Nebraska Women Take Down Illinois as Genevieve Jorgenson Shines
A showdown between a pair of Big Ten schools with women’s-only swimming and diving teams went the way of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, with this group finishing clear of Illinois by a margin of 169-to-131.
Nebraska’s Genevieve Jorgenson bested the field in the 1000 freestyle by a whopping 23 seconds, coming in at 9:41.68. Jorgenson later dominated the 500 free with a time of 4:49.04. Jojo Randby was the winner of the 100 breaststroke in 1:02.43 before Anastasia Tichy led a 1-2-3 finish for Nebraska in the 200 butterfly, with Tichy’s time of 1:59.22 the only mark under 2:00. Sarah Barton topped the 200 backstroke (1:59.15)
Beatrix Tanko won the 100 fly for Nebraska in 53.98, and Nebraska’s Abigail Baxter finished first in 3-meter diving (331.65) and 1-meter diving (296.18). The Nebraska team of Emily Haimes, Giulia Marchi, Tanko and Jorgenson closed out the meet with a victory in the 400 free relay, with the Cornhuskers coming in at 3:23.73.
Illinois began the meet with a 1-2 finish in the 200 medley relay, with the team of Sydney Stoll, Kylee Sessions, Logan Kuehne and Lily Olson topping the field in 1:41.64. Stoll later won the 200 free in 1:48.72, and Suvana Baskar placed first in the 100 back (54.48). Kuehne won the 50 free in 23.62, edging out Nebraska’s Tanko by one hundredth, while Laurel Bludgen got the better of the field in the 100 free (51.33).
Sara Jass was the winner of the 200 breast by three hundredths over Nebraska’s Maia Hall, 2:13.61 to 2:13.64, and Jass later won the 200 IM (2:00.60).