Nebraska Omaha vs South Dakota State
- December 1, 2023
- Omaha, Neb.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Omaha Athletics
OMAHA, Neb. – The Omaha Mavericks opened the Summit League conference competition with a win over South Dakota State. The women doubled the score of SDSU 200-100, and the men fell short 183. 5-116.5.
“I am very proud of this team to continue to show up and race hard,” said Head Coach Jessica Hessel. “We are really starting to set a high standard and it’s becoming a habit of racing hard no matter what. In the past, I think we were much more inconsistent with the execution in competition. These men and women are committed to the process, showing up and never backing down. The momentum is with us and I’m proud to be able to watch and support their visions.”
Friday’s conference meet opened with the 200 medley relay where a team of Gracie Streblow, Olivia Dendinger, Annika Bussinger, and Payton Easley earned first with a time of 1:45.16. The women split the race with times of 26.70, 31.08, 24.43, and 22.95. The men’s team consisting of Mason Schroeder, Chas Nolte, Jace Walker, and Owen Hoak, took second with a time of 1:31.89.
In the 1000-free Omaha claimed the top three spots. The women’s race was paced by Carina Monroe with a time of 10:48.19. Behind her was Aubrey Hutter (10:48.35) and Kadence Jeffries (10:51.60), respectively. For the men, Nick Walkley earned second with a time of 10:05.02.
The third event of the night was the 200-free where Hailey Matthews came in at 1:54.09 and took the first-place spot. For the men, Kyle Kulow placed second with a time a 1:42.33. Behind him capping off the top four were Caleb Miller (1:44.89) and Grant Schaeffer (1:45.78).
In the next event, the 100-back, Bussinger claimed first with a time of 57.16. Streblow also found a place in the top five. Her time of 58.27 earned her the fourth-place spot, earning Omaha two points. Schroeder and Walker took third and fourth, with times of 51.35 and 52.79 for a combined five points.
Jillian Altmaier earned the first-place finish in the 100-breast with a time of 1:08.34. Dendinger finished just after her with a time of 1:08.50. For the men, Nolte and Kyle Peterson took second and third, with times of 57.35 and 58.23.
In the 200-butterfly, the women took seven points with Heidi Lenarz (2:14.21) and Calie Herrick’s (2:19.78) second and third-place finishes. Thomas Neil earned third with a time of 1:57.13 on the men’s side of the race.
Easley finished first once again in the 50-free with a time of 23.37. Hoak also took first with a time of 20.85.
In her following race, the 100-free, Easley had her third first-place finish of the meet. She paced the race with a time of 50.82. For the men, Hoak claimed third for three points with a time of 46.57.
Liv Theil took third in the 200-back with a time of 2:09.49 and just behind her in fourth was Streblow (2:10.47). Schroeder took third with a time of 1:54.78.
Dendinger took another first-place finish in the 200-breast with a time of 2:25.10. Rounding off the top five was Altmaier in fourth with a time of 2:31.83 and Krug with a time of 2:32.26. In the men’s leg, Ryan Korthals earned second with a time of 2:10.73 and Notle took third with a time of 2:14.98.
In the 500-free Matthews had her second first-place finish with a time of 5:11.73. Capping off the top-thee was Aubrey Hutter (5:19.14), and Kadence Jeffries (5:20.88). Kulow took second with a time of 4:46.35 and claiming three points was Michael Johnson in third with a time of 4:52.14.
Bussinger claimed another first-place finish for Omaha in the 100-butterfly with a time of 56.71. In the men’s race, Walker took second with a time of 50.45.
In the 400-IM Lenarz earned second place with a time of 4:46.21 and just behind her in third was Monroe with a finish of 4:47.69. Miller took fourth for the men with a time of 4:21.00.
The final event of the meet on the swimming side was the 400-free relay. A team of Easley, Dendinger, Hagemann, and Matthews claimed first with a time of 3:31.31. They split the race 52.04, 52.89, 54.10, and 52.28. The men, compiled of Hoak, Schaeffer, Kulow, and Walker, took second with a time of 3:05.24. They split their race 46.58, 46.30, 46.37, and 45.99.
In the diving portion of the meet it started with the 1-meter. Darby Drake once again had a first place finish with a final score of 247.70. Rounding out the top-four was Reece Cooper (215.35), Brooke Robbins (195.30), and Bella Price (179.55). For the men, Ian Blackstock also continued his win streak with the first-place spot and a final score of 284.80. Capping off the top-five for men was Will Mueller (247.10), David Goodwin (213.55), Cody Kranz (198.35), and Wes Thompson (191.25).
