2022 AUGUSTANA INVITATIONAL
- November 17-19, 2022
- Midco Aquatic Center, Sioux Falls, S.D.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Day 2 Results + Scores
Courtesy: South Dakota Athletics
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota swimming and diving produced four school records and 10 new marks inside the school’s all-time top 10 lists during Friday’s day two of the Augustana Invitational held at Midco Aquatic Center.
The Coyotes won six of the eight individual swimming events on day two as the women’s team leads the team standings and the men are in second heading into Saturday’s final day of competition.
Tatum O’Shea, a freshman, and Jack Berdahl, a sophomore, swam their way to the top of the South Dakota school charts while sophomore Adam Fisher twice lowered his already owned school record time in the 100 back.
The Coyotes closed competition on Friday by sweeping the 400 medley relay events, as both the men and women set school records in the process.
O’Shea led off the women’s foursome as was joined by Taylor Buhr, Cassie Ketterling and Emily Kahn in clocking 3:44.34 to win the race.
Adam Fisher, Berdahl, Mack Sathre and Zachary Kopp timed 3:14.44 to win the men’s race and etch their names into the school’s record book.
O’Shea became the first Coyote ever to break the 55-second barrier in the 100 back when she touched in a school record time of 54.99 while winning the finals.
Berdahl, meanwhile, set his school record in the 100 breast prelims, clocking 54.14, before finishing third in the finals in 54.80. Teammate Grant Wolner was second in the finals in 54.59, a time good for second all-time.
Fisher, who set the school record in the 100 fly on Thursday, broke the 49-second barrier twice in the 100 back on Friday, posting a 48.81 in the prelims and then leading a 1-2 Coyote finish in the finals with a 48.12 clocking. Kopp, a senior, who sits second on the school’s all-time charts in the event, clocked a personal best 49.03 in the prelims and 49.59 while finishing second in the finals.
A quartet of newcomers posted individual victories for South Dakota on Friday as fifth-year senior Alec Thomas, a transfer from Saint Bonaventure, joined a trio of freshmen – Camilla Brogger-Andersen, Jacob Ketterling and Buhr – in the winner’s circle.
Thomas clocked 1:39.04 while winning the 200 free, a time that ranks third all-time.
Brogger-Andersen, the 500 free winner on Thursday, won the 200 free on Friday in 1:50.05, moving into the Coyote Top 10 at third all-time.
Ketterling won the 400 IM in 4:04.03 and sits seventh on the top 10 charts while Buhr claimed the 100 breast in 1:02.51, just off her prelim time of 1:02.27 that ranks second all-time.
Saturday’s final day begins with prelims at 9:30 a.m. and finals at 5 p.m.
Courtesy: SDSU Athletics
SIOUX FALLS — Rafael Negri shattered the school record in the 100-yard backstroke Friday for a South Dakota State men’s swimming and diving team that leads the Augustana Invitational through two days of competition at Midco Aquatic Center.
A sophomore from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Negri clocked the fastest time in the morning prelims at 48.20 seconds, bettering the previous school record of 49.62 seconds set by Dan Jacobson in 2016. Negri opted not to swim in Friday night’s 100 backstroke final, but did turn in a third-place individual finish in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1 minute, 40.84 seconds.
Sam Johnson led a group of five Jackrabbits in the 200 freestyle final with a runner-up time of 1:40.44. Freshman Jon Galles was fourth in 1:41.04 and Alex Kraft placed fifth in 1:41.07. Austin Smith placed seventh in 1:42.02.
Negri also swam the leadoff leg of SDSU’s third-place 200 freestyle relay, teaming with Liam Murray, Johnson and Aiden Carstensen for a third-place time of 1:22.18 to open the evening session.
Carstensen, meanwhile, was the top Jackrabbit finisher in the finals of the 100 backstroke, posting a fourth-place time of 50.75 seconds, followed by teammate Marcus Benson in fifth, 50.86 seconds, and Vaughn Raimo in ninth, 52.77 seconds.
SDSU did receive an individual victory from diver Spencer Fritze on the 3-meter board. The four-time Summit League Diver of the Week tallied 279.75 points on his six dives in the finals. Zach Boyd was third with 183.85 points.
Back in the pool, the Jackrabbits qualified three for the A final in both the 400 individual medley and 100 breaststroke. In the 400 IM, Bryan Wong was fifth in 4:09.02, with Damon Venner placing seventh in 4:11.65 and Raimo taking eighth with a time of 4:13.91. Freshman Jack Ellison posted the fastest time by a Jackrabbit in the event, clocking in at 4:08.55 in the B final.
Freshmen also paced the Jackrabbits in the 100 breaststroke final as Matthew Heaphy touched the wall in 56.18 seconds for a seventh-place finish and Conner Harr was eighth in 56.89 seconds. Senior Gavin Wheeler placed 10th in 58.14 seconds.
To close out the session, the quartet of Carstensen, Heaphy, Smith and Johnson teamed for a fourth-place time of 3:21.57 in the 400 medley relay.
SDSU leads the five-team standings with 1,136 points, followed by South Dakota with 959 points and Augustana with 719. Iowa Central (551) and Iowa Lakes (232) round out the field.
UP NEXT
Competition at the Augustana Invitational concludes Saturday with swimming prelims at 9:30 a.m. and finals at 5 p.m.
