2024 Tommie Invitational
- November 21-23, 2024
- St. Paul, Minn.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Full Results (PDF)
WOMEN’S TEAM SCORES
- South Dakota – 1,859
- South Dakota State – 1,241
- St. Thomas – 1,025
- Green Bay – 849
MEN’S TEAM SCORES
- South Dakota – 1,710
- South Dakota State – 1,327
- St. Thomas – 1,043
- Green Bay – 877
Courtesy: South Dakota Athletics
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.
Courtesy: South Dakota State Athletics
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Marissa Branham and Emma Ingalls each notched runner-up finishes Saturday night as the South Dakota State women’s swimming and diving squad concluded three days of competition at the Tommie Invitational with a second-place showing in the team standings.
Summit League rival South Dakota won the meet with 1,859 points, followed by the Jackrabbits with 1,241. Host St. Thomas placed third with 1,025 points, with Green Bay completing the four-team field with 849 points.
Branham began the day with the top time in the 200-yard breaststroke during the preliminaries at 2 minutes, 21.22 seconds, but was overtaken in the finals by USD’s Taylor Buhr despite improving her time from the morning. Buhr clocked a winning time of 2:18.77, followed by Branham at 2:20.44. Olivia Stikeleather also qualified for the A final for the Jackrabbits and came in fourth in 2:29.15.
Morgan Nelson was relegated to the B final of the 200 breaststroke and was awarded seventh place after posting a time of 2:27.00.
Ingalls teamed with Poppy Mead to give the Jackrabbits two swimmers in the A final of the 200 butterfly. A freshman from Spokane, Washington, Ingalls recorded a runner-up time of 2:05.13, with Mead placing fourth in 2:06.72.
Also turning in a runner-up finish was the 400 freestyle relay team of Jenna Currier, Sara Juez, Gigi Hioki and Emma Schultz. The Jackrabbit quartet combined for a time of 3:27.05, with all four swimmers recording top-10 individual finishes in the 100 freestyle on Saturday.
Hioki led the contingent with a fourth-place finish (:51.58), followed by Currier in seventh (:51.88) and Schultz in eighth (:51.90). Juez added a 10th-place time of 52.25 seconds.
Also notching a top-eight individual finish was Kaylin de Almeida, who placed sixth in the 200 backstroke (2:04.48).
UP NEXT
SDSU returns to Summit League dual action Dec. 6 by hosting Omaha. Start time is slated for 4 p.m. at the Marshall Center Pool.
SATURDAY EVENT WINNERS
1,650 Freestyle: Emily Diprospero, South Dakota, 17:00.40
200 Backstroke: Grace Schultz, South Dakota, 2:00.90
100 Freestyle: Emily Kahn, South Dakota, :50.06
200 Breaststroke: Taylor Buhr, South Dakota, 2:18.77
200 Butterfly: Maddie Schrank, South Dakota, 2:04.54
100 Individual Medley: Phoebe Paarlberg, South Dakota, :59.13
400 Freestyle Relay: South Dakota (Kahn, Gehrke, Schultz, White), 3:24.52
ST. PAUL, Minn. — South Dakota State swimmers won four individual titles Saturday night to close out the three-day Tommie Invitational hosted by St. Thomas at the Anderson Athletics and Recreation Complex Pool.
Junior Braxton McGrath and sophomore Cody Vertin each claimed their second event titles of the weekend to lead the Jackrabbits.
McGrath won the 200-yard butterfly in a time of 1 minute, 49.36 seconds, one day after winning the 100 butterfly in school-record time. The native of Amana, Iowa, came back Saturday morning to post the top time in the 200 fly prelims Saturday morning before clipping teammate Austin Smith (1:50.13) in the finals.
Competing in the B final of the 200 butterfly and recording respective fifth- and sixth-place finishes for the Jackrabbits were Luke Nichols (1:53.73) and Bryan Wong (1:53.76).
Vertin, meanwhile, followed his victory in the 400 individual medley on Friday with a win in the 200 breaststroke on Saturday. The Brookings native notched a top time of 2:01.21 in the prelims before swimming to victory in 2:01.30 during the evening session.
SDSU continued to excel in the 200-yard strokes as Denilson Cyprianos won the 200 backstroke and Aiden Carstensen placed third. Cyprianos was less than a second off his school-record time in the event with a mark of 1:45.01 in the finals, while Carstensen clocked in at 1:51.10.
The Jackrabbits also took two of the top three spots in the 1,650 freestyle as Jack Ellison claimed first in 15:02.08, with Collin Schock placing third in 16:09.30.
Three SDSU swimmers turned in a top-eight performance in the 100 freestyle as Sam Johnson led the way with a fourth-place time of 45.34 seconds. Zavier Kranz placed seventh in 46.18 seconds and Jon Galles finished eighth in 46.27 seconds.
The quartet of Kranz, Carstensen, Cyprianos and Johnson closed out the meet with a runner-up effort in the 400 freestyle relay, 2:59.25.
In addition, freshman Seth Berens logged an eighth-place finish in 1-meter diving, scoring 215.90 points over six dives.
