Diving Effort Leads NU Over Omaha and South Dakota State

Lincoln - Nebraska swim and dive team notched the second win of the season against Omaha and South Dakota State. Nebraska finished 231-67 over the Jackrabbits and 220-79 over the Mavericks. 

Big Red swept 13 events, with Addy Farman and Abby Baxter leading the diving efforts and Marissa Laurin leading the swimmers way with four total individual titles won at the H&K Pool in Omaha, Neb., on Saturday afternoon.

Beginning with the diving competition, Farman captured a personal best and the title for Nebraska with a score of 297.65 on the three-meter springboard and a second-place finish on the one-meter springboard. 

Baxter secured a first-place finish and her personal best with a score of 323.20 on the one-meter board and finished second on the three-meter board (275.70). Her score broke her previous school-record score of 320.00 from her performance against Iowa in 2023.

NU continued the momentum into the 200 medley, securing NU’s third title of the day with a time of 1:43.18, led by Virginia Consiglio, Dominika Borkowska, Meredith Peyton and anchored by Tanko. 

Riley Miklos captured two events for Nebraska, in the 1000 and 100 free with times of 10:20.89 and 52.43, respectively. Freshman Majdouline Zahir joined Miklos on the podium with a second-place finish and a time of 10:38.13.

Tanko snagged the 200 free event, with 1:50.96 and a second-place finish in the 200 IM (2:05.87). Followed by Co-Captain Amelia Riggot, who added another first-place podium in the 100 breast with a time of 1:03.75.

Natalie Dunaway clinched the 50 free title for the Cornhuskers with a first-place finish time of 23.82. First-time Husker Meredith Peyton claimed the 100 fly title with a time of 55.88.

Sweeping the 200 fly competition, Jazmyn Lunn, Jenna Brown and Georgia Holgate claimed the top three podium spots. Lunn led the way with a time of 2:04.76. Claire Parsons, Alaria Hadford and Lunn followed suit and swept the 500 free, with Parsons in first-place with a time of 4:57.52

The Junior out of Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada, Marissa Laurin sealed two individual titles for NU in the 200 back (2:03.05) and 200 IM (2:05.61).

In the 100 free, Miklos and Dunaway took first- and second-place with times of 52.43 and 52.49, respectively. 

Dominika Borkowska controlled the 200 breaststroke competition with a first-place time of 2:16.21. Tanko, Dunaway, Aurora Zenin and Miklos closed out for Nebraska in the 400 free relay title with a time of 3:29.76.

To complete the triangular, the Huskers took the first-place title in the 400 free relay. The team of Tanko, Dunaway, Zanin and Miklos finished the race in a time of 3:26.79. 

Nebraska will return to action in a double-dual with South Dakota and Minnesota at The Natatorium in Vermillion, S.D. on Friday, Oct. 23, at 4:00 p.m. (CT).