SIOUX FALLS – Sarah Schank's big smile told the whole story Friday at the Summit League Swimming and Diving Championships.
 
The South Dakota senior closed out her collegiate career, with a little redemption, in claiming her first Summit League title on the one-meter diving board. It capped a sweep of the diving events for the native of Cottage Grove, Minnesota.
 
"It feels good," Schank said. "It feels like all the hard work finally paid off, all four years of it."
 
Schank, similar to last year, was the preliminary leader in the one-meter competition with 274.85 points. This time around she closed the door with a new personal best of 285.1 in the finals, moving up one spot into third on the school's top 10 list, following her ninth individual victory of the season on one-meter.
 
"Just going into today I was just really confident that I could dive well, just focusing on myself," Schank said. "I set a goal for 260 in the prelims, and I went over that. Was not expecting 285 in the finals, could have gone a lot better but I am happy with it.
 
"Definitely like a redemption, I felt pretty good, wasn't even thinking about last year out there today. Just because I felt so confident that I could just do really good. I think it showed."
 
Haley Pederson, a sophomore, added her second all-conference honors of the week with a third-place finish in the one-meter diving event. She posted a season-best score of 244.7 in the finals.
 
Two more South Dakota individuals and a pair of relays claimed all-conference honors following top three finishes on day three at the Midco Aquatic Center.
 
Sabrina Sabadeanu, a junior, swam to a runner-up finish in the 100 backstroke in 56.29 while classmate James Ryan finished third in the 100 breaststroke in a season-best 54.91.
 
The women's 400 medley relay foursome of Sabadeanu, Meghan Atwell, Hannah Gupton and Katie Coleman finished second in 3:47.7. The men's 400 medley relay set a new school record as the quartet of Brady Torborg, Ryan, Jared Thorson and Jake Leichner finished third in 3:19.83.


 
South Dakota swimming athletes made an assault on the school's top 10 list during competition in Friday's prelims and finals.
 
Torborg, a freshman, swam to a school record in the 100 backstroke with his prelim time of 49.88. He was fifth in the finals at 50.00.
 
Charlie Bean, a freshman, moved up to No. 2 all-time in the 200 freestyle with his 1:39.83 clocking in the finals, finishing seventh, after he clocked 1:40.68 in the prelims.
 
Seven athletes made the move either up or onto the 100 breaststroke top 10 list, three females and four males. Javi Quiñones is now No. 2 all-time with his 55.26 time in the finals after he clocked 55.71 in the prelims. Elbert Chuang lowered his personal best time to 56.37 and is now 5^th while Caden DeLay and Leichner are now tied for sixth at 56.58 as DeLay swam his time in the prelims and Leichner in the finals.
 
Atwell, a freshman, moved up to third with a 1:04.53 clocking in the finals, a shade better than her 1:04.61 prelim time from the morning session. Isabelle Davenport swan 1:04.70 in the prelims to move up to fifth and Isabel Fairbanks is now eighth at 1:05.63 from her prelim time.
 
Katie Coleman moved up to fourth in the 100 backstroke with a 57.23 from the finals while Griffin Wolner posted a personal best of 4:04.30 in the finals of the 400 IM to move up to fourth all-time.
 
The Coyote men and women's teams still sit in second place each heading into Saturday, the final day of the Summit League Swimming and Diving Championships.