AMES, Iowa, October 18. Nebraska swimming needed a final relay win to secure a 153-147 victory against Iowa State today.
Nebraska Press Release
The Nebraska swimming and diving team earned its second victory of the season, defeating Iowa State 153-147, Saturday morning. Nebraska clinched the victory in the final event of the day, the 400-yard freestyle relay. With Nebraska leading by one point heading into the final event, the team of Bria Deveaux, Kelly Dunn, Natalie Morris and Taryn Collura swam past the Cyclones, posting a first-place time of 3:30.11, securing the victory for the Huskers.
Nebraska was led by Jordan Ehly and Anna Filipcic in the individual events. Filipcic and Ehly each earned two victories a piece to help pace the Huskers.
Filipcic captured both the one-meter dive and three-meter dive, her third time in as many attempts accomplishing the feat this season. The sophomore diver posted a score of 318.07 in the one-meter dive and 321.08 in the three-meter dive.
Ehly swam to victories in the 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley. The freshman posted a time of 2:19.59 in the 200-yard breaststroke and 2:06.87 in the 200-yard individual medley.
Nebraska captured victories in three other individual events. Collura, Morris and Bria Deveaux each captured individual titles.
Taryn Collura placed first in the 100-yard freestyle posting a time of 52.44. Collura also tied for second in the 50-yard freestyle with fellow teammate Alexandra Bilunas, both swimming to a time of 23.85.
Morris earned a victory in the 200-yard butterfly finishing with a time of 2:04.83. Morris also captured a third-place finish swimming to a time of 58.04 in the 100-yard butterfly.
Deveaux earned her victory in the 100-yard butterfly swimming a time of 57.23. Along with her victory, Deveaux secured a third-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.87.
The Huskers swept the relay events for the meet. Along with a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay, Nebraska earned first-place in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of Jacqueline Juffer, Ehly, Deveaux and Collura swam to a time of 1:48.58.
Erin Oeltjen (100-yard backstroke), Katt Sickle (200-yard and 500-yard freestyle), Amanda Moran (200-yard backstroke) and Nicole Schwery (one-meter dive) all earned runner-up finishes against Iowa State.
Nebraska will be back in action in two weeks when they take on South Dakota State in Brookings, S.D. The meet will take place Saturday, Nov. 1., at 1 p.m. Check back in to Huskers.com for any and all updates regarding the Nebraska swimming and diving team.
Iowa State Press Release
The Iowa State swimming and diving team (1-1, 0-0 Big 12) fell to Nebraska (2-2, 0-2, B1G) Saturday morning in Beyer Hall, 153-147. As predicted by Iowa State head swimming coach Duane Sorenson, the meet came down to the final event.
It was all Iowa State heading into the first diving break, as the Cyclones tallied five first-place finishes in the first seven events, including sweeps in the 1000 freestyle and 100 breaststroke. Iowa State held a 27-point lead, their largest of the day, after senior Amanda Paulson notched a first-place performance in the 50 freestyle with a time of 0:23.80.
“We were really ready to come out and race and compete. The first half of the meet is kind of tailored to our team, and the second half of the meet is kind of tailored to their team,” Sorenson said. “We expected that, and that’s always happened in the past.”
Junior diver Elyse Brouillette led the charge for Iowa State on the board with a second and third-place performance in the three and one-meter events, respectively. Sophomore Julie Dickinson and freshman Sydney Ronald also scored on the boards for the Cyclones.
“I think there was a lot of consistency today. I saw a lot of good dives, good improvements from practice and even from last night,” Brouillette said. “People are looking a lot more confident, and I think that will carry over to our next meet.”
The Huskers came back strong, however, winning three of the next five events following the diving break to trim ISU’s lead to seven, 126-119. Iowa State sophomore Karyl Clarete won a crucial 500 freestyle for the Cyclones in a time of 5:01.33, notching her 25th-career first place finish.
“I’m really happy with how my races went today, I felt really good,” Clarete said. “In terms of where we are with training, I feel like I’m ahead of where I was at this point last year.”
After the one-meter diving event, the score was all-knotted-up at 132. The Huskers then took a one-point lead over Iowa State after the 200 IM, their first lead of the day after winning the 200 medley relay to open the meet.
“We just have to do a better job of swimming our 200s, and be a little tougher when it starts to hurt,” Sorenson said.
The Huskers locked it up with a win in the 400 freestyle relay in a time of 3:30.11.
Results: Nebraska vs. Iowa State