Like a Broken Record: Stephanie Payne does it again... this time a 28-year old school record in the 200 Butterfly at swimming and diving championships.
Feb. 26, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas –
Junior Stephanie Payne’s 1:59.07 time in the 200-yard butterfly during day four of the preliminaries in the 2011 Big 12 swimming and diving championships bests the previous KU school record of 1:59.78, set back in 1983.
Freshman Alison Lusk also joined the record breaking party, setting a new mark with her 2:15.26 in the 200-yard breast stroke. The previous fastest time in KU program history in that event was 2:15.30.
Below are the preliminary times for KU swimmers and divers heading into final competition tonight in Austin.
200-YARD BACKSTROKE
12-Iuliia Kuzhil SR-Kansas (1:57.41)
14-Abigail Anderson JR-Kansas (1:57.52)
16-Brooke Brull SO-Kansas (1:58.38)
22-Brittany Rospierski SO-Kansas (2:03.40)
23-Heather Clark FR-Kansas (2:04.36)
25-Alyssa Rudman SO-Kansas (2:04.58)
30-Madison Wagner SO-Kansas (2:07.48)
100-YARD FREESTYLE
9-Monica Johannessen SO-Kansas (50.00)
19-Morgan Sharp FR-Kansas (51.42)
22-Amanda Maez SR-Kansas (51.70)
23-Kara Stranski FR-Kansas (52.00)
24-Shelby Cox FR-Kansas (52.16)
25-Madison Wagner SO-Kansas (52.46)
200-YARD BREASTSTROKE
8-Alison Lusk FR-Kansas (2:15.26)*
17-Brittany Rospierski SO-Kansas (2:19.71)
24-Cora Powers SO-Kansas (2:25:38)
*=New KU school record
200-YARD BUTTERFLY
5-Stephanie Payne JR-Kansas (1:59.07)*
10-Malia Johnson FR-Kansas (2:01.38)
13-Joy Bunting SR-Kansas (2:02.58)
14-Brittany Potter SR-Kansas (2:02.81)
16-Alyssa Potter SR-Kansas (2:03.52)
17-Kath Liggett JR-Kansas (2:04.02)
*=New KU school record
PLATFORM DIVING
8-Christy Cash SO-Kansas (221.45)