Huskers Take Iowa Road Trip

The Nebraska swimming and diving team looks to get back on the winning track this week when it takes a bus trip to the state of Iowa to take on Northern Iowa (4-1) in Cedar Rapids on Friday and Iowa State (5-2, 0-1) in Ames on Saturday. Friday’s meet with the Panthers will begin at 5 p.m., while Saturday’s conference matchup with the Cyclones will start at 1 p.m.<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>

 

The Huskers are 4-5 on the season and 0-3 in the Big 12 Conference after dropping a close decision to Kansas (154.5-145.5) at the Devaney Natatorium last Saturday, Jan. 13. The previous week <?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?>Nebraska went 1-2 in a Christmas invitational at Florida Atlantic with its win against IllinoisState and losses to Florida Atlantic and Pennsylvania. Although the Huskers are still searching for their first Big 12 dual win, two of their three conference losses came to ranked opponents in No. 5 Texas A&M and No. 12 Texas.

 

Nebraska holds commanding all-time series leads against both opponents this week with a 3-0 record against UNI and a 25-4 all-time lead over ISU. In meetings last season in Lincoln, the Huskers defeated the Panthers (160-95) and the Cyclones (181-115). IowaState’s last win over Nebraska came on Feb. 1, 2003 in Ames.

 

Nebraska and IowaState have met in the pool this year as they competed against each other back on Oct. 14 in the Big 12 Relays. The Huskers and Cyclones tied for fifth with 41 points each. They also saw each other at the Minnesota Invite when Nebraska finished fifth (344.5) and Iowa State was seventh (183.5).

 

Scouting the Panthers and Cyclones

Northern Iowa and IowaState faced off this season on Dec. 2 in Ames, a 195-94 Cyclone winner. The Panthers have swam against three of Nebraska’s opponents this year as they have lost to Illinois State, Kansas and South DakotaState. Last weekend, UNI went 1-1 as it defeated Evansville but lost to Southern Illinois. IowaState, on the other hand, has only faced one Nebraska opponent this year, South DakotaState. The Cyclones dominated the Jackrabbits, 190-95.

 

Last Year against the Panthers

Nebraska wrapped up Parent’s Weekend with its third straight win of the season, as the Huskers cruised to a 160-95 win over Northern Iowa at the Devaney Natatorium on Oct. 22, 2005.

 

The win marked the third straight season that Nebraska Head Coach Pablo Morales has led his squad to a 3-0 mark to start the season.

 

Nine Huskers won individual events, led by a trio of victories from Lauren Bailey in the 200 freestyle (1:54.65), the 200 backstroke (2:09.88) and 500 freestyle (5:00.37). The Huskers also received a pair of wins from Amie Buoy as she won the one- and three-meter once again with scores of 262.02 and 337.50.

 

Rachel Schlatter and Kate Wheeler each won their third races in the past two meets, as Schlatter finished first in the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.84, and Wheeler won the 200 breaststroke in 2:28.30.

 

The freshman class also continued to impress early in the season, as Christina Yemm and Jenny Toler each tallied victories. Yemm captured the 100 backstroke (1:00.96), while Toler took the 100 freestyle (53.72), just head of Nebraska’s other freshman, Jenna Stroud (54.04).

 

Esmie Holderman won the longest race of the day, the 1,000 freestyle (10:42.47). Bailey Ingles (200 butterfly, 2:10.21) and  Alex King (50 freestyle, 24.91) wrapped up the 13-win day for Nebraska.

 

Last Year against the Cyclones

The Nebraska swimming and diving team sent out its 2006 senior class in style as it picked up its seventh win of the season with a 181-115 victory over IowaState at the Devaney Natatorium on Jan. 28, 2006. The senior class, which was Head Coach Pablo Morales’ first full recruiting class at Nebraska, combined for three of NU’s 10 victories on the day.

 

Rachel Schlatter swept the 100 (1:05.11) and 200 breaststroke (2:23.17) events in season-best times, while Alex King won the 50-yard freestyle in a season-best mark of 24.08. Schlatter’s 100 breaststroke and King’s 50 freestyle victory came during a span in the first half of the meet that saw Nebraska win six of the first seven events.

 

Kate Wheeler was the second Husker to win a pair of events as she won the 100 (51.92) and 500 freestyle (5:01.08) to improve her season-win total to nine.

 

The tone was set in the first event of the day as the relay team of Bailey Ingles, Schlatter, King and Lynn Siemert won the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:47.16.

