Huskers Head to Big Ten Championships

The Nebraska swimming and diving team is set for four days of competition, as the Huskers seek high placements and top times during the 2023 Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan (Feb. 15-18). The action begins with the 12 teams going head-to-head in the 200 Medley Relay and the 800 Freestyle Relay on Wednesday evening at 4 p.m. (CT) at the University of Michigan’s Canham Natatorium. On Thursday through Saturday, preliminaries begin at 9 a.m. (CT) each day, with finals starting at 4 p.m. (CT).

Shannon Stott owns 10 individual victories on the season and has clocked six NCAA B Standard Cut times between the 200 butterfly and the 500 freestyle. The senior from St. Albans, Great Britain grabbed her first B Cut times of the season during the Hawkeye Invitational, where she raced to a 200 butterfly win, finished as runner-up in the 200 and 500 freestyles and was a member of the winning 800 freestyle relay.

Gena Jorgenson, a freshman from Aberdeen, S.D., owns a pair of facility records in the 500 and 1,000 freestyle and has claimed 19 individual top-two finishes throughout the season. She has continuously dropped time and is expected to make a splash in the distance freestyle and individual medley events this week.

Maia Hall and JoJo Randby have each pitched in NCAA B Standard Cut times in the breaststroke events. In Hall’s impressive time of 2:10.76 at the Hawkeye Invitational, she won the event and moved up to third on Nebraska’s all-time list, trailing only Olympians Penny Heyns and Julia Russell.

Randby added the sixth-fastest 100 breaststroke time in school history in her runner-up finish at the Hawkeye Invitational (1:01.22). The sophomore from Omaha has eight top-two finishes in the 100 breaststroke this season.

Berkeley Livingston is coming off a pair of victories at the Rutgers dual in the 200 IM and the 400 IM. At last year’s conference meet, Livingston raced to a career-best 4:14.16 in the 400 IM, putting her at No. 3 on the all-time list.

Sarah Barton has clocked career-best times in both individual medley and butterfly events during her junior season. She gathered a pair of top-five finishes at the Hawkeye Invitational, placing second in the 200 IM with a career-best 1:59.68 and fourth in the 400 IM with a 4:19.16.

Madesyn Ronquillio leads NU in the backstroke events, with 15 combined top-three finishes in the 100 and 200 backstroke. She finished as runner-up in the 200 backstroke and third in the 100 backstroke at the Hawkeye Invitational.

Molly Rosenthal adds experience to the distance freestyle events. Her senior season is highlighted by a third-place finish in the mile at the Hawkeye Invitational.

Lexi Kucera, Emily Haimes and Giulia Marchi have been consistent competitors in the sprints and relays for the Big Red. In the 200 freestyle, Kucera has finished within the top three on all eight occasions she has competed this season. She posted a career-best 1:48.47 at the Hawkeye Invitational to finish third. Kucera added a runner-up 100 butterfly finish (54.17) and a third-place 200 butterfly finish (2:00.97) in Iowa City.

Haimes chipped in three-straight 100 butterfly victories in the fall and has been a member of seven relay wins. Marchi contributed to Nebraska’s victorious 800 freestyle relay at the Hawkeye Invitational and has five additional relay wins on the season.

On the boards, Kelsey Clairmont and Reagan Hinze have teamed up to produce top finishes throughout the season. Both divers recorded NCAA Zone Qualifying scores within the first duals in the one- and three-meter dive. In Clairmont’s first time competing platform at the collegiate level, she won the event at the Hawkeye Invitational with a Zone-qualifying 283.15.

Throughout the dual season, NU is 2-2 against Big Ten teams with wins over Iowa and Illinois and losses to Minnesota and Rutgers. At the mid-season Hawkeye Invitational (Dec. 1-3), Nebraska faced Rutgers, Illinois and Iowa and came out on top, powered by victories from Stott (200 Butterfly), Hall (200 Breaststroke), Clairmont (Platform) and the 800 Freestyle Relay (Marchi, Jorgenson, Stott, Kucera).

Ohio State and Indiana are the top-ranked Big Ten teams in the CSCAA February poll entering the conference meet, sitting at fifth and eighth, respectively.

Fans can access the live video stream through Big Ten Network Plus during each day of competition. 

2023 Big Ten Championships

Ann Arbor, Mich. (Canham Natatorium)

February 15-18, 2023

Prelims at 9 a.m. (CT), Finals at 4 p.m. (CT)

Order of Events

Wednesday

200 Medley Relay

800 Freestyle Relay

Thursday

500 Freestyle

200 IM

50 Freestyle

One-Meter

400 Medley Relay

Friday

100 Butterfly

400 IM

200 Freestyle

100 Breaststroke

100 Backstroke

Three-Meter

200 Freestyle Relay

Saturday

1,650 Freestyle

200 Backstroke

100 Freestyle

200 Breaststroke

200 Butterfly

Platform Diving

400 Freestyle Relay