Swimming and Diving end robust at Coyote Invite

Men’s Swimming & Diving | Feb 1, 2026

VERMILLION, S.D. – Omaha males’s and girls’s swimming and diving competed on the Coyote Invite, hosted by the University of South Dakota, from Jan. 30–31.

The Mavericks mixed for 3 particular person first-place finishes over the two-day meet.

On the boys’s aspect, freshman swimmer Mason Zadina (Omaha, Neb.) received the 100-yard breaststroke with a personal-best time of 56.02, rating him among the many Summit League’s prime 16 performers within the occasion. Senior Jace Walker (Houston, Texas) captured first within the 100 backstroke, posting a time of fifty.75.

Freshman Brady Wainionpaa (Hudson, WI) claimed the highest spot within the 100 particular person medley with a time of fifty.43 and at present ranks third on the Summit League’s top-five record within the 100 breaststroke.

Omaha additionally discovered success within the relays, as the boys received each the 200-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay. The ladies added a first-place end within the 400-yard freestyle relay.

On the boards, sophomore diver Owen Kipp (Eagan, Minn.) delivered a robust exhibiting, profitable the 3-meter dive with a rating of 313.30 and putting second within the 1-meter dive with 268.30 factors. Kipp ranks second on the Summit League’s 3-meter diving record with a season-best rating of 353.40, trailing solely teammate Nathan Frette (371.40).

“This is always a fun meet for our team to swim some off events and brush up on race strategies going into conference,” mentioned head coach Jessica Hessel. “The icing on the cake for me is to see some new races that we can start to develop into next season. There was energy, lots of support for each other and we ended up with some pool records.”

“This was the team’s chance to get to dive in a larger field heading into the Summit Championships,” mentioned diving coach Eric Sprague. “The group responded well and we have a lot of positives to take from the weekend.”

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