Bella Price had her first first-place finish of the season in the 3-meter with a final score of 257.50. Rounding out the top-four was Omaha’s Darby Drake (236.75), Reece Cooper (231.40), and Brooke Robbings (204.25). For the men, Omaha claimed the top-five spots once again. The 3-meter was led by Blackstock with a score of 286.75. Capping it off was Mueller (248.70), Thompson (218.80), Goodwin (215.05) and Kranz (201.80).
“Our divers really represented themselves well tonight with a dominating performance sweeping both boards for the men and women,” said diving coach Eric Sprague. “This is one of the more dominating performances we’ve had against SDSU in the diving well. Darby struggled through 3-meter today but recovered nicely on 1-meter for the event win. I’m very happy for Bella Price as she got her first ever 3-meter event win today! I’ve told our team that I’m seeing a lot of growth this season and it was evident tonight when someone was struggling through an event and someone else was able to step-up with a strong performance and pick up the win.
“Ian had another good meet with wins on both boards. He equaled his previous 1-meter high score today and we’re really close to getting that zone score there. I’m confident with his work ethic and commitment he’ll be rewarded with before the end of the season. I’m seeing a lot of progress for Will, Wes, David, and Cod
y as well. We’ve got a week to stay sharp and work on a few things to attempt to match today’s performance against St. Thomas next Saturday.”
UP NEXT
The men and women will travel to St. Thomas for another conference duel next weekend Dec. 9 at 1 p.m.
Courtesy: South Dakota State Athletics
OMAHA, Neb. — The South Dakota State women’s swimming and diving team wrapped up the fall portion of its schedule Friday with a 200-100 loss in dual action at Summit League rival Omaha.
The Jackrabbits, who dropped to 9-8 in overall head-to-head competition and 1-3 versus Summit League squads, claimed three event titles in the meet.
Freshman Poppy Mead was the first to crack the win column by clocking a top time of 2 minutes, 12.35 seconds in the 200-yard butterfly. SDSU’s other two wins were turned in by Sianne Downes in the 200 backstroke (2:05.09) and by Kaylin de Almeida in the 400 individual medley (4:41.63). Kelsey Kocon was second for the Jackrabbits in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:07.86.
Downes also posted a runner-up finish in the 100 backstroke, 57.81 seconds, with Kocon taking third in 58.21 seconds.
SDSU also notched a 2-3 finish in the 200 breaststroke with contributions from Marissa Branham (2:30.43) and Maven Moore (2:31.69).
Emma Bachelder paced the Jackrabbits in the freestyle events with runner-up showings in both the 50 (:24.67) and 100 (:53.93). Freshman Gigi Hioki added a runner-up time of 1:56.45 in the 200 freestyle.
UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits are scheduled to be off from competition until traveling to South Dakota on Jan. 20 for a Summit League dual.
MEN’S RECAP
OMAHA, Neb. — South Dakota State won 13 of 14 swimming events to come away with a 183.5-116.5 Summit League dual victory over Omaha Friday at the H&K Pool.
Freshman Cody Vertin led the Jackrabbits with three of those victories as SDSU improved to 9-3 overall in head-to-head competition and 4-0 versus Summit League opponents.
A Brookings native, Vertin began his day by winning the 100-yard breaststroke in 57.09 seconds. He later swept the breaststroke events with a winning time of 2 minutes, 3.62 seconds in the 200-yard race and completed his trifecta with a victory in the 400 individual medley, 4:07.67. He led a Jackrabbit sweep of the top three spots in the 400 IM as Bryan Wong (4:13.61) and Jack Ellison (4:17.23) placed second and third, respectively.
Wong and Ellison were also individual winners for the Jackrabbits. Wong claimed the 200 butterfly in 1:55.02, while Ellison was a two-time winner in the distance freestyle events. An Omaha native, Ellison clocked a winning time of 9:52.16 in the 1,000 freestyle and added a victory in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:43.78.
Also winning a pair of events were Sam Johnson and Aiden Carstensen. Johnson swam his way to victory in both the 100 freestyle (:46.25) and 200 freestyle (1:41.60), with Carstensen sweeping the backstroke events. Carstensen touched the wall first in the 100 backstroke in 50.34 seconds and notched the win in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:52.01.
SDSU’s final individual winner was junior Austin Smith, who won the 100 butterfly in 50.06 seconds. Smith also was a member of the winning 200 medley relay, which opened the meet with a time of 1:31.62 from the quartet that included Rafael Negri, Vertin and Eric Anderson.
Negri and Anderson later teamed with Liam Murray and Johnson for a win in the 400 freestyle relay to close out the meet.
Omaha’s lone victory in the swimming events came in the 50 freestyle as Owen Hoak clocked a top time of 20.85. Ian Blackstock swept the diving events for the Mavericks.
UP NEXT
Friday’s meet marked the final competition of the calendar year for the Jackrabbits. SDSU is slated to return to action Jan. 20 with a dual at South Dakota.
