ROCHESTER, Minn. — Gigi Hioki won the 200-yard freestyle for the second day in a row Saturday for a South Dakota State women's swimming and diving squad that finished third out of five teams at the Huskies Invite contested at the Rochester Rec Center.
A sophomore from Liberty Lake, Washington, Hioki improved on her winning time Friday by .38 seconds, touching the wall for the final time in 5 minutes, 7.63 seconds. Hioki also anchored SDSU's 400 freestyle relay, which wrapped up the meet with a third-place finish. The quartet of Sara Juez, Hannah Miller, Emma Schultz and Hioki combined for a time of 3:31.59.
Two other Jackrabbits tallied individual third-place finishes on Saturday as Marissa Branham earned bronze in the 200 breaststroke, 2:26.66, and freshman Kailee Crane placed third in the 200 individual medley, 2:11.17.
After winning the 3-meter diving competition on Friday with a score of 256.30 points, Anna Mei Castro placed fourth on the 1-meter board Saturday with 221.35 points over six dives.
Other fourth-place finishes in the pool were turned in by Poppy Mead in the 1,650 freestyle (18:00.10) and Emma Ingalls in the 200 butterfly (2:10.56). Fellow freshman Isabella Gnewuch came in fifth in the 200 butterfly, 2:10.95, while Lily Esmas (200 backstroke, 2:09.66) and Ema Schultz (100 freestyle, 53.69 seconds) also contributed fifth-place individual showings.
Northern Iowa claimed the team title with 2,098 points. South Dakota was second with 2,008.5 points, with the Jackrabbits ending up third with 1,799.5 points.
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The Jackrabbit women are scheduled to host Nebraska in dual action Nov. 8. Start time is set for 4 p.m. at the Marshall Center Pool.