Records Continue to Fall, But Jayhawks Still in Fourth
Feb. 27, 2009
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Columbia, Mo. –
Kansas swimming and diving continued to have several strong individual performances at the Big 12 Championships in Columbia, Mo. Friday night. Leading the Jayhawks were Maria Mayrovich and Iuliia Kuzhil, both of whom had top-5 finishes in their respective events.
Payne continued to improve upon her school-record 400 yard I.M. time by earning 10th place finish in a time of 4:15.69. Joy Bunting, Alyssa Potter and Rhynn Malloy also added to the 7 points scored by Payne in the event by combining for 10 more points as a group.
Kansas’ 200 yard freestyle team, consisting of Mayrovich, Kuzhil, Erin Goetz and Emily Lanteigne, broke the previous school record by just over 1 second with its fourth place time of 1:31.39. The previous record was 1:32.40 and was set in 2004.
Abigail Anderson’s 100 yard butterfly time of 54.44 earned her a sixth-place finish and 13 points for KU. Brittany Potter added two points to the Jayhawk total with her 15th place finish.
Mayrovich added to her impressive Big 12 Championships with a fifth-place finish in the 200 yard freestyle. Her time of 1:47.22 was just two-tenths of a second off of the school-record and scored 14 points for KU.
Freshman Stephanie Payne finished in 10th place in the 100 yard breaststroke in a time of 1:03.86.
Kuzhil, like Mayrovich, continued to show why she is one of the best swimmers in the conference with her third place finish in the 100 yard backstroke. Her time of 53.63 shattered her previous school-record by four-tenths of a second and gave Kansas 16 points. Anderson added 11 Jayhawk points with an eighth-place finish.
On the three meter diving board, Kansas placed three divers in the top nine. Meghan Proehl and Erin Mertz placed seventh and eighth with 279.10 and 274.3 points, respectively. Hannah McMacken finished in ninth place with a score of 278.30, but did not qualify for the finals.
Below are Kansas’ results from Friday evening and up-to-date scores. For live results, please visit mutigers.com and check-out video replays at big12sports.com.
Please check back with kuathletics.com for a report following each session at the Big 12 Championships. Saturday is the final day of the competition and the preliminary events will begin at 10 a.m.
Scores Through Friday
1. Texas A&M – 582
2. Texas – 580
3. Missouri – 395
4. Kansas – 333
5. Iowa State – 225
6. Nebraska – 194
Kansas Friday Finals Results
400 Yard I.M.
10. Stephanie Payne – 4:15.69 – 7 points$$
11. Joy Bunting – 4:17.79 – 6 points
14. Alyssa Potter – 4:24.81 – 3 points
16. Rhynn Malloy – 4:26.78 – 1 point
100 Yard Butterfly
6. Abigail Anderson – 54.44 – 13 points
15. Brittany Potter – 56.10 – 2 points
200 Yard Freestyle
5. Maria Mayrovich – 1:47.22 – 14 points**
13. Emily Lanteigne – 1:49.01 – 4 points
15. Anne Liggett – 1:49.64 – 2 points
16. Erin Goetz – 1:50.34 – 1 point
100 Yard Breaststroke
10. Stephanie Payne – 1:03.86 – 7 points
13. Danielle Herrmann – 1:04.55 – 4 points
15. Rhynn Malloy – 1:06.31 – 2 points
100 Yard Backstroke
3. Iuliia Kuzhil – 53.63 – 16 points$$
8. Abigail Anderson – 55.35 – 11 points
14. Carrah Haley – 57.23 – 3 points
15. Mel Heyrman – 57.47 – 2 points
3 Meter Diving Finals
7. Meghan Proehl – 279.00 – 12 points
8. Erin Mertz – 274.10 – 11 points
9. Hannah McMacken – 278.30 – 9 points
200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1. Texas A&M – 1:28.58
2. Texas – 1:28.93
3. Missouri – 1:31.29
4. Kansas – 1:31.39 – 30 points$$
5. Nebraska – 1:32.44
6. Iowa State – 1:32.92
* – Team season-best time.
$$ – Kansas School record
