JACKS UPEND COYOTES IN FINAL DUAL OF SEASON

Saturday, January 18

Brookings, S.D.

10 a.m.

South Dakota State University

155

145

South Dakota

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

1/18/2025 3:23:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

COMPLETE RESULTS

For the second day in a row, the South Dakota State men's swimming and diving team went into the final event of a meet needing to win a relay to secure a dual victory. While the Jackrabbits came up short Friday against St. Cloud State, they came through in the clutch Saturday against rival South Dakota and did so in record-setting fashion en route to a 155-145 victory at the Stanley J. Marshall Center Pool.

SDSU, which improved to 4-3 overall in duals and 2-1 against Summit League opponents, entered the 400-yard freestyle relay with a one-point lead over the rival Coyotes. The Jackrabbits trailed slightly at the halfway mark after legs by Denilson Cyprianos and Aiden Carstensen before taking a one-second lead on the third leg of the relay by Sam Johnson. Freshman Zavier Kranz widened that lead on the anchor leg as the Jackrabbit quartet clocked a pool-record time of 3 minutes, 5.90 seconds.

The previous facility standard of 3:07.17 was held by the SDSU foursome of Ben Bolinske, Chris Rumrill, Blake Yeager and Daniel Jacobson since 2015.

Kranz added two individual victories in the freestyle events. The Watertown native opened the day by winning the 200 in 1:42.53, followed by a victory in the 100-yard race with a time of 46.62 seconds.

Johnson was second in both events with respective times of 1:44.92 and 47.22 seconds.

Cody Vertin also was a two-time winner for the Jackrabbits as he swam to victory first in the 200 breaststroke (2:04.89) and then closed the individual program with a win in the 200 individual medley (1:55.04).

Freshman Nik Keuser added a victory in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 57.69 seconds, while placing second in the 200 breaststroke, 2:10.39.

The Jackrabbits were also strong in the butterfly events as Austin Smith claimed the 100-yard race in 51.24 seconds and Braxton McGrath won the 200 in 1:56.01. In addition, McGrath posted a runner-up finish in the 100 butterfly, 51.41 seconds, and Luke Nichols completed a sweep of the top three spots for SDSU in 51.58 seconds.

UP NEXT
SDSU is away from competition until competing at the Coyote Invite Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at the Midco Aquatic Center in Sioux Falls.

-GoJacks.com-