Nebraska great, Gena Jorgenson, captured the first Big Ten Championship title in three years with her dominant performance in the 1,650 freestyle on Saturday night at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, Minn., at the 2026 Big Ten Championships.
From a fourth-place finish in the 1,650 free in the 2025 Big Ten Championships, the senior became the first Husker swimmer to win a title in the event since Lauren Bailey’s 2007 Big 12 Championship.
Jorgenson now joins the four Nebraska Big Ten Champions with her career-best time of 15:45.36. Shannon Stott was the last Husker to win event titles in a conference championship in 2023, when she hit gold medals in the 200 free (1:46.54) and the 500 free (4:44.45). Autumn Haebig is the only other swimmer to win an event title in the Big Ten Championship in 2021. She swam a 1:44.39 in the 200 free, becoming the first Nebraska swimmer to win a Big Ten medal…