Huskers Defeat Arkansas in First Dual Meet

Fayetteville, Ark.? The Nebraska swimming and diving team used strong efforts from its distance squad and two wins on the diving boards to tally nine victories as a team and start the season 1-0 with a 184-115 win at Arkansas.

 

The Huskers won seven races in the pool, including three by junior Lauren Bailey and a pair by junior co-captain Kate Wheeler. The victories helped Nebraska earn its 11th dual win in the last 12 meets dating back to the 2003-04 season.

 

Bailey took victories in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:13.19), 200-yard backstroke (2:05.72) and 200-yard IM (2:09.25) with an average margin of victory of nearly five seconds per race, while Wheeler won the 200- (1:52.16) and 500-yard freestyle (5:05.67) and was runner-up in the 100-yard freestyle (52.31).

 

Amy Buoy, a returning NCAA-qualifier, swept the one- and three-meter diving competitions with scores of 261.52 and 290.91. Redshirt freshman Courtney Jolly was runner-up on the three meter (254.47) and third on the one meter (232.42).

 

Junior Bailey Ingles added a win in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:07.43 to help Nebraska extend its lead midway through the meet. The Huskers shut the door on the Lady 'Backs with a victory in the 400-yard freestyle (Wheeler, junior Michelle Criss, sophomore Lynn Siemert and freshman Jenny Toler) in a time of 3:32.79 to end the meet.  

 

Nebraska hosts a pair of home dual meets next weekend by welcoming Nebraska-Omaha to the Devaney Center Pool on Friday, Oct. 21 at 5 p.m., and Northern Iowa on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 2 p.m.