Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Junior co-captain Danielle Herrmann was the story of the Big 12 Championships for the Jayhawks this past weekend as she earned a trip to the NCAA Championships with her third-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley.
Herrmann set three school records during meet in Austin, Texas. One in the 200-yard individual medley, and two more with her second-place finishes in the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly events.
“It was very exciting to look up at the scoreboard and see an NCAA automatic qualifying mark,” Herrmann said. “I have been shooting for it all year, so to finally get it felt amazing.”
This is the second straight year Herrmann will go to the NCAA Championships.
The Kansas swimming and diving team completed the four-day meet with a fourth place finish.
Texas A&M won the tournament for the second straight year with Texas in second place.
The Jayhawks were in a battle with archrival Missouri for third place, but ultimately came up short with 505.5 points to Missouri’s 519.5 points.
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The Jayhawk swimming team broke five school records last weekend at the Big 12 Championships in Austin, Texas.
Event Swimmer(s) Time
200-yard IM Danielle Herrmann 2:00.21
100-yard breast Danielle Herrmann 1:02.13
200-yard breast Danielle Herrmann 2:15.30
200-yard medley relay Lauren Bonfe, Danielle Herrmann,
Ashley Leidigh, Maria Mayrovich 1:40.44
400-yard medley relay Terri Schramka, Danielle Herrmann,
Ashley Leidigh, Maria Mayrovich 3:40.19
Coach Clark Campbell said the competition didn’t make things easier for the Jayhawks.
“Our conference has gotten faster from top to bottom, which is great for the conference,” Campbell said. “We have to continually rise to the level of the conference.”
The Jayhawks started day one with strong performances in the various relay races. The team of Herrmann, senior Lauren Bonfe, junior Ashley Leidigh and junior Maria Mayrovich set a school record with their second-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay.
Freshman Joy Bunting earned a NCAA provisional time in the 200-yard individual medley, meaning she could be invited to nationals.
The Jayhawks also broke a school record time with their second-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay.
In all, the Jayhawks broke a total of five school records on their way to the fourth place finish.
Coach Campbell was positive about his team’s performance.
“We are very happy to have accomplished one of our team goals to score over 500 points,” Campbell said. “We haven’t done that in four years.”
Kansas divers were strong as sophomore Meghan Proehl, freshman Erin Mertz and senior Jenny Roberts all finished in the top eight of the three-meter board. Proehl and junior Hannah McMacken finished in the top eight in the one-meter board.
“They realized they had the potential to score points and they stepped up to plate,” diving coach Eric Elliott said. “They each took turns leading the group. Having all five divers score has helped the team as a whole.”
After his team’s strong performance, Elliot was named Big 12 Diving Coach of the Meet.
—Edited by Madeline Hyden
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