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Stella Fairbanks
Adam Pearson, USD

Swimming and Diving Jason Cowley, USD Sports Information

Fairbanks hits NCAA Zone Qualifying Mark as Coyotes down Tommies twice

ST. PAUL, Minnesota – South Dakota senior Stella Fairbanks hit an NCAA Zone Qualifying Mark on the one-meter diving board during Saturday's Summit League swimming and diving dual with St. Thomas inside Anderson Pool.
 
The Coyotes won 23 of the 26 events as the men's team posted a 143-98 win and the women's team earned a 189-53 triumph. The victory was the 100th dual win for the women's team under head coach Jason Mahowald.
 
Fairbanks swept both diving events, hitting the NCAA Zone Qualifying Mark on the one-meter board with a score of 268.10. She also claimed the three-meter competition with a score of 260.10.
 
South Dakota women won all 13 events contested in its dual, including seeing eight different ladies account for the nine individual swimming event victories.
 
Emily Kahn led the charge with wins in the 50 free (24.06) and the 100 free (53.19) while the junior swam the led-off leg on a winning 200 free relay, joining Gabbie Ahrendt, Christina Spomer and Skyler Leverenz in clocking 1:37.43.
 
Ahrendt touched the wall first in the 100 fly (57.83), one of two freshmen to earn individual victories, as Taylor Horan opened the individual portion of the meet with a win in the 1650 free in 18:19.25.
 
Sophomores Camilla Brogger-Andersen, Tatum O'Shea, Taylor Buhr and Grace Schultz also claimed individual wins as did junior Mairead Powers.
 
Brogger-Andersen won the 500 free (5:18.38), O'Shea the 200 free (1:54.34), Buhr the 100 breast (1:05.60), Schultz he 100 back (58.23) and Powers the 400 IM (4:45.73).
 
The Coyote women opened the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay clocking 1:47.40 for the quartet of Anna Balfanz, Phoebe Paarlberg, Bri Ruark and Christina Spomer, three freshmen and a junior.
 
The men's team won eight of the 11 individua events as Matthew Sorbe won two and six others – Mack Sathre, Jack Berdahl, Adam Fisher, Zachary Kopp, Keegan Henning and Charlie Matthews – claimed a win apiece.

Sorbe, a sophomore, won the 1650 free (16:37.17) and the 400 IM (4:18.57), the first and last individual events of the meet.
 
Sathre won the 200 free (1:45.22), Berdahl the 100 breast (56.60), Fisher the 50 free (21.56), Kopp the 100 free (46.48), Henning the 500 free (4:46.23) and Matthews the one-meter diving event with a score of 261.70.
 
The foursome of Fisher, Berdahl, Jacob Carlson and Kopp won the 200 medley relay in 1:31.90 and the quartet of Carlson, Aidan Gantenbein, Dean Wall and Kopp claimed the 200 free relay in 1:24.53.
 
The Coyote men and women head to Lawrence, Kansas, next week for the Kansas Tri-Duals on Friday (6 p.m.) and Saturday (11 a.m.). Summit League foe Lindenwood is the other team competing in the meet.
 
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Players Mentioned

Jack Berdahl

Jack Berdahl

Breast-Free
6' 0"
Junior
Camilla Brogger-Andersen

Camilla Brogger-Andersen

Free
Sophomore
Taylor Buhr

Taylor Buhr

Breast-IM
5' 5"
Sophomore
Stella Fairbanks

Stella Fairbanks

Diving
5' 6"
Senior
Adam Fisher

Adam Fisher

Back-Fly
5' 10"
Junior
Aidan Gantenbein

Aidan Gantenbein

Fly-Back
Fifth Year
Keegan Henning

Keegan Henning

Free-IM
6' 1"
Senior
Emily Kahn

Emily Kahn

Free-Fly
5' 8"
Junior
Zachary Kopp

Zachary Kopp

Free-Back
6' 5"
Graduate Student
Skyler Leverenz

Skyler Leverenz

Free-IM
5' 8"
Junior
Tatum O

Tatum O'Shea

Back-IM
5' 7"
Sophomore
Mairead Powers

Mairead Powers

Free-IM
5' 8"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Jack Berdahl

Jack Berdahl

6' 0"
Junior
Breast-Free
Camilla Brogger-Andersen

Camilla Brogger-Andersen

Sophomore
Free
Taylor Buhr

Taylor Buhr

5' 5"
Sophomore
Breast-IM
Stella Fairbanks

Stella Fairbanks

5' 6"
Senior
Diving
Adam Fisher

Adam Fisher

5' 10"
Junior
Back-Fly
Aidan Gantenbein

Aidan Gantenbein

Fifth Year
Fly-Back
Keegan Henning

Keegan Henning

6' 1"
Senior
Free-IM
Emily Kahn

Emily Kahn

5' 8"
Junior
Free-Fly
Zachary Kopp

Zachary Kopp

6' 5"
Graduate Student
Free-Back
Skyler Leverenz

Skyler Leverenz

5' 8"
Junior
Free-IM
Tatum O

Tatum O'Shea

5' 7"
Sophomore
Back-IM
Mairead Powers

Mairead Powers

5' 8"
Junior
Free-IM