The Jackrabbits finished second out of four squads in the team standing. South Dakota led the way with 1,710 points, followed by SDSU with 1,327 and host St. Thomas with 1,043. Green Bay rounded out the field with 877 points.
UP NEXT
SDSU returns to dual action Dec. 6 by hosting Omaha. Start time is slated for 4 p.m. at the Marshall Center Pool.
SATURDAY EVENT WINNERS
1-Meter Diving: Charlie Matthews, South Dakota, 265.15 points
1,650 Freestyle: Jack Ellison, SDSU, 16:02.08
200 Backstroke: Denilson Cyprianos, SDSU, 1:45.01
100 Freestyle: James Schreiber, South Dakota, :45.17
200 Breaststroke: Cody Vertin, SDSU, 2:01.30
200 Butterfly: Braxton McGrath, SDSU, 1:49.36
100 Individual Medley: Grant Wolner, South Dakota, :49.98
400 Freestyle Relay: South Dakota (Schreiber, Sorbe, Rounds, Mayer), 2:58.94
Courtesy: Tommie Sports
ST. PAUL, MINN. – The University of St. Thomas men’s and women’s swim and dive programs concluded their 2024-25 home invite where they began: in third place. After another resounding day filled with top-10 all-time performances, including one broken record, both Tommie teams finished the three-day invite in third place. The women scored 1025 total points at the St. Thomas Invite, while the men scored 1043.
MEN’S RESULTS:
There was plenty of excitement in the pool during Saturday’s final session, as the Tommies started and ended things with a bang. First year Tucker Holmes (Rochester, Minn. / John Marshall) made a statement in the 1650 freestyle, earning a second place finish thanks to a time of 16:07.83. Charlie Folks (Eden Prairie, Minn. / Eden Prairie) and Alex Foti (Waukesha, Wis. / Waukesha West) also earned top-8 finishes with swims under 17 minutes, as Folks came in fifth with a time of 16:17.49. Foti finished seventh with a time of 16:24.76.
The moment of the night game during the 100 IM. After finishing fourth in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:52.06, Philip Jensen (Hastings, Minn. / Hastings) rebounded with a record breaking performance in the lone individual medley race of the evening. The junior finished third and clocked the fastest time in program history, completing the race in 50.95/. Teammate Jensen Richard (Rochester, Minn. / Century) finished fourth with a time of 51.99.
Sam Sacor (Park Ridge, Ill. / Maine South) and Sean Bannon (Rochester, Minn.) finished 3-4 in the 200 breaststroke after qualifying for “A” finals in Saturday’s morning session. Sacor claimed third place with a time of 2:02.62 in finals, out-touching Bannon at the wall, who finished fourth with a time of 2:04.37.
In the 100 freestyle, Morgan Gillard (Woodbury, Minn. / East Ridge) was the team’s top finisher, claiming ninth place with a time of 46.33. Teammates Willy Coborn (St. Paul, Minn. / North St. Paul), Matt Glenna (Cottage Grove, Minn./ Park) and Nicholas Salido (Kansas City, Mo. / Rockhurst) all qualified for “C” finals in the same race. Thomsen Yatso (Milwaukee, Wis. / Shorewood) and Glenna were the lone Tommies to qualify for finals in the 200 butterfly, finishing in 12th and 15th respectively.
St. Thomas closed the weekend with a fourth place finish in the 400 freestyle relay. The team of Gillard, Jensen, Coborn and Foti raced their way to a time of 3:03.86, capping the weekend for the Tommie men with a fourth place finish in the race.
UP NEXT
St. Thomas will officially close its first half of the 2024-25 season and will not return to the pool until the New Year. The divers will compete at the Northern Iowa Diving Invitational December 7, and the full team will return to action for a dual at Augustana on Friday, January 17, 2025.
Courtesy: Green Bay Athletics
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Green Bay swimming and diving teams concluded the three-day St. Thomas Invite Saturday evening.
MEN’S RECAP
Jerett Maalis was phenomenal over the three-day event and capped it off with a fifth-place performance in the 100-yard backstroke, recording a time of 49.38. He also finished sixth in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:49.63. Max Kasal nearly took the top spot in the 100-yard freestyle, placing second with a time of 45.23. Alex Smolecki recorded a time of 2:06.42 in the 200-yard breaststroke, best for seventh place. In the same event, Eli Zimmerman nearly outdid his counterpart, taking eighth place with a time of 2:06.70.
On the boards, senior Andy Groebner tallied 232.70 points in the three-meter event, good for fifth place.
WOMEN’S RECAP
Esther Oswald was strong over the three days, finishing Saturday’s meet with an eighth-place completion of the 100-yard backstroke, recording a time of 57.90. Emily Allen guided the Phoenix to a fourth-place completion of the 800-yard freestyle relay and finished third in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 51.31. Freshman Elise Pasholk impressed in the 1,650 yard freestyle, posting a time of 17:33.05, which was good for third-place.
Annie Frederickson scored 239.95 points on the three-meter board, taking fourth place. Rachel Everson was solid on the one meter, placing third with a score of 210.05.
SEE YOU IN 2025
Green Bay’s next meet won’t be until January 25, 2025, when the Phoenix visit in-state rival Milwaukee.
