Kansas Jayhawks
Lydia Lafferty - Women's Swim & Dive - Kansas Jayhawks

Lydia Lafferty

Position Fly/Free
Class Sophomore
Hometown Watonga, Okla.
High School The Potter's School
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Top Collegiate Times

Time Event Date Meet
23.77 50 Y Free 2/27/2024 Big 12 Championship
27.48 50 Y Back 10/27/2023 Alumni Meet
56.82 100 Y Back 1/20/2023 Arkansas
33.38 50 Y Breast 10/27/2023 Alumni Meet
25.96 50 Y Fly 10/27/2023 Alumni Meet
53.76 100 Y Fly 2/27/2024 Big 12 Championship
2:04.33 200 Y Fly 2/22/2023 Big 12 Championship
1:01.14 100 Y IM 10/27/2023 Alumni Meet

 

2023-24 (Sophomore)

  • All-Big 12 Second Team.
  • Participated in every meet.
  • Lead the Kansas squad in the 50-yard butterfly (25.96), 100-yard butterfly (53.76) and sat second in the 100-yard IM (1:01.14) this season.
  • Earned a personal best in 100-yard fly (53.76) at the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship on Feb. 27  en route to a seventh-place finish. Also recorded a personal best in the 50-yard fly (23.77) at the conference championship.
  • Won the 100-yard fly four times, including the first three meets – Sunflower Showdown (Oct. 6), Illinois (Oct. 14), Lindenwood/South Dakota (Oct. 20) and Rockhurst (Dec. 2).
  • Finished second in the 100-yard fly at Iowa State (Feb. 9) and in the 100-yard backstroke fly against Rockhurst (Dec. 2)

2022-23 (Freshman)

  • Placed first in the 100-yard butterfly (55.73) versus Lindenwood/South Dakota on Oct. 21.
  • Placed first in the 100-yard butterfly (55.66) versus Iowa State on Feb. 3.
  • Placed 10th in the 100-yard butterfly (54.37) in the Big 12 Championship on Feb. 22.
  • Participated in every meet.

High School

  • Oklahoma state record, ages 15-18, in 50-yard butterfly
  • Oklahoma state champion in 100-yard butterfly (2021-22) and 50-yard butterfly (2022)
  • Scholastic All-America (2021)

Personal

  • Daughter of Ladd and Leigh Lafferty
  • Has one brother, Lance
  • Majoring in exercise science