Divers, Sprinters Lead Huskers on Day One

Columbia, Mo.- Nicole Schwery finished second in the three-meter dive (314.00), Anna Filipcic finished third in the three-meter dive (306.95), the Nebraska 200-yard freestyle relay team took third and the Huskers finished the opening day of the Mizzou Invitational in third-place.  Nebraska (176) trails Missouri (397) and Florida International (182).

In the evening session's first event, Nebraska placed third in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:32.48.  The team was led by Alex Bilunas, Bria Deveaux, Erin Oeltjen and Taryn Collura.

The session's second event saw Katt Sickle race to an eighth-place finish posting a time of 4:53.47 in the 500-yard freestyle.  Cassandra Brassard earned a 20th-place finish with a time of 5:00.22.

500-Yard Freestyle

8th- Katt Sickle, 4:53.47

20th- Cassie Brassard, 5:00.22

30th- Aimee Fischer, 5:11.68

In the 100-yard butterfly,  Devaux placed seventh racing to a time of 54.97.  Oeltjen, Natalie Morris, Amanda Moran and Bilunas all qualified for the finals, finishing 11th, 15th, 25th and 32nd respectively for the Huskers.  

100-Yard Butterfly

7th- Bria Deveaux, 54.97

11th- Erin Oeltjen, 55.53

15th- Natalie Morris, 56.34

25th- Amanda Moran, 57.59

32nd- Alex Bilunas, 1:00.57

x46th- Jacqueline Juffer, 59.52

Sam Hardewig and Julia Roller finished 13th and 14th in the 200-yard individual medley posting times of 2:04.00  and 2:04.01.  Jordan Ehly and Kelly Dunn finished shorty behind Roller and Hardewig placing 18th and 21st.

200-Yard Individual Medley

13th- Sam Hardewig, 2:04.00

14th- Julia Roller, 2:04.01

18th- Jordan Ehly, 2:05.14

21st- Kelly Dunn, 2:06.45

26th- Katie Ditter, 2:07.84

29th- Krista Van Wie, 2:09.09

31st- Michaela Cunningham, 2:10.67

x34th- Natalie Morris, 2:09.89

x41st- Ciara Jenkins, 2:18.19

x47th- Aimee Fischer, 2:11.53

One of Nebraska's top individual finishes came from Collura in the 50-yard freestyle.  Collura raced to a time of 22.97 earning a fourth-place finish.  Bilunas followed shortly behind placing seventh with a time of 23.30.

50-Yard Freestyle

4th- Taryn Collura, 22.97

7th- Alex Bilunas, 23.30

27th- Rebekah Land, 24.06

34th- Jacqueline Juffer, 24.60

In Nebraska's final individual event,  Schwery and Filipcic finished second and third in the three-meter dive.  Schwery earned her runner-up finish with a score of 314.00 while Filipcic posted a score of 306.95.

Three-Meter Dive

2nd- Nicole Schwery, 314.00

3rd- Anna Filipcic, 306.95

18th-Francesca Giganti, 223.20

The Huskers concluded the day with a 10th-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay.  The team of Land, Ehly, Deveaux and Collura raced to a time of 3:46.73.

Day two of the Mizzou Invitational will begin with preliminaries at 10 a.m. Friday morning followed by finals at 6 p.m.  Check back in to Huskers.com for any and all updates regarding the Nebraska swimming and diving team.