MIAMI, FLA. ? Kansas University’s swimming and diving team defeated the University of Miami, 159-84, Friday in Florida. KU took home 10 first-place finishes in the 13-event meet.
The Jayhawks’ even attack was led by Aly Colver who registered two wins at the meet. The Holyoke, Colo. native won the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:53.59 and the 100-yard freestyle finishing with a time of 52.70.
Six other Jayhawks brought home individual victores, including Ashley Dower in the 50-yard freestyle (24.56), Kristen Johnson in the 200-yard individual medley (2:08.15), Amy Gruber in the 100-yard butterfly (57.95), Whitney Sondall in the 100-yard backstroke (57.86), Gina Gnatzig in the 500-yard freestyle (5:04.81) and Miranda Isaac in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.37).
“Our meet today with Miami went very well,” head coach Clark Campbell said. “We are in the middle of some very hard training. This training is designed to get us ready to swim in Feburary and March, not necessarily get us ready for January 9th. This meet was outdoors and it will be the only one we swim outside all year. I just thought today went extremely well.”
In diving action Shelby Noonan finished third in the one-meter (242.92) and Tayler Eldridge finished third in the three-meter (226.43) diving competitions.
Kansas University’s swimming and diving team defeated Houston, 179-121, Friday at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Natatorium. Kansas brought home nine first-place finishes in the 16-event format.
The Jayhawks were led by Amy Gruber’s four first-place finishes and Ashley Dower’s three. Gruber won the 100-yard backstroke (58.45), the 100-yard butterfly (57.26), the 200-yard individual medley (2:08.71) and the 200-yard medley relay (1:47.70). Dower won the 50-yard freestyle (24.39), the 100-yard freestyle (52.48) and the 200-yard free relay (1:37.78)
“After coming off of our win at the Minnesota Invitational I thougt we might swim a little rough,” head coach Clark Campbell said. “I thought we swam a little more rough than we would have liked. This was not one of our finest meets, but we were able to come away with a win. We faced a fired up Houston squad that challenged us every step of the way.”
In diving action Shelby Noonan finished third in both the one-meter (232.50) and three-meter (225.75) diving competitions.
Kansas University’s swimming and diving team defeated Southwest Missouri State, 181-61, Friday in Lawrence.
The Jayhawks had 13 first-place finishes in the 14-event format. Jackie Krueger and Gina Gnatzig led the Jayhawks with victories in the two distance events, the 1000-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestlye. The two wins were the first for Kansas in distance events this season. Krueger clocked in at 10:29.89 in the 1000, and Gnatzig finished with a time of 5:03.76 in the 500.
Aly Colver won the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.02) and finished second in the 100-yard freestyle (53.47).
“Overall, I thought we performed really well coming off the highly emotional meet last weekend with Missouri,” head coach Clark Campbell said. “I was concerned about this meet with Southwest Missouri State, but we were able to swim at 100 percent. Jackie Krueger and Gina Gnatzig really swam well in the distance events. I was pleased with our performance and I think we are set up real well for the Minnesota Invite.”
