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Swimming and Diving Britni Smith, USD Sports Information

Fairbanks sweeps dives for two of 11 Coyote wins at Quad Duals

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—South Dakota freshman Stella Fairbanks swept both dives, landing on the Coyote Top 10 list in the one-meter dive, to highlight 11 Coyote victories on night one of the Coyote Quad Duals inside Midco Aquatic Center.
 
Fairbanks scored 256.45 points in the one-meter dive to make the Coyote Top 10 list for the first time. She added a score of 239.85 points on the three-meter dive to complete the sweep. Senior teammate Haley Pederson finished runner-up on the one-meter in 224.20.
 
Another freshman standout captured a pair of events on Friday night. Keegan Henning swept the 500 free (4:47.91) and 1,000 free (10:01.32) races. Seniors Wyatt Thompson and Seth Jones finished third to Henning in the 500 and 1,000 free, respectively.
 
On the men's boards, senior Seth O'Dea won the three-meter dive in 275.05 and finished runner-up on the one-meter. Junior Hudson Wilkerson took third in the one-meter dive with a score of 253.75 points.
 
Junior Isabelle Davenport won the 100 breast in 1:06.60.
 
The Coyotes' A and B relays went 1-2 in the 400 medley. USD's top relay of juniors Brady Torborg, Jake Leichner, Jacob Won and Charlie Bean clocked a winning time of 3:29.09. The runner-up squad consisted of senior Ben Kopp, freshman Parker Sonnabend, sophomore Aidan Gantenbein and sophomore Mack Sathre in 3:33.70.
 
Torborg added a victory in the open section of the 100 back. He clocked 52.92 seconds, eight tenths of a second faster than the runner-up.
 
Won led a Coyote podium sweep in the 200 free, clocking 1:44.01 for first. Bean finished runner-up in 1:45.61 and junior Griffin Wolner placed third. Won and Wolner added second- and third-place finishes, respectively, in the 100 fly.
 
Bean added a first-place finish in the 100 free to his busy evening slate, clocking 46.88 seconds for the title. Sophomore Zachary Kopp took third in both the 100 free and 50 free.
 
Leichner posted a pair of second-place finishes in open races. He clocked 1:55.51 for the 200 IM and 59.44 seconds in the 100 breast. Sathre took third in the 100 breast in 59.78.
 
The final Coyote victory of the night was in the men's 200 free relay with a clocking of 1:25.61. The relay consisted of Zachary Kopp, Gantenbein, junior Stephen Johnson and Wolner.
 
Junior triathlete Leah Drengenberg finished runner-up in the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 10:55.27. Junior Hannah Aitkin took second in the 500 free with a clocking of 5:22.58.
 
Sophomore Emily Johnson placed third in the 100 free (54.60) and junior Lucie Anderson took third in the 100 back (59.85). The women's 200 free relay of Johnson, sophomore Taylor Rau, junior Delaney Kottke and freshman Lauren Van Fleet also took third to wrap up the night.
 
South Dakota returns to action for day two of the Coyote Quad Duals at 10 a.m. Saturday.
 
Dual Meet Scores after Day 1
 
Men
South Dakota 161, SDSU 81
South Dakota 167, Iowa Central 61
SDSU 159, Iowa Central 71
 
Women
South Dakota 130, Sioux Falls 106
SDSU 137, Sioux Falls 97
SDSU 144, South Dakota 99
Sioux Falls 154, Iowa Central 5
South Dakota 206, Iowa Central 4
SDSU 203, Iowa Central 4
Sioux Falls 124, Augustana 71
South Dakota 160, Augustana 74
SDSU 181, Augustana 50
Augustana 151, Iowa Central 11

 
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Players Mentioned

Hannah Aitkin

Hannah Aitkin

Distance
Junior
Lucie Anderson

Lucie Anderson

Back
Junior
Charlie Bean

Charlie Bean

Sprint
Junior
Isabelle Davenport

Isabelle Davenport

Breast
Junior
Leah Drengenberg

Leah Drengenberg

Free
Junior
Emily Johnson

Emily Johnson

Free
Sophomore
Stephen Johnson

Stephen Johnson

Free
Junior
Seth Jones

Seth Jones

Distance
Senior
Ben Kopp

Ben Kopp

Back
Senior
Zachary Kopp

Zachary Kopp

Free
Sophomore
Delaney Kottke

Delaney Kottke

Fly/Free
Junior
Jake Leichner

Jake Leichner

Free/Breast
Junior

Players Mentioned

Hannah Aitkin

Hannah Aitkin

Junior
Distance
Lucie Anderson

Lucie Anderson

Junior
Back
Charlie Bean

Charlie Bean

Junior
Sprint
Isabelle Davenport

Isabelle Davenport

Junior
Breast
Leah Drengenberg

Leah Drengenberg

Junior
Free
Emily Johnson

Emily Johnson

Sophomore
Free
Stephen Johnson

Stephen Johnson

Junior
Free
Seth Jones

Seth Jones

Senior
Distance
Ben Kopp

Ben Kopp

Senior
Back
Zachary Kopp

Zachary Kopp

Sophomore
Free
Delaney Kottke

Delaney Kottke

Junior
Fly/Free
Jake Leichner

Jake Leichner

Junior
Free/Breast