Huskers Finish Eighth at Texas Invitational

Austin, Texas - The Nebraska swimming and diving team took eighth place at the Texas Invitational over the weekend. The Huskers finished with 137 team points, while No. 4 Arizona took first with 1,153.5 points.

 

The three-day tournament had a total of 15 teams. The Huskers finished ahead of Washington State, Wyoming, Hawaii, California, New Mexico, SMU, Longhorn Aquatics and Sun Devil Aquatics. The competition in Austin featured some of the best teams in the country, including No. 4 Arizona (1st place), No. 17 Texas (2nd), No. 20 Wisconsin (3rd), No. 15 UCLA (4th), No. 16 Arizona State (5th) and No. 14 SMU (14th).

 

The Huskers had a fantastic showing in the relays, setting season-best times on all five relay events during the weekend. The Huskers had a ninth place finish (400 Medley Relay) and three 10th-place finishes (200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay).

 

Other top finishers for the Huskers on the weekend were Courtney Jolly (11th in both One and Three Meter, 10th in Platform), Hailey Dean (11th in 100 Breaststroke), Brandie Kavalec (18th in 1,650 Freestyle), Kaitlin Arntz (15th in 200 Breaststroke) and Mariah Hutchinson (19th in 200 Butterfly).

 

Overall, the Huskers had a solid weekend against outstanding competition. Nebraska is in action again this weekend as they travel to South Dakota State on Dec. 12 for its third dual meet of the season.

 

For complete results of the Texas Invitational please click here.