runner-up time of 21.40 seconds in the 50 freestyle.

Anderson later anchored SDSU's winning 400 freestyle relay, teaming with Rafael Negri, Alex Kraft and Sam Johnson for a top time of 3:08.96.

Raf Hendricks was a three-time individual winner for St. Cloud State (1,000 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke) and also swam the leadoff leg of the Huskies' winning 200 medley relay.

UP NEXT
South Dakota State wraps up the home season by hosting in-state rival South Dakota on Jan. 21. Start time for the dual is slated for 5 p.m.

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