Friday, January 18, 2008
The Kansas swimming team cruises into Saturday’s meet against Nebraska on a high note after scoring a victory against Illinois State in Puerto Rico.
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Across the board, I was pleased with everyone
Clark Campbell, KU swimming coach
The Jayhawks’ 59-33 victory came in a shortened match in the middle of the team’s winter training trip to San Juan.
It was the third straight victory for the Jayhawks, moving the team to 4-2.
Victory aside, coach Clark Campbell said a successful week of training was the focus of the trip.
“The meet was kind of the sideshow,” Campbell said. “We were able to swim in a long course, Olympic-size pool, which we don’t have at KU, and the trip was good for team bonding.”
Campbell said the long course training would help the team in the short course conference meets. Though the training was the focus of the trip, Campbell was pleased with the team’s victory.
“Across the board, I was pleased with everyone,” Campbell said. “With our whole training camp period and the trip, we’ve had a good month.”
The Jayhawks took the top three spots in both the 50-meter butterfly and in the 50-meter backstroke. Junior Danielle Herrmann captured first in the 50-meter breaststroke and junior Maria Mayrovich won the 50-meter freestyle. Freshman Joy Bunting’s victory in the 200-meter individual medley completed the domination as the Jayhawks swept every event in the meet.
Now, the team returns to Lawrence to begin conference competition and the second half of the season.
“I’m very happy with the fall,” Campbell said. “We’re hoping to improve our times from the fall in the dual meets, giving us confidence going into the championship season.”
The team is back in action on Saturday, when they take on Nebraska at 2 p.m. Campbell is ready to see the team back in the pool and said he wanted to see them perform well in their first full meet in a month.
“Nebraska is a team that is young, fast, and well coached,” Campbell said. “We’re expecting a real barn-burner on Saturday.”
The Jayhawks have won two straight meetings with Nebraska, after being defeated in Lincoln in 2005.
Before the match there will be a senior day ceremony honoring co-captain Lauren Bonfe and fellow seniors Nikki Maples, Jenny Roberts, Allie Rubino and Terri Schramka.
“We’ll get a chance to recognize our five seniors before the meet for all their hard work and the contributions they made to the program,” Campbell said.
— Edited by Mandy Earles
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Swim team brings success home
This article really brings the team's victory to light! VERY well written!!
Fantastic job, Mr. Nye!
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