Huskers Fall Short Against Jayhawks

Lawrence Kan.- The Nebraska swimming and diving team dropped its dual meet to Kansas Friday evening. Despite strong performances in the spring freestyle and diving events, the Huskers fell to the Jayhawks, 180-119.

Taryn Collura led Nebraska in the sprint freestyle events earning victories in both the 50- and 100-yard freestyles.  Collura swam a time of 23.48 in the 50-yard freestyle and posted a time of 51.19 in the 100-yard freestyle. Alexandra Bilunas finished right behind Collura in the 50-yard freestyle racing to a second place time of 23.81, giving the Huskers the top two spots in the event.

Nebraska swept the top two spots in both diving events Friday evening against Kansas. Anna Filipcic led the way earning victories in both the one-meter dive (317.25) and the three-meter dive (307.88). Nicole Schwery notched a second place finish in the one-meter dive (271.73), while Francesca Giganti finished runner-up in the three-meter dive (267.00).

Katt Sickle was a strong performer for Nebraska. Sickle earned a pair of second place finishes against the Jayhawks.  Sickle raced to a time of 1:53.06 earning her second in the 200-yard freestyle. She secured her final second place finish of the night in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:00.38.

Jordan Ehly led the way for Nebraska in the breaststroke events. Ehly captured a victory in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:21.24. In the 100-yard breaststroke the sophomore finished in a time of 1:06.24, good enough for second place.

Jacqueline Juffer and Erin Oeltjen had strong performances for Nebraska in the backstroke events. Oeltjen took first place in the 200-yard backstroke swimming a time of 2:02.26.  Juffer finished in second place in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 57.25.

In the relay events Nebraska earned a pair of second place finishes. The 200-yard medley relay team of Juffer, Ehly, Oeltjen and Collura finished in a time of 1:45.30 for second place, while the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Deveaux, Oeltjen, Lindsay Helferich and Collura finished behind the Jayhawks with a time of 3:30.77.

Nebraska will have nearly two weeks off before it returns to competitive action on Thursday, Nov. 19, when Nebraska’s divers travel to College Station, Texas to compete at the Art Adamson Invite. That meet is an all day event and will take place Nov. 19-21. That same weekend Nebraska’s swimmers will travel to Topeka, Kan., to compete at the Big Challenge. That meet will begin on Friday, Nov. 20 and wrap up Sunday, Nov. 22. Check back into Huskers.com for any and all updates regarding the Nebraska swimming and diving team.