Cedar Falls, Iowa ? Freshman Hailey Dean and seniors Lauren Bailey and Kate Wheeler won two events each as the Nebraska swimming and diving team won the first nine events overall and cruised to an easy 121-81 win over Northern Iowa on Friday in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
The win improved the Huskers to 5-5 on the season, including a 3-0 head-to-head dual record on the road, while the Panthers fell to 3-8. It was the first of two meets in two days for the Big Red as NU will now travel to Ames to take on IowaState on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Many Huskers competed in a wide array of events, but that didn’t slow Nebraska from a quick start after the 400 medley relay team of sophomore C.J. Bray, Dean, senior Bailey Ingles and sophomore Jenna Stroud won the first event of the meet in 4:03.95, nearly five seconds ahead of the competition. Dean then went on to win the 50 (25.18) and 100 freestyle (54.25) races to give her three total wins on the day.
Senior Kate Wheeler swam the 200 IM for the first time since last season’s dual against Northern Iowa on Oct. 22, 2005 and won the event in 2:13.50, while freshman Colleen Criss (2:16.18) and Michelle Criss (2:17.06) finished second and third. Wheeler dominated the 1,000 freestyle by 42 seconds (10:23.53) for her other win on the night.
Senior Lauren Bailey broke the one-minute mark to win 100 butterfly in 59.93 and also took first in the 200 freestyle in a time of 1:54.75. Bailey had not competed in the 100 butterfly in a regular season meet since her sophomore season on Jan. 28, 2005 against Nebraska-Omaha/Northern Colorado.
Ingles and freshman Mariah Hutchinson had Nebraska’s remaining two wins as Ingles won the 100 backstroke (1:01.01), while Hutchinson took the 500 freestyle (5:08.29) ahead of Sarah Broker, another freshman, in second place (5:16.74).
Following Hutchinson’s win in the 500 freestyle the Huskers had clinched the victory and Nebraska swam the final two events (100 breaststroke and 400 freestyle relay) exhibition.
The Huskers will attempt to make their mini-road swing a successful one on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Ames when they dual Iowa State at Beyer Hall Pool. It will be Senior Day for the Cyclones, who hold a 5-2 record in 2006-07. Nebraska and IowaState tied for fifth with 41 points each at the Big 12 Relays in Lincoln on Oct. 13, 2006.
Team Scores - Nebraska 121, Northern Iowa 81
Event 1 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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School Finals Points
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1 University of Nebraska 'A' 4:03.95 11 in5
1) Bray, Cassidy 2) Dean, Hailey
3) Ingles, Bailey 4) Stroud, Jenna
2 University Of Northern Iowa 'A' 4:08.92 4
1) Girard, Abby 2) Robnett, Rachael
3) Klinkenborg, Katie 4) Firman, Amanda
3 University of Nebraska 'B' 4:10.28 2
1) Yemm, Christina 2) Goodman, Adrienne
3) Siemert, Lynn 4) Criss, Michelle
4 University of Nebraska 'C' 4:12.99
1) Schnack, Casey 2) Criss, Colleen
3) Ida, Kelsey 4) Ziegelmann, Sarah
5 University Of Northern Iowa 'B' 4:21.79
1) Moes, Abby 2) Miller, Maegan
3) Rickert, Maggie 4) Armstrong, Alexa
6 University Of Northern Iowa 'C' 4:37.47
1) Green, Ally 2) Stork, Lauren
3) Little, Megan 4) James, Pearl
Event 2 Women 1000 Yard Freestyle
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Name AgeSchool Finals Points
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1 Wheeler, Kate NEB 10:23.53 9
2 Toler, Jenny NEB 11:05.15 4
3 Mateas, Kelly UNI 11:13.60 3
4 Mendel, Lauren UNI 11:38.57 2
5 Roberts, Nichol UNI 11:48.32 1
Event 3 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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Name AgeSchool Finals Points
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1 Bailey, Lauren NEB 1:54.75 9
2 Hutchinson, Mariah NEB 1:56.91 4
