Scarlet Prevails at Ninth Annual Scarlet-Cream Intrasquad Meet

Lincoln- The Scarlet team defeated the Cream team 153-108 Saturday morning at the Devaney Natatorium. The Scarlet team won ten of the day's fifteen events in the process of outscoring the Cream by 45 points.

The Scarlet's Bailey Pons won three events on the day, including back-to-back events in both the 1,000- and 200-yard freestyle. She also won the tenth event of the day in the 500-yard freestyle. Ariel Weech notched a win for the Scarlet in the 50-yard freestyle, while Kristin Strecker and Kelsey Grushecky each won in the 100-yard breaststroke, and 100-yard butterfly, respectively. Payton Michaud also won the 1-meter dive.

The Cream team was supported by Ellan Dufour who won both the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard IM. D'Arcy Schmidt was able to win the divers-only 50-yard freestyle, followed by Kaitlan Walker and Alyson Ramsey. Kaitlan Walker won the 3-meter dive for the Cream team as well.

The story of the day may have been the strong freshman presence. The freshman combined for five wins on the day, 3 of which came from Bailey Pons, the other two coming from Kristin Strecker and Payton Michaud. Lexie Halberstadt earned a second-place finish in the 100-meter butterfly while Amy Herman placed  runner-up in the 3-meter diving competition.

The Huskers open the regular season next Saturday, October 9th at 11 a.m. at future Big-10 opponent Illinois for a battle with the Fighting Illini. Nebraska will then get a bit of a breather until their next meet Saturday, November 6th at Nevada.