VERMILLION, S.D. – South Dakota women's swimming and diving team won all but one event and defeated Minnesota State 204-93 on Saturday inside the DakotaDome Pool.
The Coyotes had 12 different individuals account for the 13 individual victories during the 16 event dual between former North Central Conference rivals.
Emily Kahn, a senior, was the lone double individual winner in the meet as she won the 50 free in 27.00 and the 100 free in 59.80.
Fellow seniors
Sara Mayer,
Mairead Powers and
Samantha Mersnick also won individual events while a quartet of juniors claimed wins along with two sophomores and a pair of freshmen getting their first collegiate victories.
Mayer touched the wall first in the 100 fly, Powers in the 200 backstroke and Mersnick the three-meter diving event.Â
Carson White, a junior, won the 200 free while classmates
Camilla Brogger-Andersen (400 free),
Grace Schultz (200 IM) and
Taylor Buhr (200 breast) also triumphed in the dual. Â
Sophomores
Gabbie Ahrendt (100 back) and
Phoebe Paarlberg (100 breast) earned individual wins while freshmen
Emily DiProspero in the 200 fly and
Ashley Koenig in the 800 free collected individual wins for the first time.Â
South Dakota won both relays contested in the dual, the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay.Â
Schultz, Buhr, Mayer and Ahrendt teamed to win the 200 medley relay while Ahrendt swam the lead off leg of the 200 free relay that also included
Christina Spomer,
Madilyn Gehrke and Kahn.Â
South Dakota has a week off before the women's team faces Iowa State in Ames on Oct. 18.Â