The following is a press release courtesy of Wisconsin Athletics

Beata Nelson made sure to make plenty of noise on Day 2 of the Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships.

The Wisconsin sophomore teamed up with Marissa Berg, Ari Saghafi and Emmy Sehmann to set a school record in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3 minutes, 31.22 seconds, as the Badgers took fifth place.

Nelson opened the relay with a 100-yard backstroke split of 49.78 seconds – the fastest time in Big Ten history.

That wasn’t her only conspicuous performance of the day, however.

Nelson opened things by finishing the prelims of the 200 individual medley in 1:55.20, setting a school record and the second-fastest time in Big Ten history in the process.

However, Nelson’s mark stood for a mere six hours… when she shattered it by 2.35 seconds by clocking in at 1:53.85 to score a runner-up finish in the final. Nelson’s landmark performance stands as the fastest 200 IM in Wisconsin history.

Wisconsin head coach Whitney Hite often gets asked to describe Nelson’s performances and usually sums them up by stating the obvious, as he didThursday: “She’s really good.”

“Beata was outstanding,” Hite said. “Especially her 100-yard back. That was only 0.09 seconds off of the American record. She just needs to stay focused, and she’ll just keep getting better.”

Nelson was not the only Badger with a record-breaking night, however.

Jess Unicomb, Abby Jagdfeld, Sydney Lofquist, Berg and Megan Doty all broke into the top 10 in school history with performances at Ohio State’s McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.

Doty’s seventh-place finish in the 200 IM (1:57.04) was described as, “a meet-making race,” by Hite, and now stands as the second-fastest time in school history. Unicomb posted a 1:57.71 in the same event, claiming the fourth-fastest time Wisconsin swimming has ever seen.

Berg sprinted to a new personal best (22.22) on her way to a sixth-place finish in the 50 free, claiming the No. 5 time in program history in the process. She improved on her preliminary time from earlier in the day by 0.11 seconds.

After their efforts, Lofquist (4:41.90) and Jagdfeld (4:42.32) hold the fifth- and sixth-fastest 500 freestyle times in school history.

“This was a great night for us. It really was,” Hite said.

Through seven events, the Badgers stand fifth in the team race, with 298 points. Michigan leads the standings with 430 points.

“We’re in a team battle,” Hite said. “We just need to keep focused, keep racing.”