LINCOLN, Neb. – The South Dakota State women’s swimming and diving team dropped its season opener 156-63 to Nebraska at the Devaney Center Natatorium on Friday night.
“It was a great start to our season,” said SDSU coach Doug Humphrey. “We faced an excellent Nebraska team tonight. We made some great improvements throughout the meet and fought hard. A meet this early really showed us how to train to help us get better. I am very excited to see what this team can do this season; it will be special.”
Success in freestyle
Richelle Bruyckere finished second in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 55.45 seconds and fourth in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.23.
Rori Conners finished in third in the 500-yard freestyle and fourth in the 1,000-yard freestyle with times of 5:31.12 and 11:14.06, respectively.
Maria Currie finished fourth in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:31.41 and fifth in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 11:19.03.
Emily Pincus finished third in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 56.27 and fourth in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:00.39.
Alice Foote finished fourth in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 56.45.
Daniela Santillan finished second in the 500 yard freestyle with a 5:25.35 time.
Ashley Theobald finished fifth in 200-yard IM with a 2:16.37.
Pincus, Foote, Theobald and Gabby Langerud were second in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:40.93.
Sophomores shine
Kristen Davis finished second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 58.73.
Tiffany Nguyen finished second in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.71.
Breaststroke
Mikayla Beckman finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke 1:10.22.
Sam Frigard finished third in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:10.64
Diving
Quincee Simonson finished fourth in the 1-meter and 3-meter dive with scores of 207.45 and 205.43, respectively.
Up Next
The men will face Valparaiso and the women will face Valparaiso and Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Oct. 13.
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