2007-08 Women's Swim & Dive Roster
Roster

Kendall Matous
- Position:
- Freestyle
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ohio
- High School:
- Blue Valley North
2007-08 (Junior): A key distance and butterfly swimmer for Kansas her junior campaign… Returned to the finals of the 200-yard butterfly at the 2008 Big 12 Championship meet, placing 20th… Was also a member of the 200-yard medley relay at Big 12s… Recorded a season-best time (10:48.78) in the 1000-yard freestyle in KU[apos]s dual meet against Drury University, placing third… Also finished sixth in the 200-yard fly against Drury… Captured a season-best time in the 200-yard butterfly against Big 12 foe Nebraska (2:09.68)… Clocked in at 1:00.35 in the 100-yard fly at the same meet against Nebraska… Represented Kansas at the Nike Cup-Kenyon Invitational in the 500-yard free and the 100 fly… A member of the 200, 400 and 800-yard freestyle relays and the 200 and 400-yard medley relays at the Nike Cup… Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2006-07 (Sophomore): Added depth in the distance freestyle and distance butterfly events for Kansas… Competed in the 1650-yard freestyle at the Big 12 Championships (17:47.23)… Best meet of the season came at the Terrapin Cup Invitational in College Park, Md., where she swam the 200-yard freestyle (1:59.58), 500-yard freestyle (5:13.71), 1650-yard freestyle (17:43.81) and the 200-yard butterfly (2:10.22) in prelims of each event… Was the fifth-place high point finisher in the distance freestyle category against Northern Iowa, finishing seventh in the 200 free (2:02.16), fourth in the 500 free (5:13.56) and fifth in the 1000 free (10:45.74)… Finished fourth in the 200 free (2:01.67) in the double-dual meet against Nebraska-Omaha and South Dakota State and also swam the 500 free (5:16.61)… Finished third in the 1000-yard free (10:15.86) and seventh in the 500-yard free (5:18.47) against Big 12 rival Missouri… Swam the 1000-yard freestyle against Nebraska (10:40.10; seventh-place) and the 200-yard butterfly (2:14.14) and 500 free (5:23.01) against Iowa State… Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2005-06 (Freshman): Earned season best times in the 200 fly (2:10.34) and 500 free (5:06.36) at the Minnesota Invite… Finished the 1650 free with a time of 17:25.97 and the 1000 free with a time of 10:26.74 at the Big 12 Championships, both personal bests.
High School (Blue Valley North): Holds the Blue Valley North High School record in the 50 and 500 free… Recognized in consideration for High School All-American in the 500 and 400 free relay… Named to the all-state team three times… Kansas City All-Metro first team member… Member of the 2005 State Champion Swim Team.
Personal: Parents are Ken and Ruth Matous… Dad, Ken, played football at Western State… A journalism major.