Swim and Dive Set for Opening Weekend – College of Nebraska

The Nebraska ladies’s swimming and diving workforce will splash into preseason motion this weekend on the Devaney Natatorium in Lincoln, Neb. 

The Big Red will host in-state foes for the Good Life Relays on Friday, Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. (CT), together with the boys’s and ladies’s Omaha and Nebraska Wesleyan groups, in addition to the ladies’s Saint Mary’s workforce. 

In the occasion’s inaugural displaying, the relays will embrace medley relays and three-person relay occasions for every stroke. 

Following the Good Life Relay, the Huskers have their annual Scarlet vs. Cream intrasquad meet Saturday, Sept. 26 at 10:30 a.m. (CT). Last 12 months, Scarlet grabbed its third consecutive victory over the Cream, 386-334, within the Nebraska swimming and diving workforce’s annual intrasquad meet.

The occasion will spotlight particular person swimming occasions together with relays, whereas divers compete on each springboards. At the tip of the meet, there can be a fan-favorite swimmers-dive occasion and a divers-swim occasion. 

Three-time faculty report holder Beatrix Tanko is trying to proceed her historic marketing campaign from final season. The senior from Budapest, Hungary, certified for her first look within the NCAA Championship, competing within the 50 free, 100 free and 100 fly throughout her championship run. 

The current Big Ten watch listing nominee collected a school-record time of 51.75 within the 100 fly for her efforts on the Big Ten Championships. Tanko started her record-collecting for the Cornhuskers on the Hawkeye Invite, the place she swam a 22.17 within the 50 free finals and grabbed a second-place end. Her time of 48.56 was sufficient for an extra runner-up end within the 100 free on the midseason competitors. She amassed 21 top-five finishes, 12 of which had been occasion titles all through her junior 12 months.

Senior Abby Baxter from Coppell, Texas, made her second NCAA Championship look final season on the three-meter board. She notched an Eleventh-place end and amassed a B ultimate rating of 312.15 in Atlanta, Ga. Baxter added her first honorable-mention All-America honors on the three-meter board. Baxter amassed a rating of 585.05 on the Zone D Diving Championships to complete sixth place and qualify for nationals. She accrued 16 top-five finishes all through the season, together with a career-best successful rating of 346.10 towards Iowa State.

The Huskers will look to proceed their success at a nationwide stage this 12 months after a 7-2 twin report final season and a top-30 end on the 2026 NCAA Championship. Regular season competitors will start on Friday, Oct. 2 the place the Big Red will face the Iowa State Cyclones at dwelling.   

Following the inaugural Good Life Relays, the Huskers will host its annual intrasquad meet at 10:30 a.m. again at Devaney.  

Good Life Relay Order of Events
Women’s/Men’s 200 Medley Relay
Women’s/Men’s 3×100 Butterfly Relay
Women’s/Men’s 3×100 Backstroke Relay
Women’s/Men’s 3×100 Breaststroke Relay
Women’s/Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay
Women’s/Men’s 400 Medley Relay
Women’s/Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay
Women’s/Men’s 4×100 Individual Medley Relay
Women’s/Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay