SDSU MEN SET THREE POOL RECORDS IN DUAL WIN

Friday, November 15

Brookings, S.D.

4:30 p.m.

South Dakota State University

187

Iowa Central

Photo by: SDSU Athletics

11/15/2024 10:08:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

COMPLETE RESULTS

South Dakota State swimmers combined to set three Marshall Center Pool records as the Jackrabbit men's squad opened home action Friday with a 187-71 victory over Iowa Central.

The Jackrabbits who improved to 2-1 in duals this season, opened the meet by setting a new facility standard in the 200-yard medley relay. The quartet of Aiden Carstensen, Nik Keuser, Austin Smith and Liam Murray combined for a winning time of 1 minute, 33.29 seconds to eclipse the previous mark of 1:33.31 by St. Cloud State in 2023.

Moments later, Sam Johnson set an individual pool record in the 200 freestyle, clocking in at 1:41.81. That bettered the record of 1:42.06 previously set by Noah Lucas of North Dakota in 2014.

A senior from Sioux Falls, Johnson swam to another event victory in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:55.68, then anchored another record-setting performance in the 800 freestyle to close out the dual. The foursome of Kolden Kringen, Denilson Cyprianos, Zavier Kranz and Johnson combined for a winning time of 6:58.05, besting the previous pool record of 7:05.21. The previous mark had stood since 2019 and was established by SDSU's Alex Kraft, Jared Miller, Cody Watkins and Trever Brenner.

In all, the Jackrabbits won 13 of 14 events and also received two individual victories from both Bryan Wong and Aiden Carstensen. Wong was victorious in the 200 breaststroke (2:12.58) and the 200 individual medley (1:59.05), while Carstensen added wins in the 100 backstroke (:50.96) and 100 freestyle (:48.96).

Other victors in the freestyle events for SDSU were Liam Murray in the 50 freestyle (:21.87) and Collin Schock in the 1,000 (10:20.53).

Rounding out the list of winning performers for the Jackrabbits were Cody Vertin (100 breaststroke, :58.67), Denilson Cyprianos (200 backstroke, 1:55.98) and Luke Nichols (200 butterfly, 2:04.34).

Patrick Biasio was the lone event winner for Iowa Central as he claimed the 100 butterfly in 51.75 seconds.

UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits resume action Nov. 21-23 at the St. Thomas Invite in St. Paul, Minnesota. Preliminary action begins at 10 a.m. each day, followed by event finals at 5:30 p.m.

-GoJacks.com-