House Divided: Scarlet vs. Cream Intrasquad

Scarlet v. Cream Intrasquad
Date: Friday, Sept. 27
Location: Devaney Natatorium
Time: 4 p.m.

Lincoln, Neb.---The Nebraska Swimming and Diving team will kick off its season this Friday, Sept. 27, at 4 p.m. with the annual Scarlet and Cream Intrasquad meet in the Devaney Natatorium. 

Admission to the squad's event is free to the public.

The Husker's return to the water after last season's eighth-place finish in the Big Ten Conference meet and a 33rd place finish at the NCAA Championships.

The Husker swimmers and divers will split into two different squads, the scarlet team and the cream team, respectively. 

The scarlet team is led by co-captain Izzie Murray, and includes swimmers Taylor Acheson, Kaitlyn Barth, Tori Beeler, Audrey Coffey, Madison Coughlen, Allie Dillingham, Carla Gonzalez-Garcia, Morgan Heasty, Katelyn Kilpatrick, Amelia Miller, Jessica Pentlarge, Savannah Savitt, Lindsey Stalheim, Alejandra Vasquez and divers Reagan Hinze, Sara Troyer and Jessica Warak.

The cream team is led by co-captain's Autumn Haebig and Abi Knapton, and includes swimmers Gabby Baratta, Maggie Berning, Alexandra Ellis, Allison Kopas, Kim Lanaghen, Berkeley Livingston, Emma MacCallum, Sutton Marvin, Amanda Mathiasen, Rachel Powers, Mira Rhodes, Molly Rosenthal, Claire Sorrell, Gwen Worlton and divers Hallie Roman and Grace Tiernon.

Following Friday's meet, the Husker's will travel to Brookings South Dakota on Friday, Oct. 11, to face the Jackrabbits in the regular season opener. Last season, the Husker's defeated South Dakota State in the dual 156-63 and holds a perfect 14-0 record against the Jackrabbits all-time.

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Last Time Out: Husker Distance Swimmers Make Waves in Preseason

Five Husker distance swimmers swam the first event of the 2019-20 season today at the CSCAA National Collegiate Open Water meet in Lawrence, Kan. The preseason race was a mass start 5,000-meter swim at Lone Star Lake. Sophomore Audrey Coffey brought home a top-ten finish in eighth place with a time of 1:05:46.9, and junior teammate Rachel Powers followed in 11th (1:06:12.6).

Eighty collegiate swimmers competed in the women's race. The Huskers placed two more in the top half, freshman Molly Rosenthal (1:09:12.1) and sophomore Maggie Berning(1:09:12.5). Sophomore Katelyn Kilpatrick (1:09:34.3) also competed for NU.

Husker Head Coach Pablo Morales explained why those five Husker swimmers were competing at the prestigious event, which was hosted by the University of Kansas for the fourth consecutive year. "These are swimmers that are going to be competing in the 1,500-yard swim as one of their events. The limit [for the CSCAAChampionships] is five swimmers per team and it just so happens that we have five individuals that will be competing in the 1,500 this year."

The Husker distance swimmers will look to use their strong showing at today's meet to jump-start their regular season. Before the first official meet against South Dakota State on Oct. 11, the Huskers will hold their final preseason event with the annual Scarlet and Cream Intrasquad meet at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Natatorium on Friday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m.