Session 4: Ten Huskers Qualify for Scoring Finals

College Station, Texas - Nebraska's Kaitlin Arntz put in another career performance at Friday morning's preliminary session at the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships when she swam the second-fastest 100-yard breaststroke time in the field. Arntz beat her previous career-best by over a second and vaulted into third on the all-time Nebraska charts with her time of 1:00.99. Overall on the day, the Huskers qualified 10 scoring finalists and are in prime position to make a run during Friday evening's finals session.

1-8 Finalists (A), 9-16 Consolation Finalists (B)

400 IM
Nebraska's Brandie Kavalec and Blaine Hoppenrath each made it into the "B" Finals of the 400-yard IM, the first event of the day. Hoppenrath swam a season-best time of 4:33.52 and Kavalec nearly beat her season best-time and swam a time of 4:30.61. The duo represent the 15th and 16th fastest preliminary times in the field and will compete in the "B" Finals on Friday evening.

15. Brandie Kavalec - 4:30.61
16. Blaine Hoppenrath - 4:33.52#

100 Butterfly
Mariah Hutchinson and Kelsey Grushecky each made it into the "B" Finals of the 100-yard butterfly after each swam season-best times. Grushecky had the 12th-fastest time in the field and clocked in with a time of 55.17, while Hutchinson was just behind her in 13th with a time of 55.42. Meredith Matthies made it in to the "C" Finals with a career-best time of 56.77.

12. Kelsey Grushecky - 55.17#
13. Mariah Hutchinson - 55.42#

200 Freestyle
Caroline Shea made it into the "B" Finals of the 200-yard freestyle with the 16th-fastest preliminary time, notching a career-best time of 1:51.89, just beating out Iowa State's Frances Calzada for the eighth and final spot in the "B" Finals. Claire Desormey made it into the "C" finals as she set a season-best time of 1:53.99.

16. Caroline Shea - 1:51.89*

100 Breaststroke
Kaitlin Arntz put in a top-five all-time performance for the second time this week when she swam a career-best 1:00.99 in the 100-yard breaststroke, which is third all-time at Nebrask and beats her previous career best by over a second. Arntz earned the second-fastest preliminary time and earned a spot in the "A" finals on Friday evening with her efforts. Arntz also set a top-five career NU time when she finished with the second-fastest 200-yard IM time on Thursday. Hailey Dean and Kelsey Larson made it into the "B" Finals for the Huskers in the event.

2. Kaitlin Arntz - 1:00.99* (3rd all-time) (B-cut)
11. Hailey Dean - 1:03.87#
16. Kelsey Larson - 1:05.35

100 Backstroke
Five of the six Huskers swimming in the 100-yard backstroke set career-best times, led by Ellan Dufour who put in the 14th-fastest preliminary time in the field, finishing with a time of 55.69. Hayley Martin also made it into the "B" finals with a time of 56.69.

14. Ellan Dufour - 55.69*
16. Hayley Martin - 56.69*

*career-best time
#season-best time

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Friday's Finals
Three Meter Diving
400 Medley Relay
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke