BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota men's and women's swimming and diving teams split a pair of duals against rival South Dakota State on Saturday inside Marshall Center Pool.
 
The Coyote men, winning nine of the 13 events contested, captured a 143-100 dual win while the women suffered a 158-85 setback.
 
The men closed out a perfect 6-0 dual mark in the 2020-21 season while the women's team finished 8-4.
 
Jacob Won and Jake Leichner each won a pair of individual races for the Coyotes and each swam on a winning relay as well.
 
Won, a junior, the Summit League leader in the 200 fly, won the event in 1:56.02 while he also touched home first in the 1000 free in a season-best of 10:07.09.
 
Won teamed with Charlie Bean, Zachary Kopp and Caden Feit to win the 400 free relay in 3:09.95.
 
Leichner, a junior, won the 200 free in a season-best of 1:44.99 and also was victorious in the 200 breast in 2:10.32.
 
Leichner, meanwhile, swam the second leg on a winning 400 medley relay, joining Brady Torborg, Aidan Gantenbein and Bean to clock 3:28.87.
 
Kopp posted a time of 21.16 in winning the 50 free while Bean captured the 100 free in 46.34.
 
Carter Anderson, a freshman, led a 1-2-3 finish for South Dakota in the 500 free with a season best 4:57.17, narrowing edging out teammates Wyatt Thompson, second in 4:57.31 and Griffin Wolner, third in 4:57.75.
 
Mack Sathre, the Summit League leader in the 200 IM, was second in the event in 2:00.02.
 
Seth O'Dea finished second in the one-meter diving event with a season best 273.23 with teammate Hudson Wilkerson third in a season best 266.78. Wilkerson also placed third in the three-meter competition with a final point toal of 268.73.
 
Wolner placed third in the 200 fly (1:56.87), Thompson placed third in the 200 free (1:47.76) and Feit was third in the 100 free in 48.37.
 
Stella Fairbanks had the lone individual win for the Coyote women, scoring a personal best 282.53 on the three-meter diving board, a mark that ranks sixth on the Top 10 charts.
 
Fairbanks, a freshman, also placed second in the one-meter competition with a score of 240 while freshman Kayla Middaugh was third on both boards, scoring 221.93 on the one-meter and 233.10 on the three-meter.
 
Hannah Aitkin, a junior, recorded a pair of runner-up finishes with a 10:58.37 in the 1000 free and 5:19.05 in the 500 free.
 
Runner-up finishes also came from Emily Johnson in the 200 free (1:57.44), Isabel Fairbanks in the 200 in a season best 2:14.27 and Lucie Anderson in the 200 back (2:07.57).
 
Third-place efforts came from Teagan Haberkorn in the 200 free in a season best of 1:59.54, Maddie Gallagher in the 50 free (25.01), Kristen Quigley in a season best 2:14.01 in the 200 fly, Johnson in the 100 free (55.20) and Taylor Rau in a season best 2:28.51 in the 200 breast.
 
The quartet of Johnson, Meghan Atwell, Gallagher and Fairbanks placed second in the 400 free relay in 3:42.10. The foursome of Fairbanks, Isabelle Davenport, Cassie Ketterling and Madilyn Sindelar were third in the 400 medley relay in 4:04.79.
 
South Dakota closes the regular season by hosting the Coyote Invite at the Midco Aquatic Center in Sioux Falls on March 26-27.