JACKRABBIT WOMEN PLACE SECOND AT USD

Friday, October 31

Vermillion, S.D.

6 p.m./10 a.m.

South Dakota State University

Coyote Extravaganza

Emma Ingalls Breaststroke Teaser 2026-03

Photo by: SDSU Athletics

11/1/2025 11:52:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

COMPLETE RESULTS

VERMILLION — The South Dakota State women's swimming and diving team put together a big second day of competition at the Coyote Extravaganza on Saturday to come away with a runner-up finish out of five teams.

Sophomore Emma Ingalls recorded the lone individual title for the Jackrabbits on the day as she clocked a winning time of 2 minutes, 10.59 seconds in the 200-yard individual medley. Teammate Kailee Crane placed third in 2:12.93, with Hailey Creary taking fourth in 2:13.17.

Ingalls also contributed a fifth-place finish in the 200 butterfly, 2:11.78.

Gigi Hioki and Marissa Branham contributed runner-up finishes. After winning the 200 freestyle on Friday, Hioki placed second in the event on Saturday with a time of 1:55.20 to finish behind Morgan Meyer of Northern Iowa (1:54.48). Aubrey Douds placed fourth for the Jackrabbits in 1:59.94.

Hioki later added another runner-up finish behind Meyer in the 100 freestyle with a time of 53.74 seconds to lead a group of four Jackrabbits in the top six of the event. Hannah Miller placed third in 54.26 seconds, followed by Mia Pendleton in fourth place (:54.35) and Douds in sixth (:55.55).

Branham, meanwhile, posted a second-place finish in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:27.46.

Elsewhere in the freestyle events, Elyse Jahn paced a trio of Jackrabbits in the top five of the 1,000-yard race. Jahn placed third in 10:56.20, with Poppy Mead right behind in the fourth place (10:56.26) and freshman Marissa Renaud claiming fifth in 10:57.51.

Senior Jenna Currier tallied a pair of top-five finishes Saturday with a third-place showing in the 100 IM (1:00.39) and fourth-place effort in the 50 freestyle (:24.70). Sara Juez placed fourth in the 100 IM (1:00.64).

Currier also teamed with Miller, Pendleton and Hioki for a third-place finish in the final event of the weekend, the 400 freestyle relay. The Jackrabbit quartet combined for a time of 3:34.12.

Closing out the listing of top-three individual finishes was freshman Lucia Lopez in the 200 backstroke, 2:09.16.

The Jackrabbits overtook host South Dakota for the second spot in the team standings. Northern Iowa earned the team championship with 2,121 points, followed by SDSU with 1,926.5. USD finished third with 1,909 points, with St. Cloud State (1,371.5) and Augustana (1,165) rounding out the field.

UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits will be in training for nearly three weeks before closing out the fall semester at the St. Thomas Invite Nov. 20-22 in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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