Completed Event: Women's Swimming and Diving at National Invitational Championships on March 13, 2025 , , 1 Qualifier
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Women's Swimming and Diving
(1 Qualifier)
at National Invitational Championships
South Dakota State University Athletics
Friday, November 1
Rochester, Minn.
2 p.m./10 a.m.
South Dakota State University
vs
Huskies Invite
RABBITS RETURN TO ACTION IN ROCHESTER
10/31/2024 7:58:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
After a two-week layoff from competition, the South Dakota State men's and women's swimming and diving teams return to the water this weekend at the two-day Huskies Invite in Rochester, Minnesota.
Action begins with swimming events at 2 p.m. Friday at the Rochester Recreation Center, followed by diving events at 7 p.m. On Saturday, diving kicks off the slate of events at 10 a.m., with swimming events beginning at 1 p.m. A live video stream of the meet can be accessed here.
South Dakota State, South Dakota and host St. Cloud State will compete in both the men's and women's divisions. Northern Iowa and the University of Sioux Falls will bring the number of women's teams to five.
PEAK PERFORMERS: South Dakota State's Gigi Hioki was honored Oct. 22 as the Summit League Peak Women's Swimmer of the Week.
A sophomore from Liberty Lake, Washington, Hioki paced the Jackrabbits in all three of her individual races in an Oct. 18 tri-dual against Minnesota and league foe St. Thomas. She placed third overall in both the 200-yard freestyle (1 minute, 52.69 seconds) and 500 freestyle (5:09.64). She also finished fifth overall in the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.51 seconds.
Hioki lowered her times in all three of her events, including dropping nearly 10 seconds in the 500 freestyle from her season debut at Iowa State on Oct. 10. In addition, she anchored the Jackrabbits' 400 freestyle relay that finished fifth in 3:32.54.
The previous week, on Oct. 15, the Jackrabbits' Anna Mei Castro was selected as the Summit League Peak Women's Diver of the Week.
A sophomore from Barcelona, Spain, Castro led SDSU's diving crew in a season-opening dual at Iowa State on Oct. 10. She was runner-up on the 3-meter board with a score of 234.07 over six dives and also placed fourth in the 1-meter competition with a score of 225.82.
PRESEASON POLLS: The South Dakota State men's swimming and diving team has been picked to finish second in the 2024-25 Summit League standings and the women's squad has been tabbed to place third in preseason polls announced earlier this month.
The Jackrabbit men totaled 31 points to finish behind defending champion Denver with 36 points and six first-place votes. South Dakota received the other first-place vote and placed third in the poll, which was conducted among the league's seven head coaches.
SDSU finished fourth in the league standings a season ago.
In the women's division, SDSU collected 26 points to stand behind Denver (36 points) and South Dakota (31 points). The defending champion Pioneers received six first-place votes to take the top spot, with USD gaining the other first-place vote.
The Jackrabbits placed fifth out of eight teams at last season's league championships.
Four Jackrabbits were named swimmers and divers to watch for the upcoming season. Representing the SDSU men were Denilson Cyprianos and Reece Reid, while Gigi Hioki and Anna Mei Castro were nominated on the women's side.
Cyprianos, a graduate student from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, is the school record holder in the 200-yard backstroke (1:44.03) and was runner-up in the event at the 2024 Summit League Championships. He also recorded sixth-place individual finishes in the 200 and 500 freestyle events at the league meet.
Cyprianos went on to represent his home country in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Reid, a sophomore from Keller, Texas, placed 17th in 3-meter diving at the 2024 Summit League Championships.
A sophomore from Liberty Lake, Washington, Hioki excelled in the freestyle events for the Jackrabbit women last season, placing seventh in both the 200 and 1,650 freestyle at the league championships.
Castro, a sophomore from Barcelona, Spain, recorded a ninth-place finish in 1-meter diving at the 2024 Summit League Championships and added a 15th-place effort on the 3-meter board.
