Clinton, Taylor Make NCAA Zone Diving Cut In Season Opener

Friday, October 5

Omaha, Neb.

6 p.m.

Omaha

143

157

Northern Iowa

Photo by: Mark Kuhlmann

Clinton, Taylor Make NCAA Zone Diving Cut In Season Opener

Oct 5, 2018 | Women's Swimming & Diving

Results (PDF)

OMAHA, Neb. – Annika Clinton and Madeline Taylor qualified for the NCAA Diving Zone cuts in the 1-meter dive Friday afternoon against Northern Iowa at home.

The Mavericks fell 157-143 to the Panthers but saw some individual marquee performances.

Clinton won the event and totaled a 1-meter dive score of 272.40 while Taylor finished runner-up and tallied a 267.89 total score. To qualify, an athlete must record a score of 265 or better event. Jacquelyn Gaworski finished third behind her teammates with a score of 254.69.

"I was very happy with many of our performances tonight," said head coach Todd Samland. "We won some races and had incredible diving. Our diving stole the show tonight with Annika Clinton and Madeline Taylor making Diving Zone Cuts, while Jacquelyn Gaworski was close to getting the cut as well. Hats off to Northern Iowa who came in with some big performances and big relay swims to take the meet."

In the 3-meter dive, Gaworski and Clinton finished first and second with totals of 233.10 and 226.73, respectively.

Lauryn Schieffer won the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:44.85, while Rachel Morrow took home a victory in the 200-yard freestyle at 1:54.57. Grete Baker and Rebecca Martini finished in the top-2 spots with times of 2:13.04 and 2:14.05 in the 200-yard butterfly.

In the 100-yard butterfly, the trio of Kylene Abraham (59.52), Bethany Gatlin (59.86) and Baker (1:00.11) rounded out the top-3 spots for the event.

Omaha returns to action Monday, Oct. 15 at noon. The team travels to USAF Academy, Colo., to take on Air Force in a dual meet.