JACKRABBITS COMPLETE HOME SLATE WITH IOWA STATE

Thursday, October 23

Brookings, S.D.

5 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Iowa State

Photo by: SDSU Athletics

10/22/2025 8:59:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING: Iowa State at South Dakota State

When	Thursday, Oct. 23 \| 5 p.m.
Where	Marshall Center Pool \| Brookings, South Dakota
Live Video	Summit League Network powered by Midco Sports Plus Swimming Events \| Diving Events
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The South Dakota State women's swimming and diving team closes out the home portion of its schedule Thursday by hosting Iowa State in dual action.

Start time is slated for 5 p.m. at the Marshall Center Pool. Video coverage will be available through the Summit League Network powered by Midco Sports.

The Jackrabbit women enter the matchup with a 2-2 dual record after defeating a pair of in-state opponents the past two weeks at home. SDSU defeated Augustana, 203-96, on Oct. 10, followed by a 135-53 victory over Northern State on Oct. 17.

Iowa State remains in search of its first dual victory of the season. The Cyclones dropped a pair of home duals last weekend to Illinois by respective scores of 121-65 and 123-82.

PERFECT 10: South Dakota State won all 10 swimming events contested in its Oct. 17 home dual against Northern State.

Jenna Currier paced the Jackrabbits by sweeping the sprint freestyle events. She led a Jackrabbit sweep of the top three spots in the 50-yard freestyle with a winning time of 24.42 seconds, followed by teammates and fellow seniors Mia Pendleton (:24.51) and Aubrey Douds (:25.77).

Currier later claimed the 100 freestyle in 54.24 seconds.

Other event winners for SDSU included:

200 freestyle – Hannah Miller (1:59.47)
500 freestyle – Gigi Hioki (5:20.86)
100 backstroke – Lucia Lopez (1:00.64)
100 breaststroke – Annabelle MacAdams (1:09.89)
100 butterfly – Hannah Warmbrand (1:00.15)
200 individual medley – Isabella Gnewuch (2:13.52)
200 medley relay – Lily Esmas, Jessalyn Carpenter, Gnewuch, Mia Pendleton (1:49.51)
200 freestyle relay – Hailey Creary, Hioki, Esmas, Miller (1:39.96).

HIOKI HONORED: Gigi Hioki became the first Jackrabbit women's swimmer to be honored as a Summit League Kwik Star Swimming Peak Performer of the Week as she received the honor earlier this month

Hioki, a junior from Honolulu, Hawaii, was a four-time winner for the Jackrabbits in their Oct. 10 home-opening dual against Augustana. She claimed individual titles in both the 100-yard (53.96 seconds) and 200 freestyle (1:55.20), while also anchoring SDSU victories in both the 400 medley relay (3:58.41) and the 200 freestyle relay (1:37.07).

The award was Hioki's first of the season and third of her career.

PRESEASON POLL: South Dakota State has been tabbed for a fifth-place finish, according to a preseason conducted among the Summit League's women's swimming and diving coaches. The ranking matches the Jackrabbits' placing at the 2025 Summit League Championships.

Denver received top billing in the women's preseason poll with six first-place votes and 36 points. South Dakota was second with 31 points and the final first-place vote, with Omaha in the third spot with 24 points. St. Thomas edged the Jackrabbits by one point, 19-18, for fourth place in the poll, with Southern Indiana (12) and Eastern Illinois (7) claiming the final two spots.

The 2026 Summit League Swimming and Diving Championships are scheduled for Feb. 18-21 in Iowa City, Iowa.

ATHLETES TO WATCH: Two Jackrabbit swimmers are listed among the Summit League Athletes to Watch in conjunction with the release of the preseason polls. Senior Jenna Currier and junior Gigi Hioki were the Jackrabbit representatives in the women's division.

Currier entered her senior season ranked second in program history in the 100-yard butterfly at 55.41 seconds, a mark the native of Denison, Iowa, established last November at the Tommie Invitational. She also posted team-best marks in the 50 freestyle (:23.62) and 100 backstroke (:57.43) last season.

Hioki paced the Jackrabbits in the freestyle events, winning 15 event titles during her sophomore season. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, Hioki placed fourth in the 200 freestyle (1:49.77), seventh in the 100 free (:51.19) and ninth in the 500 free (4:57.02) at last year's Summit League Championships.

RECORD HOLDER RETURNS: Sophomore Emma Ingalls was the lone Jackrabbit woman to set a school record at last season's league championships, clocking a new standard of 2:03.82 in the 200 individual medley. Ingalls also notched sixth-place finishes in both the 200 butterfly and 400 IM.

COACH HUMPHREY: Doug Humphrey is in his ninth season as head coach of the South Dakota State men's and women's swimming and diving teams.

Through his first eight seasons, Humphrey has guided the Jackrabbits to top-three team finishes at the Summit League Championships six times in the men's division and three times on the women's side. Both squads recorded runner-up finishes at the league meet during the pandemic-altered 2020-21 season.

Prior to SDSU, Humphrey served as the head women's swimming and diving coach at Northern Iowa for five seasons. His Panther squads showed steady progression in the Missouri Valley Conference, including posting back-to-back third-place finishes at the conference championship his final two seasons in Cedar Falls.

Humphrey served as the assistant swimming coach at the University of Nebraska from 2000-12 under Olympic gold medalist Pablo Morales. He swam for the Huskers from 1991-96 and later served as a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater.

A LOOK AHEAD: Both the Jackrabbit women and men's squads continue action Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at the Coyote Extravaganza in Vermillion.

-GoJacks.com-