Huskers Earn Ninth at Big Ten Championships

Ann Arbor, Mich.- Taryn Collura earned ninth in the 100-yard freestyle, Erin Oeltjen finished 16th in the 200-yard backstroke, Anna Filipcic was named second-team All-Big Ten and the Nebraska swimming and diving team wrapped up competition at the 2016 Big Ten Championships on Saturday evening at the University of Michigan’s Canham Natatorium.

Nebraska finished in ninth place, overall, scoring 411.5 points. The squad also finished ninth in 2015, 2014 and 2013 following an 11th-place finish in 2012.

Saturday evening's session began with Kaylyn Flatt swimming a career-best time in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Flatt finished in 21st-place with a time of 16:43.17. Katt Sickle finished in 30th-place racing to a time of 17:02.07. Aimee Fischer and Brooke Holmes also competed in the event for Nebraska. Fischer finished in 33rd-place with a time of 17:18.51, while Holmes finished in 42nd-place with a time of 17:55.08

Erin Oeltjen notched a 16th-place finish for Nebraska in 200-yard backstroke racing to a time of 2:00.12. Lindsay Helferich also swam in finals finishing in 24th-place after posting a time of 2:01.39.

Taryn Collura continued her impressive meet, racing to a career-best time of 48.91 in the 100-yard freestyle, earning a ninth-place finish. Collura’s time was just .15 seconds off of breaking Therese Alshammar’s school record set in 1999.

In the 200-yard breaststroke, Jordan Ehly notched another top-24 finish for the Huskers earning 20th-place after racing to a time of 2:14.68.

In the diving well, Katrina Voge led the way for Nebraska just missing out on a spot in the finals, finishing in 17th-place after tallying a score of 234.55 in the platform dive. Nicole Schwery was Nebraska’s next top performer finishing in 22nd-place with a score of 227.35. Francesca Giganti was Nebraska’s last competitor in the event and earned a 31st-place finish after posting a score of 208.00. 

In the final event of the meet, the team of Taryn Collura, Bria Deveaux, Erin Oeltjen and Alex Bilunas earned an 11th-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay.  The team posted a time of 3:21.55.

Overall, Nebraska had nine individual top-16 finishers and 16 top-24 performances over the seven sessions of the meet.  Taryn Collura captured three top-10 finishes earning 5th in the 100-yard butterfly, 7th in the 50-yard freestyle and 9th in the 100-yard freestyle. Anna Filipcic had the highest finish of the Championships for Nebraska finishing runner-up in the one-meter dive.

A pair of Huskers also earned honors at the 2016 Big Ten Championships. Anna Filipcic was named second-team All-Big Ten and Julia Roller earned the Sportsmanship Award.

Women - Final Team Results
1. Michigan, 1,361
2. Indiana, 1,207.5
3. Minnesota, 927.5
4. Ohio State, 859
5. Purdue, 766.5
6. Wisconsin, 712
7. Penn State, 687.5
8. Northwestern, 467
9. Nebraska, 411.5
10. Rutgers, 385
11. Iowa, 369.5
12. Illinois, 234
13. Michigan State, 210