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South Dakota State University Athletics
Wednesday, February 21
Minneapolis, Minn.
10 a.m./6 p.m.
South Dakota State University
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Summit League Championships
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JACKRABBIT WOMEN WIND UP FIFTH AT SUMMIT MEET
2/24/2024 11:16:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
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 14th 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 10th-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 10th 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, 12th in the 100 freestyle, 52.00 seconds and Jenna Currier, 15th 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 15th-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
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 14th 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 10th-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 10th 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, 12th in the 100 freestyle, 52.00 seconds and Jenna Currier, 15th 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 15th-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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