 

In the very next event, Lauren Bailey set an NCAA-provisional cut in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:30.98. The victory was just one second off her then-career best, and ran her team-leading win total to 14. She also took second in the 200 backstroke (2:06.93) and 200 butterfly (2:05.23). Ingles was first in the 200 fly in a time of 2:05.06.

 

The Huskers were plagued by injuries on the diving boards, but Amie Buoy and Danielle Stansbury each earned a runner-up finish. Buoy scored a 250.72 on the one meter and Stansbury a 255.52 on the three meter. Stansbury was also third on the one meter with a season-best score of 243.14 while Becky Johnson was fourth (202.71).

 

Morales and Head Assistant Coach Doug Humphrey also saw good signs for the future as two freshmen - Jenny Toler and Christina Yemm - each earned a win in season-best times.

 

Toler was first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.70) and Yemm won the 100-yard butterfly (57.45). Yemm was also second in the 200-yard individual medley (2:08.68).

 

Review: Huskers Drop Close Contest to Kansas

In its closest dual in almost two years, the Nebraska swimming and diving team fought Kansas to the wire but ultimately fell to the Jayhawks, 154.5-145.5, at the Devaney Natatorium last Saturday, Jan. 13.

 

The Huskers, who were swimming in their home pool for the first time since the Nov. 4 Alumni Meet, won two of the first three events against KU for the second year in a row and seven of the 16 events overall. The Jayhawks capitalized by taking both relay events, including the 400 freestyle relay, which clinched the team victory in the final event of the meet.

 

Nebraska’s fast start came in large part to senior Lauren Bailey who had yet another record-breaking day. The San Mateo, Calif., native broke her own Devaney Natatorium pool record in the 1,000 freestyle with a winning time of 9:55.10, more than two seconds faster than her old mark of 9:57.84 set against TrumanState on Nov. 13, 2004. In addition, Bailey also won the 500 freestyle (4:54.00) and 200 IM (2:06.82), where she narrowly defeated KU’s Danielle Herrmann by five one-hundreths of a second.

 

A marquee victory came for Nebraska in the sixth event of the day when freshman Mariah Hutchinson and senior Bailey Ingles finished first and second in the 200 butterfly. It was the fourth win of the season for Hutchinson and helped Nebraska to a 66.5-64.5 lead after sophomore Courtney Jolly won the one meter dive (255.07) two events later. Hutchinson added her fifth win of the year in the final half of the meet, taking the 200 butterfly in 57.81.

 

Jolly edged out Kansas’ Shelby Noonan for first place by 9.22 points (255.07-245.85) on the one meter, while Noonan went on to win the three meter with a score of 282.98, followed by NU senior Danielle Stansbury (276.41).

 

Senior Kate Wheeler tallied Nebraska’s remaining win with a time of 1:51.74 in the 200 freestyle, while she also finished runner-up in the 100 freestyle (52.46). Nebraska also had the runner-up swimmer in the 100 (1:06.13) and 200 (2:25.00) breaststroke events from freshman Kaitlin Arntz.

 

2007 Husker Swim Camp with Pablo Morales

Nebraska swimming coach Pablo Morales will host the 2007 Husker Swim Camp this coming summer. Morales and assistant head coach Doug Humphrey will conduct camps during the following dates - June 10-15, June 17-22 and June 24-29.

 

To register and see more details, click “Camps” on the left side of the swimming and diving page on Huskers.com. For questions, please call the swimming office at (402) 472-3186 or email the camp staff at huskerswimcamps@hotmail.com.

 

“Our aim is to provide you with the best swim camp experience?period,” Morales said. “In 2007, for the first time, Husker Swim Camps will offer an all-inclusive camp format that combines the very best of what in the past has been our two separate and specialized stroke and training camp formats. No longer do our campers have to choose whether to focus on technique development or get that training camp experience, because now they will get it all in a single camp format.

 

This change is designed to provide a more comprehensive, and, we believe, more attractive experience that includes two areas critical to the successful development of competitive swimmers. Along with the new format, Husker Swim Camps will continue to offer the very best in camp essentials and take great pride in providing unique and innovative elements to your water-time experience. Outside the pool, you will be exposed to a great lineup of presentations that complement the camp format. And, of course, we want to make sure you have fun along the way. In short, our objective is to provide a way for you to swim faster and increase your appreciation and enjoyment of competitive swimming. What you take with you will be memories of fun and friendship that will last a lifetime.”