VERMILLION, S.D. – The South Dakota swim and dive program made their home debut at the USD Natatorium on Friday afternoon for a Tri-Dual with Minnesota and Nebraska.
 
The Yotes fell to 167.5-75.5 to the Cornhuskers and 202-41 to the Golden Gophers on the Women's while the men fell 172-70 to Minnesota.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The 400 Medley Relay team of senior Joaquin Contreras-Fallico, junior Luke Kelley, sophomore Dylan Alt and junior James Schreiber broke a school record with a time of 3:16.01 in their second-place finish of the first men's event of the afternoon.
 
Sophomore Henley Hatzung started her second home season with a fifth-place finish in the 50 Free with her time of 23.80 as the highest Coyote finisher in the event.
 
Junior Nick Rounds picked up the first Coyote victory of the afternoon with a pool record 19.70 in the 50 Free. 
 
Diver Maddox Mork had a great day off the diving board. His six-dive total of 341.05 was good enough for second place in the field of eight divers. His six-dive score of 302.85 earned the Prior Lake, Minn. native fourth place. Both scores qualified the sophomore to the NCAA Zone Championships. 
 
In the 200 Back, Hatzung picked up a fourth-place finish for the hosts with her time of 2:04.50
 
Contreras-Fallico earned a second-place finish in the 200 Individual Medley in the 10th event of the afternoon with a time of 1:50.93. Later in the meet, the 6-foot-2 Back/Fly set a pool record with a first-place performance with his 1:44.12 in the 200 Back.
 
Scheiber took third place in the 500 free with a time of 4:28.46, earning the fourth-best time in school history.
 
The final event of the night was a barn burner. The 200 Freestyle Relay team of Rounds, Schreiber, Hogue and Mayer went to the wire with the Golden Gophers with a second-place finish 1:19.98, missing out on first by just .21 seconds. 
 
RECORD BREAKING ROUNDS
Another meet, another record-breaking performance from Nick Rounds.
 
In addition to his pool record first-place finish in the 50 free, the West Des Moines, Iowa native broke another pool record with a first-place finish in the 100 free with his time of 43.70.
 
This performance further cemented the junior's status among the elite swimmers not only in the Summit League, but in the country.  
 
NEXT UP
The Yotes will return to the USD Natatorium in one week for the Coyote Extravaganza. 
 
The meet will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and will continue through Saturday, starting at 9:00 a.m.