Iowa City, Iowa - The Nebraska swimming
and diving team began competition in the Hawkeye Invitational at the University
of Iowa's Campus Recreation and Wellness Center on Friday.
Nebraska
started the evening's finals with a win in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The
team of Ariel Weech, Hayley Martin, Shannon Guy, and Taryn Collura edged out
Michigan by 71 hundredths of a second as they finished with a time of 1:31.07.
In
the second finals event, Bailey Pons took third in the 500-yard freestyle with
a season-best time of 4:48.32. Katt Sickle and Morgan Flannigan finished
eleventh and thirteen in the event, respectively.
In
the diving well, Payton Michaud took seventh place in the one-meter dive with a
score of 261.35. Nicole Schwery, Kailey Harmon, and Amy Herman finished tenth,
13th, and 16th, respectively.
Hayley
Martin finished fourth (23.07), Taryn Collura fifth (23.15), and Ariel Weech
sixth (23.17) in the 50-yard freestyle finals. Shannon Guy placed ninth. The
Huskers finished the day with a fifth place finish in the 400-yard medley
relay.
The
squad will return to action on Saturday morning as they look for more success.
Check back in for updates as the Huskers continue competition in the Hawkeye
Invitational, beginning at 10 a.m.
