SAINT PAUL, Minn. – South Dakota men's and women's swimming and diving teams came away with 10 victories on Thursday's opening day of the three-day Tommie Invitational held inside Anderson Pool on the St. Thomas campus.

The Coyote women won all six finals contested on the opening day while the men's team had four triumphs and the two teams combined for 17 top three finishes as well as eight new entries into the Coyote Top Ten.

South Dakota women and men both lead the team competition after day one of the four-team invitational as the women have 576 points and the men have 544 points. 

Emily DiProspero, Taylor Buhr, Emily Kahn and Mady Schmidt earned individual victories for the women while Alex Parkinson and Nick Rounds touched the wall first for the men's team. Meanwhile, two of the four winning relay quartets moved to the top of the Summit League charts.

DiProspero, a freshman, earned her first individual win in the 500 free this season as her 4:55.32 clocking moved her into third on the school's all-time charts and up to second in the Summit League.

Buhr, a junior, won the 200 IM where she is the school's record holder at 2:02.54. She touched the wall in 2:03.96 on Thursday to take over the Summit League lead in a race where the Coyotes swept all four spots in the 'A' finals. Gabbie Ahrendt, a sophomore, was second in a personal best 2:04.31 and was followed by junior Grace Schultz in 2:05.06 and freshman Madeline Schrank in 2:07.40.

Ahrendt moved into the Coyote Top Ten chart at third all time while Schultz moved up one spot to seventh and Schrank into 10th all-time. Ahrendt sits second in the Summit League behind Buhr while Schultz is fourth after Thursday's effort. 

Kahn, a senior, two two-time Summit League champion in the 50 free, became the first this season to dip under the 23 second mark with her finals clocking of 22.94. Sara Mayer, a senior, was third in 23.56 while her prelim time of 23.28, a personal best, moved her into the all-time charts at No. 6 and up to third in the Summit League. 

Schmidt, a junior, posted a personal best score of 240.80 on the one-meter diving board during the finals to earn her first collegiate victory. 

Rounds, a freshman, turned in a pair of personal best 50 free swims on day one as he led off a victorious 200 free relay with a 20.39 split before bettering that with his win in the 'A' finals of the 50 free in 20.27. The 20.27 effort is the best in the Summit League this season and ranks fifth on the school's all-time charts. Joining Rounds on the 200 free relay were Jacob Carlson, James Schreiber and David Mayer. Schreiber was third in the 50 free final in 20.64 and that ranks third best in the Summit League. 

Freshman teammates Parkinson and Will Barth had a pair of duals in the 500 free prelims and finals as Parkinson earned the win in the finals with a 4:29.45 while Barth was third in 4:31.21. Parkinson's time is the second fastest in school history and tops in the Summit League while Barth sits third all-time and third in the Summit League after Thursday's effort. 

Charlie Matthews, sophomore, placed second in the three-meter diving competition with a score of 255.25 while his prelim effort of 266.20 was a personal best. 

Joaquin Contreras-Fallico, a sophomore, swam a personal best 1:52.24 to finish fourth in the 200 IM while his time was good enough to move into seventh on the all-time charts. 

The women's quartet of Kahn, Christina Spomer, Mayer and Sophia Vitela won the 200 free relay in 1:32.66 a new Summit League leading time. The men's foursome of Adam Fisher, Jack Berdahl, Jacob Carlson and Rounds also moved to the top of the Summit League in the 400 medley relay, winning in 3:14.04. 

Ahrendt led off the winning 400 medley relay and was joined by Buhr, Mayer and Kahn in clocking 3:48.40 while her led off split of 56.20 moved her into seventh on the all-time charts in the 100 back. 

A total of 15 finials (eight women, seven men) are on the slate for Friday's day two which begins with swimming prelims at 10 a.m., women three-meter diving prelims at 1 p.m. and finals at 5:30 p.m.