Meet Results
KEY LARGO, Fla. — The South Dakota swimming and diving team ended its winter break training trip Wednesday with the Orange Bowl Swim Classic at the Jacobs Aquatic Center in Key Largo, Florida. The Coyote men fell to Texas A&M (279-169) and the women dropped their dual to Duquesne (284-164).
"We had a pretty solid showing considering the amount of training we have been putting in the past couple weeks," head coach
Jason Mahowald said. "We are really looking forward to watching all of our hard work pay off the next two months."
In the 200-meter medley relay, the USD women's squad consisting of
Theresa Godlewski,
Kassidie Cornell,
Hannah Gupton and
Quinn Fawcett placed third with a finishing time of 2 minutes, 7.09 seconds.
The 200-meter freestyle relay team of
Maddie Gallagher,
Hannah Tietjen,
Amy Taylor and
Emma O'Brien took fourth with a time of 1:59.05.
Individually,
Charlie Mechling claimed fourth place in the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2:32.39.
Four Coyote women finished fifth in their individual events.
Hannah Beckwith finished the 50-meter butterfly with a time of 30.99 seconds.
Kaitlyn Housenga's race in the 100-meter butterfly timed in with a finish of 1:11.29.
Kathleen Juffer finished the 50-meter backstroke with a time of 32.67. Godlewski earned her fifth-place finish in the 50-meter freestyle with her time of 29.49.
For the men, the 200-meter medley relay consisting of
Ben Kopp,
Steve Wascom,
Kyle Weis and
Eric Erlenmeyer finished fourth with a time of 1:50.36
The 200-meter freestyle relay captured fourth with a time of 1:41.89. Members of the relay team included
Hunter Padgett,
Elbert Chuang,
Gray Determan and Erlenmeyer.
For individual races,
Nick Gehling finished the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 1:00.67 to come in second place.
Chuang finished third in a pair of events. In the 50-meter breaststroke, he finished with a time of 30.37 and 1:06.58 in the 100-meter breaststroke. Wascom finished right behind Chuang in the 100-meter breaststroke to capture fourth place with the time of 1:07.32.
Ben Kopp placed fifth in the 50-meter backstroke with his finish of 28.61.
South Dakota is back in action Jan. 12 in Omaha, Nebraska, to compete against the Mavericks. The first event starts at 6 p.m.
