JACKRABBIT WOMEN WIND UP FIFTH AT SUMMIT MEET

Wednesday, February 21

Minneapolis, Minn.

10 a.m./6 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Summit League Championships

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

2/24/2024 11:16:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

COMPLETE RESULTS

MINNEAPOLIS — The South Dakota State women's swimming and diving team concluded competition at the 2024 Summit League Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday night with a fifth-place finish in the team standings at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.

Three Jackrabbits swam in event championship finals Saturday night, including two in the 200-yard backstroke. Kelsey Kocon turned in a fifth-place finish with a time of 2 minutes, 1.55 seconds, while fellow senior Sianne Downes placed sixth in 2:02.10. Emma Walz competed in the consolation final and placed 14^th in 2:05.28.

Freshman Gigi Hioki led three SDSU swimmers to place in the top 10 of the 1,650 freestyle, recording a seventh-place finish in 17:32.24. Fellow first-year swimmer Poppy Mead placed ninth in 17:44.95 and Zoey Ahrens recorded a 10^th-place time of 17:49.60.

Mead came back later in the evening to post a ninth-place showing in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:06.69.

Placing 10^th in the 200 breaststroke was Marissa Branham with a time of 2:19.94. Also earning points by swimming in consolation finals were Emma Bachelder, 12^th in the 100 freestyle, 52.00 seconds and Jenna Currier, 15^th in 52.15 seconds.

Bachelder, Kocon, Currier and Hioki closed the meet with a fifth-place mark of 3:26.35 in the 400 freestyle relay.

In the 3-meter diving competition, freshman Anna Mei Castro notched a 15^th-place score of 212.00 points for six dives in the consolation round.

Denver repeated as Summit League champion with 980 points, out-distancing South Dakota with 719.5 points. The Jackrabbits tallied 331 points over the four-day competition.

EVENT WINNERS
3-Meter Diving: Kaitlin Calvery, Denver – 304.10
200 Backstroke: Nika Spehar, Denver – 1:57.28
100 Freestyle: Emily Kahn, South Dakota – :49.58
200 Breaststroke: Jessica Maeda, Denver – 2:11.01
200 Butterfly: Sarah Turchanik, Denver – 2:02.38
1,650 Freestyle: Nika Spehar, Denver – 16:38.89
400 Freestyle Relay: South Dakota – 3:21.15

TEAM SCORES
1. Denver – 980
2. South Dakota – 719.5
3. Lindenwood – 486.5
4. Omaha – 469
5. South Dakota State – 331
6. St. Thomas – 173
7. Southern Indiana – 157
8. Eastern Illinois – 145

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