April 04, 2020

🏊‍♀️ Stroke Breakdowns: Breaststroke, Butterfly and Individual Medley

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas swimming and diving had a lot of record-breaking performances coming from the breaststroke, butterfly and individual medley swimmers in 2019-20. The team was led by sophomore Kate Steward who was named Big 12 Champion in two events to go along with her two broken school records.

Dannie Dilsaver | Junior

Claimed the fastest Kansas season time in the 400-yard individual medley (4:17.58) at the Kansas Classic (Nov. 22)
Finished with the second-fastest team times in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.29), 200-yard breaststroke (2:13.03) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:00.02)
Finished with 24 top-three individual finishes on the season
Claimed third place in the 200-yard individual medley and the 400-yard individual medley at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
Finished fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)

Haley Downey | Senior

Finished the season with 15 top-five individual finishes
Placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:13.81) at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
Claimed fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.30) at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
Finished fifth in the 200-yard individual medley at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26) with a new personal-best time of 2:00.50

Erin Downey | Freshman

Claimed four top-10 individual finishes
Set personal-best times in the 100-yard backstroke (58.66), 100-yard breaststroke (1;05.83), 200-yard breaststroke (2:20.65), 200-yard individual medley (2:07.40) and the 400-yard individual medley (4:31.38)

Ellie Flanagan | Junior

Finished with the third-fastest team time in the 200-yard butterfly (2:02.45)
Claimed six top-five individual finishes
Set a personal-best time in the 200-yard individual medley of 2:07.18 at the Kansas Classic (Nov. 22)

Amelie Lessing | Freshman

Claimed 12 top-five individual finishes
Took home six first-place finishes in the 200-yard butterfly
Placed ninth overall in the 200-yard butterfly at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
Finished with the second-fastest team time in the 200-yard butterfly (2:01.77)

Greta Olsen | Sophomore

Finished with the fastest team time in the 200-yard butterfly (2:00.38) at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
Claimed the second-fastest team time in the 100-yard butterfly (53.90) at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
Claimed six top-two finishes in the 100-yard butterfly
Took home second place in the 100-yard butterfly at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
Finished fourth in the 200-yard butterfly at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)

Paige Riekhof | Sophomore

Finished inside the top-five in 10 individual events
Placed seventh in both the 200-yard individual medley and the 400-yard individual medley at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
Set personal-best times in the 400-yard individual medley (4:19.62), 200-yard individual medley (2:02.53) and the 100-yard butterfly (57.66)

Katy Schlies | Senior

Finished inside the top-10 in eight individual events
Placed first in the 200-yard individual medley against William Jewell (Jan. 16)
Claimed personal-best times in the 100-yard freestyle (52.28), 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.37), 100-yard butterfly (54.79) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:03.77)

Caroline Schultz | Junior

Finished inside the top-10 in eight individual events
Set a personal-best mark in the 100-yard freestyle (53.89) against Arkansas (Feb. 1)

Kate Steward | Sophomore

Named the Big 12 Champion in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard breaststroke
Set the Kansas program record in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.34) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:10.68) at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
Finished in first place in all eight of her 100-yard breaststroke events
Finished inside the top-two in 21 individual events
Was a member of the 200-yard medley relay team that set the KU record at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26) with a final time of 1:37.70
Was a member of the 400-yard medley relay team that set the KU record at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26) with a final time of 3:35.96
Finished second in the 200-yard individual medley at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)

Libby Walker | Senior

Participated in the Sunflower Showdown (Oct. 4)
Placed seventh in the 500-yard freestyle at the Sunflower Showdown (Oct. 4)

Kaitlyn Witt | Sophomore

Placed inside the top-10 13 times this season in individual events
Finished sixth in the 100-yard butterfly at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
Placed eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
Set personal-best marks in the 50-yard freestyle (24.03) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.12)