Huskers Conclude Week at Big Tens

Madison, Wisc.– The Nebraska swimming and diving team closed the 2022 Big Ten Championships on Saturday with high performances across the board.

Sophomores Sarah Barton and Madesyn Ronquillio started the day off for the Huskers by landing spots in the 200 backstroke C-finals. Ronquillio, the senior from Tracy, Calif., dropped over a second off her prelims time to place 20th overall with a 1:57.67. Barton followed by swimming a 1:59.46 to place 23rd.

Senior Autumn Haebig earned a spot in the finals for the third time this conference meet, where she cruised to win the 100 freestyle C-final and placed 17th overall with a 49.09. This marked Haebig’s career-best time and moved her up to third on Nebraska’s all-time list.

Freshman Maia Hall and sophomore Ella Stein represented NU in the 100 breaststroke B-final, while freshman JoJo Randby qualified for the C-final. Hall (Whitby, England) finished 12th with a 2:12.66, Stein (Hudson, Wis.) placed 14th with a 2:13.42 and Randby (Omaha, Neb.) claimed 20th with a 2:14.89. Hall’s prelims time of 2:11.72 places her fifth on Nebraska’s all-time list.

The Huskers had a big performance in the 200 butterfly, with Maggie Berning notching the top seed in the B-final. The senior from Kettering, Ohio went on to swim a 1:57.32, the third-fastest time in Nebraska school history. Senior Shannon Stott and Junior Berkeley Livingston both qualified for the C-final in the event. Each of them knocked off nearly a second and a half in the finals to grab 17th (1:58.94) and 19th (2:00.06), respectively.

The top finishers for the Huskers in the 1,650 freestyle were seniors Audrey Coffey and Rachel Powers and junior Molly Rosenthal. Coffey (Naperville, Ill.) swam to 19th with a 16:41.71, Powers (Sun Prairie, Wis.) swam a 16:42.62 to place 20th and Rosenthal (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) swam to 21st with a 16:42.77. Rosenthal’s time was an entire 10 seconds faster than her previous career-best.

Ohio State took the team crown with 1,303 points, while NU finished in ninth with 423 points.