All-American Jorgenson Smashes School Record in 1,650

Gena Jorgenson raced to a sixth-place individual finish in the 1,650 freestyle to capture first-team All-America honors for the second straight season to lead the Nebraska swimming and diving team to a 34th-place with 13 points at the 2025 NCAA Championships in Federal Way, Wash.

Jorgenson, a junior from Aberdeen, S.D.,  who earned an eighth-place finish at the 1,650 free at last year's NCAA Championships in a then-school-record time of 15:55.71 smashed her own school record by racing to the top time in Saturday's opening heat with a 15:49.99 at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center.

Jorgenson's sixth-place finish marked the best showing by a Husker swimmer at the NCAA Championships since Elvira Fischer finished fifth in the 200 breaststroke in 2001. Jorgenson also became Nebraska's first two-time first-team individual swim All-American since Fischer in 2001.

Jorgenson lifted Nebraska to its second consecutive top-35 team finish and its third in the past five seasons. The Big Red has produced top-40 national finishes at seven of the past nine championships over the last 10 years.

The Huskers were one of seven Big Ten Conference teams to finish among the top 35 at the NCAA Championships. Virginia won the national title, while Stanford finished second, Texas took third and Indiana finished fourth.

Nebraska 2025 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championship Results

Gena Jorgenson - First-Team All-American (1,650 Free)
1,650 Free - 6th - 15:49.99 (school record)
500 Free - 22nd - 4:39.33
400 IM - 39th - 4:13.76

Abby Baxter
Three-Meter Diving - 20th - 299.45

Team - 34th (13 points)