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Gen Hirata

Coyotes claim team titles behind three school records; six Summit League leading marks

11.23.2024

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – South Dakota men's and women's swimming and diving teams put an exclamation point on the three-day Tommie Invitational held inside Anderson Pool on the St. Thomas campus with a dominating Saturday performance.

The Coyote women won all seven events contested while the men's team won five of the eight to go with 25 top three finishes, three school records, 10 new entries into the Coyote Top Ten and six new Summit League leading marks.

South Dakota women piled up 1,859 points to outdistance the four-team field as did the men's squad with its winning total of 1,710 points.

Emily DiProspero, Alex Parkinson and Joaquin Contreras-Fallico downed school records while Grace Schultz, Taylor Buhr, Emily Kahn, Madeline Schrank, Phoebe Paarlberg, Charlie Matthews, James Schreiber and Grant Wolner all won individual races on Saturday. It was the second individual wins of the weekend for DiProspero, Parkinson, Buhr, Schultz, Kahn, and Paarlberg.

DiProspero, a freshman, opened the evening portion of Saturday's events with a strong 17:00.40 clocking in the 1650 free to break the school record by two seconds and move to the top of the Summit League Charts. Teammate Camilla Brogger-Andersen, the old record holder, was second in the race in 17:16.59 and moved up to second in the Summit League.

Parkinson, a freshman, followed that up by shaving four seconds off the old 1650 free record for the men with a clocking of 15:38.32 to take over the Summit League lead.

Joaquin Contreras-Fallico, a sophomore, lowered his school record in the 200 back to 1:45.42 during the morning prelims before finishing second in the 'A' final with a 1:47.15 effort.

Schultz, a junior, earned her second individual win of the meet with her personal best 2:00.90 time in the 200 back. Mairead Powers, a senior, was second in a personal best 2:02.58 while Lauren Anderson, a sophomore, placed fourth in a personal best 2:04.56. Schultz remained fourth on the all-time charts while Powers moved up two spots to sixth and freshman Abby Wilcox, winner of the 'B' final in 2:04.09, moved into 10th all-time.

Kahn, a senior, a two-time Summit League champion in the 100 free outsprinted the field, including teammate Carson White in winning in 50.06, the best time in the league this season. White was second in 51.18.

Buhr, a junior, won the 200 breast in 2:18.77 while junior Blake Currie was third in a personal best 2:21.28 to move up two spots to eighth all-time. 

Schrank, a freshman, posted a personal best 2:04.54 to win the 200 fly, edging out DiProspero who was third in 2:06.38. Schrank moved up to third all-time while DiProspero, thanks to a 2:05.39 clocking in the morning prelims, move into the Top Ten at fifth all-time. 

Paarlberg, a sophomore, and Wolner, a fifth-year senior, won the 100 IM, an event not normally contested at every meet. Paarlberg clocked 59.13 seconds while Wolner had a personal best 49.98 and remained second all-time. Teammate Nick Rounds was second in 50.50 and moved into fourth on the Coyote Top Ten chart. 

Schreiber, a freshman, sprinted past the field, including teammate David Mayer, in the 'A' final of the 100 free to win in 45.17 while Mayer was third in 45.28. Schreiber and Mayer along with classmate Nick Rounds, all moved into the Coyote Top Ten during the morning prelims. Schreiber into sixth at 45.11, Mayer into eighth at 45.17 and Rounds into 10th at 45.41.

Matthews, a sophomore, posted a personal best on the one-meter diving board to win the competition with a finals effort of 265.15. It was his third individual win of the season.

The Coyotes closed competition by sweeping the 400 free relays as the women's foursome of Kahn, Madilyn Gehrke, Schultz and White clocked 3:24.52 and the men's quartet of Schreiber, Matthew Sorbe, Rounds and Mayer finished in 2:58.94.

Will Barth, a freshman, and Tanner Reed, a sophomore, finished in third and fourth, respectively in the 200 fly as Barth clocked a personal best 1:50.93 and moved up four spots to fourth all-time and Reed finished in 1:54.19. Mason Turner, a freshman, posted a personal best during the finals in 1:53.30 and moved into ninth on the all-time charts.

This concludes the first semester portion of the schedule for South Dakota. 
 
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