FOUR JACKS WIN TITLES TO CLOSE WEEKEND MEET

Thursday, November 21

St. Paul, Minn.

10 a.m./5:30 p.m.

South Dakota State University

St. Thomas Invite

Cody Vertin Breaststroke Teaser vs Iowa Central

Photo by: SDSU Athletics

11/23/2024 11:59:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

COMPLETE RESULTS

ST. PAUL, Minn. — South Dakota State swimmers won four individual titles Saturday night to close out the three-day Tommie Invitational hosted by St. Thomas at the Anderson Athletics and Recreation Complex Pool.

Junior Braxton McGrath and sophomore Cody Vertin each claimed their second event titles of the weekend to lead the Jackrabbits.

McGrath won the 200-yard butterfly in a time of 1 minute, 49.36 seconds, one day after winning the 100 butterfly in school-record time. The native of Amana, Iowa, came back Saturday morning to post the top time in the 200 fly prelims Saturday morning before clipping teammate Austin Smith (1:50.13) in the finals.

Competing in the B final of the 200 butterfly and recording respective fifth- and sixth-place finishes for the Jackrabbits were Luke Nichols (1:53.73) and Bryan Wong (1:53.76).

Vertin, meanwhile, followed his victory in the 400 individual medley on Friday with a win in the 200 breaststroke on Saturday. The Brookings native notched a top time of 2:01.21 in the prelims before swimming to victory in 2:01.30 during the evening session.

SDSU continued to excel in the 200-yard strokes as Denilson Cyprianos won the 200 backstroke and Aiden Carstensen placed third. Cyprianos was less than a second off his school-record time in the event with a mark of 1:45.01 in the finals, while Carstensen clocked in at 1:51.10.

The Jackrabbits also took two of the top three spots in the 1,650 freestyle as Jack Ellison claimed first in 15:02.08, with Collin Schock placing third in 16:09.30.

Three SDSU swimmers turned in a top-eight performance in the 100 freestyle as Sam Johnson led the way with a fourth-place time of 45.34 seconds. Zavier Kranz placed seventh in 46.18 seconds and Jon Galles finished eighth in 46.27 seconds.

The quartet of Kranz, Carstensen, Cyprianos and Johnson closed out the meet with a runner-up effort in the 400 freestyle relay, 2:59.25.

In addition, freshman Seth Berens logged an eighth-place finish in 1-meter diving, scoring 215.90 points over six dives.

The Jackrabbits finished second out of four squads in the team standing. South Dakota led the way with 1,710 points, followed by SDSU with 1,327 and host St. Thomas with 1,043. Green Bay rounded out the field with 877 points.

UP NEXT
SDSU returns to dual action Dec. 6 by hosting Omaha. Start time is slated for 4 p.m. at the Marshall Center Pool.

SATURDAY EVENT WINNERS
1-Meter Diving: Charlie Matthews, South Dakota, 265.15 points
1,650 Freestyle: Jack Ellison, SDSU, 16:02.08
200 Backstroke: Denilson Cyprianos, SDSU, 1:45.01
100 Freestyle: James Schreiber, South Dakota, :45.17
200 Breaststroke: Cody Vertin, SDSU, 2:01.30
200 Butterfly: Braxton McGrath, SDSU, 1:49.36
100 Individual Medley: Grant Wolner, South Dakota, :49.98
400 Freestyle Relay: South Dakota (Schreiber, Sorbe, Rounds, Mayer), 2:58.94

TEAM SCORES