BROOKINGS, S.D. – Omaha Swim & Dive left the Marshall Center Pool victorious Friday night as both men's and women's teams finished a successful day against a Summit League foe.

The men's team beat the Jackrabbits in their meet 151.50-144.50. Omaha Women's Swim & Dive won 177.50-122.50 over South Dakota State.

"This was a gritty meet for our team," head coach Jessica Hessel said. "It would have been an easy meet to throw in the towel and not fight to the end, but that's not the route we took.  This was truly a team effort, and I'm proud to see our team culture carry us to a win for both the men and women."

On Friday, the Mavericks finished first in 19 of 32 events, both individual and relay. Omaha also set three pool records against South Dakota State, two individual records and one relay record.

16 of the 19 first-place finishes were in individual events. While Omaha started the evening with a victory from Payton Easley, Julia Thomas, Jillian Altmaier, and Hailey Matthews took first place in the women's 400 medley relay, recording a time of 3:55.81.

The Mavericks also finished first in the women's 200-free relay, with the core of Easley, Thomas, Kate Novinski and Leah Spencer finishing in 1:36.66.

One Omaha men's relay team picked up a finish at the top of the box score and set a new pool record against the Jackrabbits in the men's 200 free relay. The group of Grant Waszak, Stefan Varga, Grant Schaeffer and Owen Hoak clocked in at 1:23.65.

The previous record in the men's 200 free relay (1:23.89) was set in 2015 against South Dakota State. 

Easley finished first in all four events she participated in (two relays and two individual). Individually, she won the women's 50 free (23.77), a new pool record against the Jackrabbits, beating Elizabeth Timmer's 23.92 in 2021, and also won the women's 100 free (53.39).

Varga also had three first-place finishes. He recorded a 50.02 in the men's 100 back and a new pool record of 1:49.61 in the men's 200 back. The previous record was held by Raf Hendricks (1:50.28) in 2023. 

Bella Price won the women's three-meter dive, scoring 270.68, and Owen Kipp scored 290.55 in the men's three-meter dive.

The Mavericks will be back in action on Wednesday, Dec. 11, when they travel to Lincoln, Neb., to take on the Cornhuskers at 4 p.m.