{"id":603473,"date":"2025-01-18T20:20:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T03:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=603473"},"modified":"2025-01-18T20:20:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T03:20:05","slug":"nebraska-led-by-gena-jorgensen-takes-down-illinois-in-midwest-duel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nebraska-led-by-gena-jorgensen-takes-down-illinois-in-midwest-duel\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska, Led By Gena Jorgensen, Takes Down Illinois in Midwest Duel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nebraska, Led By Gena Jorgensen, Takes Down Illinois in Midwest Duel<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Nebraska Cornhuskers women fought towards a 174.5-125.5 victory over the Fighting Illini of Illinois, improving to 6-2.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nebraska\u2019s <\/span>Gena Jorgensen<\/b> led the way with 3 individual wins. The Junior began with an assertive win in the 1000 freestyle in 9:43.79, starting the meet strong. She would then go on to win both the 200 back (1:58.09) and the 400 IM (4:15.33).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Illini put up a fight however, especially due to the efforts of senior <\/span>Sydney Stoll<\/b>. Stoll won the 200 free in 1:47.54, showing her versatility by also winning the 100 free (49.86) and 100 fly (53.97).<\/span><\/p>\n

Nebraska had a handle on the meet\u2019s early stroke events, giving them a quick advantage. The team won the 200 medley relay handily, with a team of <\/span>Anna Vlachou, Jojo Randby<\/b>, Beatrix Tanko <\/b>and <\/span>Maisie Gilford <\/b>putting down a strong 1:39.79.\u00a0 <\/span>Virginia Consiglio <\/b>then won the 100 back (54.09), while Randby edged out teammate <\/span>Maia Hall<\/b> for a win in the 100 breast (1:01.26). Hall would get her own win however, taking home the 200 breast in 2:13.30.<\/span><\/p>\n