Kansas Swim and Dive Earns Big 12 Win Against Houston

Saturday, December 6

Lawrence, Kan.

10 a.m. CT

University of Kansas

153

147

Houston

Kansas Swim and Dive Earns Big 12 Win Against Houston

12/6/2025 3:52:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas swim and dive team defeated Houston on Saturday, tallying 153 points compared to 147 by the Cougars. KU set with two new Robinson Natatorium pool records in the effort.

"Dual meets don't get much more fun than that," said Kansas head coach Clark Campbell. "We had several really good events, but had to overcome a lot of adversity as well. The meet was far from perfect and the team never stopped attacking. We're so proud of our athletes and will use this as a confidence enhancer going into the championship season."

Kansas' A team, comprised of senior Lydia Lafferty, junior Ryan Johnston, sophomore Anna Gearhart, and senior Caroline Blake, posted a time of 1:39.89 to start the meet off strong with a first place finish in the 200-yard medley relay, beating the Cougars by over 2 seconds. The Jayhawks' B squad of freshman Kelsey Healy, senior Molly Robinson, sophomore Ella Hansen, and freshman Sarah Blake would take third with 1:42.26. The C team would settle into sixth with a time of 1:45.51.

The second event of the day led to sophomore Tait Haag clocking in at 10:06.20 to claim second in the 1000-yard freestyle for a personal best finish. Her fellow teammates, freshman Ivy Solt followed up in fifth with 10:13.23 and freshman Aubrey Tuthill just milliseconds behind to take sixth.

Sophomore, Gabi Dyer added to Kansas' first-place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:49.06. Johnston claimed runner up with 1:01.39 in the 100-yard breastroke.

Next up, sophomore Sophie Wallace won the 50-yard freestyle with her time of 23.49. Sisters, Sarah Blake (23.57) and Caroline Blake (24.00) would land in fourth and fifth, respectively.

Johnston picked up an additional, individual second place finish in the 200-yard breastroke, touching the wall at 2:15.69. Seniors, Molly Robison followed in third with a time of 2:19.49 and Aidan Howze in fourth, just a second behind.

Dyer (4:52.00) also racked up another first place victory by a dominating 3 seconds in the 500-yard freestyle. Haag and Solt succeeded in further top 5 finishes for third and fourth in the event.

Breaking her own previous Robinson Pool record set over a month ago in the 100-yard butterfly, Lydia Lafferty smashed another with a new time of 53.00. Gearhart (54.95) situated herself in third with Hansen (55.17) following in fourth for their second events of the day.

KU had 3 top 5 appearances for the 400-yard IM: Hailey Farrell took first at 4:22.44, freshman Sammy Cummins in runner up with a lifetime best time of 4:24.03, and sophomore Maya Lambert coming in at fifth.

For the final event and the second Robinson Pool record broken for the day, the Kansas A relay team (Wallace, S. Blake, Hansen, Lafferty) beat the previous record held by KU from 2009 by three milliseconds, clocking in at 1:32.24 to finalize the Jayhawks' defeat over the Cougars.

ON THE BOARDS
Junior Shiyun Lai dominated the diving competition, sweeping both the 3-meter with 369.23 points and 1-meter with 334.43. Senior Lize van Leeuwen finished in third for the 1-meter dive scoring 290.55 and runner up in the 3-meter with 320.85 points.

UP NEXT
The Jayhawks are set to take on Rockhurst for another dual meet in Robinson on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 1 p.m. CT to close out the 2025 season.