Nebraska came up with 12 wins through 16 events in a meet against Omaha this weekend. The Huskers ended the meet with a dominant 178-114 victory. Read on for recaps from both teams.
Nebraska:
Omaha, Neb.- The Nebraska swimming and diving team captured its fourth victory of the season, Friday evening, against in-state rival Omaha. The Huskers dominated the Mavs, racing to a 178-114 victory. The Huskers notched first-place finishes in 12 of 16 events and swept the top-two spots in 10 of those events.
Nebraska was dominant in the backstroke events Friday evening. Erin Oeltjen and Jackie Jeschke led the way for the Huskers, earning first-place finishes in the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes, respectively. Oeltjen raced to a first-place time of 57.95 in the 100-yard backstroke, with fellow teammate Morgan McCafferty finishing right behind Oeltjen in a time of 58.93. In the 200-yard backstroke, Jeschke posted a first-place time of 2:07.65, while Cassie Brassard secured runner-up with a time of 2:11.51.
Nebraska also swept the top-two spots in both breaststroke events. Katie Ditter posted a time of 1:07.36 in the 100-yard breaststroke, securing the victory for the Huskers. Krista Van Wie was not far behind, finishing in a time of 1:08.90 for second-place. In the 200-yard breaststroke, Jordan Ehly earned a victory with her time of 2:19.63. Finishing right behind Ehly, Bridget Pacilio raced to a second-place time of 2:23.37. Pacilio also finished second-place in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:09.09.
Nebraska continued its dominance in the diving well. Anna Filipcic and Nicole Schwery both captured victories in Friday evening’s diving events. Filipcic took home the title in the one-meter with a score of 324.15, while Schwery finished in second-place with a score of 272.63. Schwery earned her victory in the three-meter dive with a score of 302.55, while Filipcic finished right behind Schwery tallying a score of 294.00.
Taryn Collura, Jacqueline Juffer and Lindsay Helferich were Nebraska’s top performers in the sprint freestyle races. Collura notched a first-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle racing to a time of 23.56. Juffer finished second in the race with a time of 24.90. Helferich earned a second-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle posting a time of 54.28.
Nebraska was strong in the middle- and long-distance freestyle events. Kaylyn Flatt and Katt Sickle earned victories in the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyles. Flatt finished in a time of 5:07.68, while Sickle swam a time of 10:30.20. Dana Posthuma also added a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:56.60.
Collura earned her second victory of the evening in the 100-yard butterfly. Collura finished in a time of 56.03, while Oeltjen finished in second-place with a time of 56.96. Jeschke secured a second-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly after racing to a time of 2:09.21.
The Huskers swept both relay events against Omaha. The 200-yard medley relay team of Juffer, Ehly, Collura and Oeltjen captured first-place after finishing in a time of 1:45.83. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Collura, Helferich, Juffer and Oeltjen earned their first-place finish racing to a time of 1:35.29.
Nebraska will be back in action in nearly a week as the Huskers return home to take on Illinois on Senior Day. The Huskers and Illini will battle on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 11 a.m., in the Devaney Natatorium. Check back into Huskers.com for any and all updates regarding the Nebraska swimming and diving team.
Omaha:
OMAHA, Neb. – The Omaha swimming & diving team returned to the pool Friday evening for the first time in six weeks, falling to in-state rival Nebraska, 178-114.
The Mavericks won four events on the evening, with local product Natalie Renshaw taking the top spot in two of them. The senior from Millard North finished ahead of the pack in both the 200 free (1:54.41) and the 100 free (51.95).
Junior Morgan Stepp also earned a pair of individual victories on the evening. The Parker, Colo., native won the 200 fly, finishing with a season-best time of 2:05.92, and also triumphed in the 200 IM (2:07.06).
Freshman Grete Baker impressed in the 1,000 free, taking a second-place finish and registering the fourth-fastest time in the event for any Maverick this season (10:49.85).
Senior Hannah Johnson took second in the 100 free (55.07), finishing behind Renshaw for Omaha’s only 1-2 finish of the evening.
Junior Meredith Ricks (200 back) and sophomore Chloe Kuehner (200 breast) also swam to second-place finishes in their respective events. Ricks, from Topeka, Kan., finished with a time of 2:15.12, while Kuehner, a Marshalltown, Iowa, native, touched the wall at 2:28.96.
Omaha concludes its final homestand on Saturday, Jan. 16 when Nebraska-Kearney comes to town for Senior Day. The Mavericks will honor their five seniors — Claire Alexander, Hannah Johnson, Miranda Knipfer, Jordane Linhart and Natalie Renshaw — prior to the 2 p.m. meet.
Swimming news courtesy of Nebraska and Omaha Swimming & Diving.