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Women's Swimming and Diving
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South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, January 21
Brookings, S.D.
5 p.m.
South Dakota State University
117.5
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180.5
South Dakota
Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia
JACKRABBIT WOMEN DROP DUAL TO USD
1/21/2023 10:29:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Sianne Downes and Elisabeth Timmer were each two-time winners for South Dakota State, but the Jackrabbit women's swimming and diving team came up short against in-state rival South Dakota, 180.5-117.5, in dual action Saturday at the Stanley J. Marshall Center Pool.
The visiting Coyotes won 11 of 16 events to down SDSU in the Jackrabbits' final dual meet of the season. SDSU posted an 11-12 record in head-to-head competition during the 2022-23 campaign.
Downes, a junior from Edenvale, South Africa, led a pair of Jackrabbit sweeps of the top three spots in the two backstroke events. She won the 100-yard race in 58.70 seconds and later claimed the 200 in 2:06.02. Teammates Kelsey Kocon and Emma Walz traded spots to complete the sweeps; Kocon was second in the 100 (:59.00) and third in the 200 (2:08.99), while Walz finished as runner-up in the 200 (2:08.96) and third in the 100 (:59.74).
Timmer, the reigning Summit League Peak Performer of the Week, logged her two victories in the freestyle events, clocking winning times of 1 minute, 56.42 seconds in the 200 freestyle and 24.34 seconds in the 50 freestyle. She added a runner-up showing in the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.37 seconds, .08 seconds behind winner Emily Kahn of USD.
Freshman Marissa Branham posted the other victory for the Jackrabbits by claiming the 200 individual medley in 2:13.24. Branham also was runner-up in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:28.12, while Morgan Nelson finished second for SDSU in the 100 breaststroke, 1:07.89.
UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits have a week off before closing out the regular season Feb. 3-4 at the USD Last Chance Meet in Sioux Falls.
The visiting Coyotes won 11 of 16 events to down SDSU in the Jackrabbits' final dual meet of the season. SDSU posted an 11-12 record in head-to-head competition during the 2022-23 campaign.
Downes, a junior from Edenvale, South Africa, led a pair of Jackrabbit sweeps of the top three spots in the two backstroke events. She won the 100-yard race in 58.70 seconds and later claimed the 200 in 2:06.02. Teammates Kelsey Kocon and Emma Walz traded spots to complete the sweeps; Kocon was second in the 100 (:59.00) and third in the 200 (2:08.99), while Walz finished as runner-up in the 200 (2:08.96) and third in the 100 (:59.74).
Timmer, the reigning Summit League Peak Performer of the Week, logged her two victories in the freestyle events, clocking winning times of 1 minute, 56.42 seconds in the 200 freestyle and 24.34 seconds in the 50 freestyle. She added a runner-up showing in the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.37 seconds, .08 seconds behind winner Emily Kahn of USD.
Freshman Marissa Branham posted the other victory for the Jackrabbits by claiming the 200 individual medley in 2:13.24. Branham also was runner-up in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:28.12, while Morgan Nelson finished second for SDSU in the 100 breaststroke, 1:07.89.
UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits have a week off before closing out the regular season Feb. 3-4 at the USD Last Chance Meet in Sioux Falls.
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