Jayhawks Achieve Fourth-Place Finish at Big 12 Championships

Feb. 27, 2010

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – –

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Junior Iuliia Kuzhil broke yet again another Kansas record to lead the Kansas Swimming and Diving team to a fourth place finish at the Big 12 Championships in College Station, Texas on Saturday. Kuzhil’s 1:54.76 time in the 200-yard backstroke broke her previous record of 1:58.05, set during last year’s Big 12 Championships.

Sophomore Abigail Anderson also made her mark in Kansas history, puttingherself in fourth place in Kansas’ all-time swimming records with a time of 1:58.76 in the 200-yard backstroke.

In the 100-yard freestyle, freshman Monica Johannessen and senior Emily Lanteigne recorded ninth and 12th place finishes respectively.

Junior Joy Bunting registered a time of 2:16.93 in the 200-yard breastroke to break her previous career-best time of 2:17.94.

The Championships continued with the 1650 yard freestyle where freshman Rebecca Swank recorded a seventh-place finish and sophomore Shannon Garlie finished in eighth place.

Sophomore Stephanie Payne led the Jayhawks in the 200-yard butterfly with a ninth-place finish. Junior Brittany Potter recorded an 11th-place finish and sophomore Kath Liggett achieved a personal-best time and 14th-place finish.

In the diving session, senior Meghan Proehl broke a personal-best score of 200.25 to finish in eighth-place with a score of 212.05.

The Jayhawks finished the day and the Big 12 Championships with a fourth-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:22.43.

The NCAA Championships are scheduled to take place on March 18 in West Lafayette, Ind. Please check back with kuathletics.com later in the week for an announcement on qualifiers for the event.

Complete Results

200 yard backstroke

4. Iuliia Kuzhill, Kansas – 1:54.76**

11. Abigail Anderson, Kansas – 1:58.76

13. Brooke Brull, Kansas – 1:59.71

15. Carrah Haley, Kansas – 2:02.02

20. Brittany Rospierski, Kansas – 2:02.82

22. Mel Heyrman, Kansas – 2:03.68

23. Alyssa Rudman, Kansas – 2:06.42

100 yard freestyle

9. Monica Johannessen, Kansas – 50.51

12. Emily Lanteigne, Kansas – 50.88

22. Amanda Maez, Kansas – 51.96*

200 yard breaststroke

12. Joy Bunting, Kansas – 2:16.93*

22. Madi Landi, Kansas – 2:20.40

23. Ana Kuehler, Kasas – 2:23.98

1650 yard freestyle

7. Rebecca Swank, Kansas – 16:43.63

8. Shannon Garlie, Kanas – 16:45.12*

16. Alyssa Potter, Kansas – 17:42.84

200 yard butterfly

9. Stephanie Payne, Kansas – 2:00.61

11. Brittany Potter, Kansas – 2:02.41

14. Kath Liggett, Kansas – 2:04.32*

21. Alyssa Potter, Kansas – 2:07.15

23. Juliann Vignatelli, Kansas – 2:10.97

Platform Diving

  1. Meg Proehl, Kansas – 212.05*

400 yard freestyle relay

4. Kansas (Johannessen, Kuzhil, Lanteigne, Brull), 3:22.43

Total Scores

  1. Texas A&M, 1002
  2. Texas, 903
  3. Missouri, 484
  4. Kansas, 416
  5. Iowa State, 338
  6. Nebraska, 261
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