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Austin, Texas ? Nebraska ended its final competition of the 2007 calendar year by improving its standing at the Texas Invitational with a sixth-place finish out of 14 teams Saturday night in Austin, one spot higher than its previous finish at the Texas Invite from 2004.
For the second consecutive day during the three-day meet, breaststrokers Adrienne Goodman and Kaitlin Arntz delivered two of NU’s best performances, as each qualified for the B Final of the 200-yard breaststroke. Following a 16th-place finish in Friday’s 100 breaststroke, Arntz placed 12th in the 200 in a season-best time of 2:18.94, just seven one-hundredths of a second off her career-best clocking of 2:18.87 from the 2007 Big 12 Championships. Goodman finished 16th in 2:24.66, also a season-best time. Arntz’ finish was the second-highest of the meet for Nebraska behind freshman Brandie Kavalec’s 11th-place showing in the 1,650-yard freestyle in a season-best time of 17:22.95.
Sophomore Hailey Dean was one spot away from making it a trio of Huskers in the 200 breaststroke B Final, but instead won the C Final (17th overall) by shattering her career-best mark by nearly two seconds with a time of 2:20.88. Sophomore Colleen Criss also set a career best in the C Final to finish 20th with a time of 2:25.19, while freshman Julie Giehl was 21st 2:33.12.
Just one event later, sophomore Mariah Hutchinson gave Nebraska two winners in the C Final races (17th overall), by taking the 200-yard butterfly in a career-best time of 2:02.76.
The Huskers saw extensive improvement in the relay races in Austin as four of its five relays set season-best times. The streak nearly reached five in a row Saturday night, but Nebraska’s 10th-place 400-yard freestyle relay (freshman Jess Andrews, junior Jenny Toler, junior Jenna Stroud, senior Lynn Siemert) missed its season best by one-tenth of a second (3:28.67).
When the Huskers continue the 2007-08 season in January, they will look to improve on their 6-0 dual record, beginning with the Christmas training competition to San Luis Potosi, Mexico Jan. 5. Nebraska will then open Big 12 Conference competition at Kansas on Jan. 19.