Swimming team finishes fall season at Kenyon Invitation

By Adam Samson

Thursday, December 4, 2008

The Kansas swimming and diving team heads to Gambier, Ohio, today for the Kenyon Invitational. The top-ranked Division III squad Kenyon College will play host to the three-day event at the Kenyon Athletic Center.

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Today — Timed Finals at 6:00 p.m.

800 Freestyle Relay

1650 Freestyle

Friday — Preliminaries at 9:30 a.m. and Finals at 6:00 p.m.

200 Freestyle Relay

200 Butterfly

200 Freestyle

100 Breaststroke

100 Backstroke

400 I.M.

50 Freestyle

400 Medley Relay

Saturday — Preliminaries at 9:30 a.m. and Finals 6:00 p.m.

200 Medley Relay

500 Freestyle

200 Backstroke

100 Butterfly

200 Breaststroke

100 Freestyle

200 I.M.

400 Freestyle Relay

This meet will conclude the fall meet season. The Jayhawks won’t compete again until Jan. 9 in away dual meets against Florida International and Miami (Fl.).

Last year at the Kenyon Invitational, the Jayhawks finished first and broke 11 Kenyon Athletic Center Natatorium records in the three days of competition. Three current Jayhawks broke individual pool records, including senior Maria Mayrovich, who broke the 50-, 100- and 200-yard freestyle records, senior Danielle Herrmann, who broke the 100-yard breaststroke record and senior Ashley Leidigh, who broke the 200-yard butterfly record. Five relay records were also broken during last year’s invite.

Excluding the 800-yard freestyle relay and the 1650-yard freestyle race, the rest of the events will have preliminary heats in the morning and finals heats at night.

Other participants at the invitational include Carnegie-Mellon, Colgate, Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins and Carnegie-Mellon and Davidson. Both Johns Hopkins and Carnegie-Mellon are ranked in the top 15 in the Division III poll. Davidson is ranked No. 22 in the CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major poll.

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