Swimming/Diving
Coyote diving teams anticipate strong seasons
The Coyote diving team is just getting into their 2016 season, but they’re already making a splash. The men and women have competed in just one meet together so far this season, the North Dakota Triangular this past Friday, and from that one meet diving coach Kris Jorgensen has high hopes for the team. Jorgensen’s […]
Coyote women’s swimming and diving open season with a win
The South Dakota women’s swimming and diving team kicked off their season over Dakota Days against Minnesota State with their only home meet of the semester in the DakotaDome pool. The Coyotes won the meet 169-129 as they took 10 of 16 events. Three time reigning Summit League Diver of the Year, senior Greyson Hertting, […]
Diver Greysen Hertting looks to follow up historic season
In her three years at USD, junior diver Greysen Hertting has put together an impeccable resume. Earlier this month she was named Summit League Diver of the Year for the third consecutive season. This win comes after she swept both boards at the Summit League Championships. She’s the first female diver to ever do this. […]
Greysen Hertting ends season at NCAA Zone Diving Championships
Junior Greysen Hertting capped off her diving season with a trip to the NCAA Zone Diving Championships at Texas A&M, a qualifier for the NCAA Championships. Against 52 competitors Hertting placed 32nd in the one-meter dive yesterday with a score of 244.75. She then placed 51st in the three-meter dive with a score of 203.45. […]
Swimming and diving teams prepare for Summit League Championships
As the USD swimming and diving teams prepare for the Summit League Championships this month, they look to eclipse their fourth place finish from a year ago. Head coach Jason Mahowald said he knows his team is capable of doing better than last year. “Our goal is always to do better and to improve on […]
Diver learns from unique summer job
While most college students spend their time working in grocery stores or mowing lawns for their summer jobs, Coyote senior diver Chase Testa decided to try something different. Testa took a job at the Dutch Wonderland amusement park in Lancaster, PA as a show diver. Testa, a Montevideo, M.N. native, decided to get into show […]
Coyote swim and dive teams look toward Summit League Championship
After a weekend loss against South Dakota State in Brookings, the Coyote swimming and diving teams look to close out the season strong before the Summit League Championships. The Coyote men fell to SDSU 199-98 and the women dropped a close one 156-44. The performance doesn’t worry head coach Jason Mahowald. He said he knows […]
Swimming and diving teams see success at Minnesota meets
“We don’t rest for anything, we swim fast,” head swimming coach Jason Mahowald told his swimmers during practice. And swim fast they did. The men’s swimming team brought in a score of 909.5 points over the weekend to finish in second place at the Rochester Collegiate Invitational, while the women’s team took first place for […]
Athlete Spotlight: 400-meter freestyle swimmer Hunter Padgett
First-year Hunter Padgett, a California native and USD swimmer, broke the 400-meter freestyle record on Oct.10 during the Coyotes dual meet against Western Illinois – a record that had been standing since 1996. Jacob Lutz: You’re from Carlsbad, Calif., a beautiful city on the beach, and you’ve come to a small, almost unheard of town […]
Coyote swim and dive teams take charge in opening weekend
The Coyotes let their swimming and diving talents do the talking this past Friday and Saturday. The women’s swim team hit the water facing-off against Minnesota State at Highland Pool. First-year Colorado native Quinn Fawcett started her collegiate career off with a bang, winning the 200-yard freestyle by two seconds over first-year Chelsea Calhoon, finishing with a […]