Elizabeth Amato-Hanner

Position Back/IM/Fly

Class Senior

Hometown Omaha, Neb.

High School Westside HS

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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

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