CLEVELAND, Ohio – The South Dakota men's swimming team scored points in five events during the final day of the CSCAA National Invitational on Saturday at Busbey Natatorium on the Cleveland State campus.
The Coyote men's squad, scoring in all five relays during the meet, finished in 14
th place with 160 points while three new school records also went by the wayside on Saturday.
Jake Leichner, a freshman, scored in two individual events on the final day, lowering his school record in the 100 IM to 50.67 while placing sixth. He also swam to a 13
th place finish in the 200 breaststroke in 2:01.14, a time that ranks second on the school's all-time charts.
Elbert Chuang, a sophomore, lowered his personal best in the 100 IM to 51.98 while finishing 18
th and
Jacob Won would finish 19
th in the 200 butterfly in 1:51.61. Won, a freshman, would set a USD school record in the 1000 free with a 9:34.96.
South Dakota's foursome of
Javi Quiñones,, Leichner, Chuang and
Charlie Bean finished 14
th in the 400 free relay in 3:03.71 to close out the meet.
Isabel Fairbanks, a freshman, had the final school record on the day for the Coyotes when she posted a 58.63 clocking in the prelims of the 100 IM.
Isabelle Davenport (58.82) and
Cassie Ketterling (59.40) also competed in the 100 IM prelims while
Sabrina Sabadeanu (2:04.26) and
Lucie Anderson (2:04.88) swam in the 200 backstroke prelims.
Katie Coleman (52.39) and Ketterling (53.94) swam in the 100 free prelims while the foursome of
Madilyn Sindelar,
Meghan Atwell, Ketterling and Coleman posted a 3:29.20 clocking in the 400 free relay, good for a 23
rd place finish.
On the men's side, Bean (45.64) swam in the 100 free prelims, while Chuang (2:04.91) and
Caden DeLay (2:05.98) swam in the 200 breaststroke prelims.
Finally, diving scores from the NCAA Zone Qualifying meet were used for points towards the team total in this meet.
Haley Pederson finished seventh in the 3-meter (256.75) and 20
th in the one-meter (200.15) while teammate
Sarah Schank finished 14
th in the three-meter (231.7) and 15
th in the one-meter (216.3.)
Hudson Wilkerson posted finishes of seventh in the one-meter (280.45) and eighth in the three-meter (266.75) while
Isaac Morris was ninth in the one-meter (272.35).