Huskers Take 15 of 16 Events in Win over UNO

Omaha, Neb. - The Nebraska swimming and diving team earned its second dual win of the season on Friday afternoon with a 219-78 victory over Nebraska-Omaha at the HPER pool in Omaha. The Huskers won 15 out of 16 events en route to the victory.

 

The Huskers jumped out early and never looked back, winning the first 11 events of the afternoon. The meet featured some untraditional events, as the teams swam in 25- and 50-yard variations of the freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke and backstroke. The Huskers won all eight of the sprints, including C.J. Bray winning both the 25- and 50-yard freestyle.

 

The Nebraska divers had an outstanding day as well. Senior Courtney Jolly set a new career best on the one meter board with a score of 296.40, earning first place in the event. Jolly also won the three meter with a score of 303.37. Sophomore Emily Burbach and freshman D’Arcy Schmidt each set new career bests in both the one and three meter dives as well, giving the NU diving trio a total of five career high scores on the day.

 

Four other Huskers notched their first wins of the season, as Riley Seidel won the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:58.11), Karen Criss won the 25-yard backstroke (13.93), Hailey Dean won the 25-yard breaststroke (15.29) and Kaitlin Arntz won the 50-yard breaststroke (31.35).

 

The Huskers don’t have much time to recover from their meet against the Mavericks as they travel to Ames, Iowa, to take on Iowa State on Saturday at 1 p.m. for their final road dual of the season. Nebraska will then return home on Feb. 7 for its final home dual of the season against Missouri at 1 p.m.