SDSU WOMEN PLACE SECOND AT TOMMIE INVITE

Thursday, November 21

St. Paul, Minn.

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

South Dakota State University

St. Thomas Invite

Photo by: SDSU Athletics

11/23/2024 11:55:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

COMPLETE RESULTS

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Marissa Branham and Emma Ingalls each notched runner-up finishes Saturday night as the South Dakota State women's swimming and diving squad concluded three days of competition at the Tommie Invitational with a second-place showing in the team standings.

Summit League rival South Dakota won the meet with 1,859 points, followed by the Jackrabbits with 1,241. Host St. Thomas placed third with 1,025 points, with Green Bay completing the four-team field with 849 points.

Branham began the day with the top time in the 200-yard breaststroke during the preliminaries at 2 minutes, 21.22 seconds, but was overtaken in the finals by USD's Taylor Buhr despite improving her time from the morning. Buhr clocked a winning time of 2:18.77, followed by Branham at 2:20.44. Olivia Stikeleather also qualified for the A final for the Jackrabbits and came in fourth in 2:29.15.

Morgan Nelson was relegated to the B final of the 200 breaststroke and was awarded seventh place after posting a time of 2:27.00.

Ingalls teamed with Poppy Mead to give the Jackrabbits two swimmers in the A final of the 200 butterfly. A freshman from Spokane, Washington, Ingalls recorded a runner-up time of 2:05.13, with Mead placing fourth in 2:06.72.

Also turning in a runner-up finish was the 400 freestyle relay team of Jenna Currier, Sara Juez, Gigi Hioki and Emma Schultz. The Jackrabbit quartet combined for a time of 3:27.05, with all four swimmers recording top-10 individual finishes in the 100 freestyle on Saturday.

Hioki led the contingent with a fourth-place finish (:51.58), followed by Currier in seventh (:51.88) and Schultz in eighth (:51.90). Juez added a 10^th-place time of 52.25 seconds.

Also notching a top-eight individual finish was Kaylin de Almeida, who placed sixth in the 200 backstroke (2:04.48).

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

SATURDAY EVENT WINNERS
1,650 Freestyle: Emily Diprospero, South Dakota, 17:00.40
200 Backstroke: Grace Schultz, South Dakota, 2:00.90
100 Freestyle: Emily Kahn, South Dakota, :50.06
200 Breaststroke: Taylor Buhr, South Dakota, 2:18.77
200 Butterfly: Maddie Schrank, South Dakota, 2:04.54
100 Individual Medley: Phoebe Paarlberg, South Dakota, :59.13
400 Freestyle Relay: South Dakota (Kahn, Gehrke, Schultz, White), 3:24.52

TEAM SCORES