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Friday, December 1

Omaha, Neb.

5 p.m.

South Dakota State University

183.5

116.5

Omaha

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12/1/2023 11:58:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

OMAHA, Neb. — South Dakota State won 13 of 14 swimming events to come away with a 183.5-116.5 Summit League dual victory over Omaha Friday at the H&K Pool.

Freshman Cody Vertin led the Jackrabbits with three of those victories as SDSU improved to 9-3 overall in head-to-head competition and 4-0 versus Summit League opponents.

A Brookings native, Vertin began his day by winning the 100-yard breaststroke in 57.09 seconds. He later swept the breaststroke events with a winning time of 2 minutes, 3.62 seconds in the 200-yard race and completed his trifecta with a victory in the 400 individual medley, 4:07.67. He led a Jackrabbit sweep of the top three spots in the 400 IM as Bryan Wong (4:13.61) and Jack Ellison (4:17.23) placed second and third, respectively.

Wong and Ellison were also individual winners for the Jackrabbits. Wong claimed the 200 butterfly in 1:55.02, while Ellison was a two-time winner in the distance freestyle events. An Omaha native, Ellison clocked a winning time of 9:52.16 in the 1,000 freestyle and added a victory in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:43.78.

Also winning a pair of events were Sam Johnson and Aiden Carstensen. Johnson swam his way to victory in both the 100 freestyle (:46.25) and 200 freestyle (1:41.60), with Carstensen sweeping the backstroke events. Carstensen touched the wall first in the 100 backstroke in 50.34 seconds and notched the win in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:52.01.

SDSU's final individual winner was junior Austin Smith, who won the 100 butterfly in 50.06 seconds. Smith also was a member of the winning 200 medley relay, which opened the meet with a time of 1:31.62 from the quartet that included Rafael Negri, Vertin and Eric Anderson.

Negri and Anderson later teamed with Liam Murray and Johnson for a win in the 400 freestyle relay to close out the meet.

Omaha's lone victory in the swimming events came in the 50 freestyle as Owen Hoak clocked a top time of 20.85. Ian Blackstock swept the diving events for the Mavericks.

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Friday's meet marked the final competition of the calendar year for the Jackrabbits. SDSU is slated to return to action Jan. 20 with a dual at South Dakota.

-GoJacks.com-