3 Hunter, Ashley UNI 2:00.30 3
4 Arntz, Kaitlin NEB 2:00.97 2
5 Robnett, Rachael UNI 2:02.21 1
6 Maloy, Katie UNI 2:05.02
7 Little, Melissa UNI 2:09.35
-- Stroud, Jenna NEB X2:00.74
-- Ziegelmann, Sarah NEB X2:01.84
Event 4 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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Name AgeSchool Finals Points
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1 Dean, Hailey NEB 25.18 9
2 Danielson, Erin UNI 25.52 4
3 Rickert, Maggie UNI 26.02 3
4 Bray, Cassidy NEB 26.12 2
5 Armstrong, Alexa UNI 26.21 1
6 Goodman, Adrienne NEB 26.49
7 Crawford, Emilee NEB 26.53
8 Keefer, Jamie UNI 27.02
Event 5 Women 200 Yard IM
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Name AgeSchool Finals Points
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1 Wheeler, Kate NEB 2:13.50 9
2 Criss, Colleen NEB 2:16.18 4
3 Criss, Michelle NEB 2:17.06 3
4 Moes, Abby UNI 2:21.28 2
5 Green, Ally UNI 2:25.12 1
6 Kilfoy, Melissa UNI 2:27.42
7 Stork, Lauren UNI 2:28.14
-- Schnack, Casey NEB X2:17.17
Event 6 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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Name AgeSchool Finals Points
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1 Bailey, Lauren NEB 59.93 9
2 Klinkenborg, Katie UNI 1:02.02 4
3 Broker, Sarah NEB 1:02.83 3
4 Siemert, Lynn NEB 1:02.91 2
5 Rickert, Maggie UNI 1:06.09 1
6 Kilfoy, Melissa UNI 1:06.43
7 Little, Megan UNI 1:07.94
-- Arntz, Kaitlin NEB X1:02.89
Event 7 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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Name AgeSchool Finals Points
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1 Dean, Hailey NEB 54.25 9
2 Firman, Amanda UNI 55.61 4
3 Ida, Kelsey NEB 55.64 3
4 Crawford, Emilee NEB 56.17 2
5 Mateas, Kelly UNI 58.02 1
6 James, Pearl UNI 59.17
7 Keefer, Jamie UNI 1:00.14
-- Ziegelmann, Sarah NEB X55.82
Event 8 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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Name AgeSchool Finals Points
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1 Ingles, Bailey NEB 1:01.01 9
2 Girard, Abby UNI 1:01.54 4
3 Yemm, Christina NEB 1:01.78 3
4 Moes, Abby UNI 1:02.72 2
5 Danielson, Erin UNI 1:02.76 1
6 Stroud, Jenna NEB 1:03.06
7 Toler, Jenny NEB 1:03.99
8 Stork, Lauren UNI 1:08.71
Event 9 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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Name AgeSchool Finals Points
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1 Hutchinson, Mariah NEB 5:08.29 9
2 Broker, Sarah NEB 5:16.74 4
3 Hunter, Ashley UNI 5:26.87 3
4 Maloy, Katie UNI 5:28.62 2
5 Little, Melissa UNI 5:31.89 1
6 Mendel, Lauren UNI 5:49.52
Event 10 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Name AgeSchool Finals Points
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1 Robnett, Rachael UNI 1:11.23 9
2 Miller, Maegan UNI 1:15.66 4
3 Green, Ally UNI 1:17.93 3
-- Wheeler, Kate NEB X1:09.54
-- Bailey, Lauren NEB X1:10.13
-- Yemm, Christina NEB X1:10.84
-- Schnack, Casey NEB X1:16.40
-- Klinkenborg, Katie UNI X1:21.99
Event 11 Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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School Finals Points
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1 University Of Northern Iowa 'A' 3:43.43 11
1) Firman, Amanda 2) Mateas, Kelly
3) Danielson, Erin 4) Hunter, Ashley
2 University Of Northern Iowa 'B' 3:54.79 4
1) Girard, Abby 2) Keefer, Jamie
3) James, Pearl 4) Armstrong, Alexa
3 University Of Northern Iowa 'C' 4:04.25 2
1) Maloy, Katie 2) Little, Melissa
3) Roberts, Nichol 4) Miller, Maegan
-- University of Nebraska 'C' X3:40.69
1) Siemert, Lynn 2) Ingles, Bailey
3) Hutchinson, Mariah 4) Ida, Kelsey
-- University of Nebraska 'B' X3:42.23
1) Toler, Jenny 2) Bray, Cassidy
3) Criss, Colleen 4) Crawford, Emilee
-- University of Nebraska 'A' X3:43.42
1) Arntz, Kaitlin 2) Broker, Sarah