Swimming/Diving
Coyotes host senior day inter-squad meet
Blizzard-like conditions prevented Iowa Central Community College from traveling to Vermillion for USD’s senior day swim and dive meet on Saturday, but USD’s team decided to perform an inter-squad meet in place of the originally scheduled competition. The meet is the only one held in Vermillion this school year and with Iowa Central CC not […]
Fuchs leads Coyotes to only gold in Kansas
Freshman swimmer Cooper Fuchs secured the only individual victory for the Coyotes at the Kansas Tri-Duels in Lawrence, Kansas Friday and Saturday/ Fuchs’ captured his individual medal in the 50 freestyle, finishing with a time of 21.37. He also won the 200 free and 400 free relays, teaming with freshman trio Zachary Kopp, Jake Leichner […]
New diving coach, focuses on the basics
After second place finishes for both the men and women at the Summit League Championship last year, USD’s Swimming and Diving team is looking forward to the start of their season. Over the offseason, the team saw a change in leadership as they welcomed new head diving coach Chris Pape to the pack. Pape completed […]
Smooth as butter: Two-time Diver of the Year Isaac Morris reflects
It is a nearly impossible feat to win an Athlete of the Year award in the Summit League if you only compete for three weeks. However, junior Isaac “Butters” Morris captured the Summit League Diver of the Year after missing most of the season recovering from a torn ACL while rock climbing. “Just over the […]
USD swim and dive team compete at two national meets
The Coyote swim and dive team competed at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships March 11 and 12, and the CSCAA National Invitational March 14-16. The USD diving team had seven athletes compete at the Zone Diving Championships, held at Jamail Swimming Center in Austin, Texas. Freshman Hudson Wilkerson finished one spot shy of advancing to […]
Swimming & Diving season ends with runner-up finish
The South Dakota men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams concluded their seasons as runners-up at the Summit League Championships at the Midco Aquatic Center last Saturday. The women’s second-place finish was the best mark in school history, while the men became the first team to finish as a runner-up in consecutive seasons. Denver’s men […]
Player of the Pack: Maddie Lavin
Maddie Lavin is a freshman biology major from Vermillion, SD. Lavin competes on the cross country, swim and track teams. Austin Lammers: What is it like going to college in the town you were raised? Maddie Lavin: USD feels a lot different than the Vermillion I grew up in. It’s kind of its own separate […]
Coyote swimmers and divers have productive day in Sioux Falls
On Friday and Saturday, the USD swimming and diving teams competed with several other colleges throughout the Midwest at Sioux Falls’ Midco Aquatic Center in the Coyote Invitational. The Coyotes left with a total of fifteen wins. A variety of schools attended the event, including South Dakota State, Sioux Falls University, Omaha, Iowa Central and […]
Swimming and Diving defeats SDSU on Senior Day
The Coyotes hosted South Dakota State on Saturday and claimed final victories in both men’s (163-137) and women’s (213-83) flights. “SDSU has been a ton of fun to compete against since freshman year,” said senior swim captain Chris Pospisil. “It sounds weird but it’s nice to see the competitors looking good because having a big competitive meet is always fun with […]
Swimming & Diving break records in revenge meet against Omaha
Two broken pool records, victories in 12 of 16 events and a celebratory Charlie Shuffle dance highlighted a 181-117 win in the DakotaDome pool for the South Dakota women’s Swim & Dive team. The Coyotes got off to a fast start as the 400 medley relay team finished in first with a pool record time […]