
Elizabeth Amato-Hanner
Position
Back/IM/Fly
Class
Senior
Hometown
Omaha, Neb.
High School
Westside HS
Top Collegiate Times
Time | Event | Date | Meet |
---|---|---|---|
23.61 | 50 Y Free | 02/27/2019 | Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championship |
52.01 | 100 Y Free | 11/18/2018 | Kansas Classic |
25.25 | 50 Y Back | 11/22/2019 | Kansas Classic |
53.53 | 100 Y Back | 11/22/2019 | Kansas Classic |
1:55.49 | 200 Y Back | 03/02/2019 | Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championship |
2:27.18 | 200 Y Breast | 10/28/2018 | Missouri State/South Dakota |
54.28 | 100 Y Fly | 03/01/2019 | Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championship |
2:02.90 | 200 Y Fly | 03/02/2019 | Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championship |
2:00.08 | 200 Y IM | 02/22/2018 | Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championship |
2019-20 (Senior)
- Placed inside the top three in 18 individual events
- Finished fourth in the 200-yard backstroke at the Big 12 Championships (Feb. 26)
- Placed fifth in the 100-yard backstroke at the Big 12 Championships (Feb. 26)
- Recorded a personal-best time in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 53.89 at the Big 12 Championships (Feb. 26)
- Was a member of the 200-yard medley relay team that broke the KU school record with a 1:37.70 final time at the Big 12 Championships (Feb. 26)
- Was a member of the 400-yard medley relay team that broke the KU school record with a 3:35.96 final time at the Big 12 Championships (Feb. 26)
- Finished with the fastest team time in the 100-yard butterfly (53.89)
2018-19 (Junior)
- All-Big 12 First Team member
- Placed inside the top-three in all 11 200-yard backstroke events competed in
- Finished top-two in nine 100-yard backstroke events competed in
- Swam to six top-three finishes in the 200-yard individual medley
- Earned personal-best finishes in the 100-yard backstroke (53.77) and the 200-yard backstroke (1:55.49) at the Big 12 Championship (3/1-2)
- Recorded the fastest time on the team in the 200-yard backstroke and the 100-yard butterfly (54.28)
- Finished with the second-fastest time in the 100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard individual medley (2:00.57)
2017-18 (Sophomore)
- Swam a personal-best and NCAA ‘B’ mark time in the 200-yard backstroke at the Big 12 Championship (2/21-24) ‘A’ finals with a third-place finish (1:56.27) to also earn an All-Big 12 First Team spot
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- 2017 Fall Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls
- 2018 Spring Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls
- Swam to four top-nine finishes at the Big 21 Championship (2/21-24)
- A member of the fourth-place finishing and 2017-18 top-team time 200-yard medley relay squad at conference (1:40.40)
- Recorded a personal best in the 200-yard individual medley and NCAA ‘B’ mark when finishing in fifth place at the Big 12 Championship with a 2:00.83 time
- Personal-best time at conference in the 100-yard backstroke (54.51) and 100-yard butterfly (54.76) at the conference meet
- Finished eighth in the 100-yard backstroke at the Big 12 Championship with an NCAA ‘B’ mark time (55.06)
- Top three in the 100-yard (55.55) and 200-yard (1:59.36) backstroke as well as the 200-yard individual medley (2:03.48) at the Kansas Classic (11/17-19)
- Third place in the 200-yard individual medley (2:08.08) against Iowa State
- Took home gold in the 100-yard backstroke (57.58) against William Jewell (1/18)
2016-17 (Freshman)
- Earned Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team honors
- Recorded four top-nine finishes at the Big 12 Championship (2/22-25)
- Recorded a season-best and KU top-five time of 1:58.46 in the 200-yard backstroke to finish third at conference
- Recorded a lifetime- best swim in the 100-yard backstroke with a ninth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 54.98, which placed her fifth on Kansas’ all-time performance list
- Finished eighth in the 200-yard butterfly at the conference meet with a time of 2:02.90, which marked a lifetime-best swim
- Recorded a lifetime-best swim in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:01.62 to finish ninth at the conference meet
- Won her first collegiate 200-yard IM (2:07.56) in a double-dual against North Dakota and Missouri State (10/21-22)
- Claimed a second 200-yard IM (2:05.66) victory against Iowa State (2/3-4)
- Won the 100-meter backstroke (1:04.36) against William Jewell (1/19), setting a new Mabee Center pool record previously held by teammate Hannah Angell in 2015
- Participated in the pool record-setting 200-meter short-course medley relay at William Jewell (1:58.26).
High School
- Five-time Nebraska high school state champion, three times in the 100-yard backstroke, once in the 200-yard freestyle and once in the 200-yard IM
- Finished third at the 2016 Nebraska State meet in the 100-yard freestyle
- Winter junior national qualifier in the 100 back, 200 back, and 200 IM
- Multiple time finalist at the Speedo sectional meet
- Competed for Tom Beck on Greater Omaha Aquatics
Personal
- Born Elizabeth Amato-Hanner in Omaha, Nebraska
- Daughter of Mark Hanner and Stephenie Amato-Hanner
- Mother swam for West Virginia
- Has one younger sibling, Stephen
- A Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology major