Last week, Kansas swimming coach Clark Campbell announced that four recruits will join the 2005-2006 swimming and diving squads. The new women include three high school seniors and one transfer student from Clemson University.
Shanna Bradbury, Bri Brotherson, Danielle Hermann and Whitney Winslow are the signees recruited by assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Jen Fox, Campbell said.
Brotherson will join the Jayhawks as a transfer from Clemson University. She is familiar with collegiate swimming through the Atlantic Coast Conference, so her transition between conferences will be easier. During her freshman year at Clemson, Brotherson recorded two top-three times. At the Nike Cup Preliminaries, Brotherson finished the 200 individual medley in 2:06.68 for the third-fastest time at Clemson. In the 400 individual medley, Brotherson captured a 4:32.24, the second fastest time at Clemson.
Campbell said Brotherson would contribute immediately in the butterfly and individual medley events.
Bradbury completed her high school swimming career in February at the Colorado High School State swim meet. The Arapahoe Warriors captured fourth place as a team at the meet, which took place in Fort Collins, Colo. Individually, Bradbury finished with a 2:10:86, which secured her seventh place overall in the 200 individual medley. She finished ninth place in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:16.13, and also was a member of the 200-freestyle relay, which finished fourth.
Bradbury also competes with the Greenwood Tiger Sharks club team, and Campbell said that her versatility and variety of strokes would make her an asset to the Jayhawks next season.
Hermann will add depth for the Jayhawks next season in the breaststroke and individual medley events. Her high school coach, Dan Witteeven, said he told Hermann to pick a place where she liked both the school and the swimming program. He said she was excited to come to Kansas.
“She loved the girls she met when she visited,” he said.
Hermann holds six records at Lake Park High School in Itasca, Ill., and she is one of the top swimmers in the state, Witteeven said.
Hermann’s specialties as a senior include the 200 individual medley, the 100 breaststroke and the 100 backstroke. Her fastest recorded medley time during the 2004-2005 season was 2:05.92. In the breaststroke, Hermann swam a quick 1:05.24. Although she will be key to the individual medley and breaststroke at Kansas, Witteeven said she also was a great backstroker.
Winslow, of Manhattan, specialized in sprint freestyle events in high school under coach Jerry Carpenter. Campbell said Winslow was one of the top sprint and middle-distance freestylers in the state. He said he saw her as a Big 12 finalist.
Although the Jayhawks will lose six seniors at the conclusion of the 2004-2005 school year, Campbell said the Jayhawks were optimistic that the incoming talent would accommodate the loss.
— Edited by Ross Fitch
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