A LOOK AHEAD: The Jackrabbit women's team resumes dual competition by hosting Nebraska on Nov. 8. Start time is set for 4 p.m. at the Marshall Center Pool.
Next scheduled action for the SDSU men's squad is Nov. 21-23 at the St. Thomas Invite in St. Paul, Minnesota.
-GoJacks.com-
Action begins with swimming events at 2 p.m. Friday at the Rochester Recreation Center, followed by diving events at 7 p.m. On Saturday, diving kicks off the slate of events at 10 a.m., with swimming events beginning at 1 p.m. A live video stream of the meet can be accessed here.
South Dakota State, South Dakota and host St. Cloud State will compete in both the men's and women's divisions. Northern Iowa and the University of Sioux Falls will bring the number of women's teams to five.
PEAK PERFORMERS: South Dakota State's Gigi Hioki was honored Oct. 22 as the Summit League Peak Women's Swimmer of the Week.
A sophomore from Liberty Lake, Washington, Hioki paced the Jackrabbits in all three of her individual races in an Oct. 18 tri-dual against Minnesota and league foe St. Thomas. She placed third overall in both the 200-yard freestyle (1 minute, 52.69 seconds) and 500 freestyle (5:09.64). She also finished fifth overall in the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.51 seconds.
Hioki lowered her times in all three of her events, including dropping nearly 10 seconds in the 500 freestyle from her season debut at Iowa State on Oct. 10. In addition, she anchored the Jackrabbits' 400 freestyle relay that finished fifth in 3:32.54.
The previous week, on Oct. 15, the Jackrabbits' Anna Mei Castro was selected as the Summit League Peak Women's Diver of the Week.
A sophomore from Barcelona, Spain, Castro led SDSU's diving crew in a season-opening dual at Iowa State on Oct. 10. She was runner-up on the 3-meter board with a score of 234.07 over six dives and also placed fourth in the 1-meter competition with a score of 225.82.
PRESEASON POLLS: The South Dakota State men's swimming and diving team has been picked to finish second in the 2024-25 Summit League standings and the women's squad has been tabbed to place third in preseason polls announced earlier this month.
The Jackrabbit men totaled 31 points to finish behind defending champion Denver with 36 points and six first-place votes. South Dakota received the other first-place vote and placed third in the poll, which was conducted among the league's seven head coaches.
SDSU finished fourth in the league standings a season ago.
In the women's division, SDSU collected 26 points to stand behind Denver (36 points) and South Dakota (31 points). The defending champion Pioneers received six first-place votes to take the top spot, with USD gaining the other first-place vote.
The Jackrabbits placed fifth out of eight teams at last season's league championships.
Four Jackrabbits were named swimmers and divers to watch for the upcoming season. Representing the SDSU men were Denilson Cyprianos and Reece Reid, while Gigi Hioki and Anna Mei Castro were nominated on the women's side.
Cyprianos, a graduate student from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, is the school record holder in the 200-yard backstroke (1:44.03) and was runner-up in the event at the 2024 Summit League Championships. He also recorded sixth-place individual finishes in the 200 and 500 freestyle events at the league meet.
Cyprianos went on to represent his home country in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Reid, a sophomore from Keller, Texas, placed 17th in 3-meter diving at the 2024 Summit League Championships.
A sophomore from Liberty Lake, Washington, Hioki excelled in the freestyle events for the Jackrabbit women last season, placing seventh in both the 200 and 1,650 freestyle at the league championships.
Castro, a sophomore from Barcelona, Spain, recorded a ninth-place finish in 1-meter diving at the 2024 Summit League Championships and added a 15th-place effort on the 3-meter board.
A LOOK AHEAD: The Jackrabbit women's team resumes dual competition by hosting Nebraska on Nov. 8. Start time is set for 4 p.m. at the Marshall Center Pool.
Next scheduled action for the SDSU men's squad is Nov. 21-23 at the St. Thomas Invite in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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