Filipcic Smashes Records, Huskers Crush Kansas

Lincoln — All-American Anna Filipcic smashed the Nebraska record in the three-meter dive while adding a Devaney Natatorium record on the one-meter board to power the Nebraska swimming and diving team's 198-101 victory over Kansas on Saturday.

With the victory, Nebraska improved to 4-0 to start the season for the first time since 2012-13, while snapping an eight-dual losing streak that spanned 12 years against Kansas. It marked the Huskers' first dual win over the Jayhawks since beating the beaks in blue, 180-120 in a Big 12 Conference dual at the Devaney Natatorium on Jan. 15, 2005. Kansas slipped to 3-1 on the year after the Big Red handed them their first setback of the season.

Filipcic's record-setting day in the diving well provided one of many highlights for the Huskers on the afternoon, as Nebraska claimed titles in 14 of the 16 events contests against the Jayhawks. Filipcic, a senior out of Omaha Burke, shattered her own school with a whopping six-dive total of 372.30 on the three-meter dive. Her previous career best came with a 359.03 against Illinois last season. She added a Devaney Natatorium record with a six-dive total of 330.52 in the one-meter diving event.

Filipcic wasn't the only Husker to score big points for the Big Red in the diving event. Freshman Abigail Knapton out of Omaha Marian contributed a runner-up finish with a career-best score of 289.43 on the one-meter board. She pitched in another career best with a 332.85 to finish second on the three-meter board. Sophomore Katrina Voge pitched in third-place finishes in both dives with a 235.27 on the one meter and a 275.03 on the three meter.

Before Filipcic and the Husker divers dominated in the well, the Nebraska swimmers erupted to a fast start in the pool. The Huskers opened with a victory in the 200-yard medley with a time of 1:43.82. The relay consisted of freshmen Carla Gonzalez-Garcia, Tori Beeler and Allie Worrall and senior Erin Oeltjen.

Oeltjen and Worrall also joined forces Kaylyn Flatt and Lindsay Helferich to cap the meet for the Huskers with another victory in the 400 free relay (3:28.92). Oeljen and Worrall each added pair of individual victories to claim four wins apiece on the day. Beeler also notched a four-win day, claiming three individual wins along with helping the Huskers in the 200 medley relay.

Oeltjen, a Husker co-captain out of Millard West High School in Omaha, raced to wins in the 100 (56.56) and the 200-yard backstrokes (2:01.62). Worrall, a freshman from Phoenix, Ariz., captured individual titles in the 50 freestyle (23.82) before adding a victory in the 100 freestyle (51.50). Worrall's times were both season bests, as she cut 0.59 off her time in the 100 free, since last Friday's win over Northern Iowa. Since the start of the season, Worrall has slashed nearly two seconds off her time in the 100 free.

Beeler, a freshman from Parkville, Mo., swam to a win in the 200-yard IM (2:05.27), while sweeping the 100 (1:03.46) and the 200-yard breaststroke titles (2:17.79). Beeler's times were all season and collegiate bests, as she slashed more than one second off her previous best in the 100 and 200 breasts. Beeler has moved within one second of the NCAA B standard in the 100, and is just 1.80 seconds from the B standard in the 200 breast.

Dana Posthuma, a sophomore out of Omaha Burke, captured wins in the 100 (56.02) and 200 butterfly events (2:02.28), while fellow sophomore Kaylyn Flatt produced a victory in the 500-yard freestyle (5:01.71) before helping the Huskers to a win in the 400 free relay. Flatt also pitched in a runner-up finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:14.39).

Posthuma and Oeltjen will represent the Huskers next weekend at the USA College Challenge in Indianapolis. The exciting meet will feature teams from each Big Ten school competing against members of the U.S. National Team, Nov. 12-13.