Swimming Narrowly Defeats UNO, 157-143

Friday, October 5

Omaha, Nebraska

6 p.m.

University of Northern Iowa

157

143

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Swimming Narrowly Defeats UNO, 157-143

10/5/2018 11:58:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results (PDF)

OMAHA, Neb.—The University of Northern Iowa women's swimming and diving team narrowly defeated Nebraska-Omaha this evening, 157-143.

Madison Rinaldi swam just over a minute in the 100 backstroke, taking first place in the event. Rinaldi timed in at one minute and one-hundredth of a second. Rinaldi would take first place in the 200 backstroke, swimming a 2:09.86.

Katie Taylor took first place in the 50 freestyle, swimming a 24.29. Taylor timed in at 2:22.57 in the 200 breaststroke for first place. Taylor would have her third first-place finish of the evening, swimming into first in the 200 IM with a time of 2:04.85.

Moriah Ross timed in at 1:05.03 in the 100 breaststroke for first place.

Crystal Florman took first place in the 100 freestyle, timing in at 52.48.

Kylie Engstrom swam a 5:12.22 in the 500 freestyle, swimming into first place.

The Panthers team of Taylor, Ross, Lauren Havertape, and Florman took first place in the 200 medley relay, timing in at 1:46.12. Florman, Ross, Havertape, and Abby Meyer took first place in the 200 freestyle relay, swimming a 1:37.55

Jordan McCullough swam a 10:51.61 in the 1000 freestyle, coming in second place. McCullough swam a 2:11.49 in the 200 backstroke for second place.

Florman took second in the 200 freestyle, followed by teammate Kylie Engstrom in third. Florman timed in at 1:55.33 and Engstrom timed in at 1:57.77.

Ross and Meyer took third and fifth in the 100 freestyle, swimming a 54.49 and 56.06 respectively.

Rachelle Houlette timed in a 2:15.82 in the 200 butterfly for third place. Kelsey Ostrowski followed in fourth place, swimming a 2:16.90.

Alivia Soares timed in a 2:31.21 in the 200 breaststroke, swimming into third place.

Rinaldi swam into third place in the 200 IM, swimming a 2:13.94.

Lauren Vilims swam a 11:02.85 in the 1000 freestyle for fourth place. Sam Galvin swam into fifth place in the 1000 freestyle, timing in at 11:13.58.

Anika Lillegard-Bouton took fourth in the 500 freestyle, swimming a 5:18.45.

Ashleigh Houlette and Lauren Kacmarynski took fifth and sixth in the event, swimming a 25.89 and 25.96 respectively.

Houlette (R.) would lead the Panthers in the 100 butterfly, swimming a 1:00.87 for fourth place. Ostrowski swam a 1:02.92 and Emma Bartlein swam a 1:03.94 for fifth and sixth places in the event.

Diving

In the diving well, Jayden Lovell finished in fourth place on the 1-meter boards, with a dive score of 220.72. Madison Schoppe made her debut as a Panther, diving a 176.47.

On the 3-meter boards, Lovell took third place with a dive score of 226.12. Schoppe dove into fourth place, with a dive score of 208.27.

Next Time in the Pool

The Panthers will take on the Cornhuskers of Nebraska at 11 am on Oct. 6. Kylie Engstrom, Taylor, Ross, and Florman all had strong performances in the loss to Nebraska in Cedar Falls last season.

Follow the Panthers swimming and diving team all season long at UNIPanthers.com and @UNISwimming on Twitter.