SDSU MEN DROP BACK-AND-FORTH DUAL TO HUSKIES

Friday, January 17

Brookings, S.D.

3 p.m.

South Dakota State University

119

124

St. Cloud State

Photo by: SDSU Athletics

1/17/2025 6:39:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

COMPLETE RESULTS

By: Jason Hove

Cody Vertin was a two-time individual winner for South Dakota State, but St. Cloud State rode sweeps in diving and the relay events to come away with a 124-119 victory over the Jackrabbits in a men's swimming and diving dual Friday afternoon.

The two squads combined to set four Stanley J. Marshall Center pool records, including one by Vertin in the 400-yard individual medley. A sophomore from Brookings, Vertin's winning time of 4 minutes and 6.17 seconds eclipsed the previous mark of 4:06.38 set by Iowa Central's Kyle McKenzie in 2021.

Vertin came back later in the meet with a victory in the 200 breaststroke, clocking a time of 2:05.02.

Fellow sophomore Kolden Kringen added a victory in the 500 freestyle for the Jackrabbits, 4:47.52, and was runner-up in the 400 IM with a time of 4:08.26. The Williston, North Dakota, native also placed third in the 200 breaststroke, 2:12.09.

Other individual winners for the Jackrabbits, who dropped to 3-3 in duals, were Jack Ellison in the 1,000 freestyle, 9:53.78, Braxton McGrath in the 200 butterfly, 1:55.22, and freshman Zavier Kranz in the 100 freestyle, 46.30 seconds. Kranz's time was .07 seconds off the pool record set by Ben Bolinske in 2016, with Sam Johnson taking second in both the 100 freestyle (:47.48) and 200 freestyle (1:43.02).

Returning NCAA Division II All-American Raf Hendriks was a two-time winner for St. Cloud State, including lowering his own pool record in the 200 backstroke set two years ago with a time Friday of 1:49.85. Hendriks also won the 200 freestyle in 1:42.58 and swam the leadoff leg of the Huskies' 400 medley relay, which opened the meet with the first record of the day with a time of 3:25.62.

The Huskies also claimed both the dual victory and another pool record in the final event of the day, the 200 freestyle relay. Trailing by five team points entering the race, the St. Cloud State quartet of Reid Tigges, Justin Rowles, Cade Rosenwald and Mason Beck combined for a winning time of 1:23.49.

SCSU diver Jimmy Nord won both diving events to lead Husky sweeps of the top three places on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards with respective scores of 310.28 and 278.25.

UP NEXT
Both the Jackrabbit men's and women's squads close out the home portion of their schedule Saturday morning by taking on Summit League rival South Dakota. Senior Day recognition begins at 9:45 a.m., followed by swimming and diving action at 10 a.m.

-GoJacks.com-