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Two Coyote relays place top-three at Minnesota Challenge

Feb. 9, 2013

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—South Dakota women’s swimming and diving totaled seven top-10 finishes on day two of the Minnesota Challenge, including two top-three relay finishes. No team scores were kept at the event.

An 800-yard freestyle relay team of Lydia Engberg, Stacie Kjelden, Miranda Vlach-Buller and Charlotte Yaw were the top ‘Yote finishers on the day, taking second-place with a time of 8:26.35.

Yaw later teamed up with Rachel Kranda, Stephanie Goddard and Engberg to take third in the 400 free relay (3:47.13).

Six Coyote individuals recorded top 10 finishes. Kranda took seventh and Thompson took eighth in the 200 backstroke, timing 2:17.37 and 2:17.51, respectively. Thompson’s time bettered her previous career-best by more than eight seconds.

Shroyer finished seventh in the 200 butterfly in 2:21.08, Yaw took eighth place in the 200 freestyle, finishing in 1:58.82, Goddard was eighth in the 200 breaststroke in 2:37.02 and Kjelden time 5:10.51 in the 400 IM. All four of the times were new season-bests.

The Coyotes will have 10 days off before returning to competition on the Summit League Championships on Feb. 20 in Rochester, Mich. The championship meet is a four-day event.

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Players Mentioned

Lydia Engberg

Lydia Engberg

Freestyle
Sophomore
Stephanie Goddard

Stephanie Goddard

Sprint/Breast
Senior
Stacie Kjelden

Stacie Kjelden

Distance
Junior
Rachel Kranda

Rachel Kranda

Mid-Distance
Freshman
Miranda Vlach-Buller

Miranda Vlach-Buller

Free
Sophomore
Charlotte Yaw

Charlotte Yaw

Free
Freshman
Lydia Engberg

Lydia Engberg

Freestyle
Senior
Miranda Vlach-Buller

Miranda Vlach-Buller

Free
Senior
Charlotte Yaw

Charlotte Yaw

Free
Junior

Players Mentioned

Lydia Engberg

Lydia Engberg

Sophomore
Freestyle
Stephanie Goddard

Stephanie Goddard

Senior
Sprint/Breast
Stacie Kjelden

Stacie Kjelden

Junior
Distance
Rachel Kranda

Rachel Kranda

Freshman
Mid-Distance
Miranda Vlach-Buller

Miranda Vlach-Buller

Sophomore
Free
Charlotte Yaw

Charlotte Yaw

Freshman
Free
Lydia Engberg

Lydia Engberg

Senior
Freestyle
Miranda Vlach-Buller

Miranda Vlach-Buller

Senior
Free
Charlotte Yaw

Charlotte Yaw

Junior
Free