Kansas triumphs over Nebraska-Omaha

By By Adam Samson

Monday, November 17, 2008

The Kansas women’s swimming and diving team improved to 5-2 on the season with its 171-80 victory against Division II powerhouse Nebraska-Omaha on Saturday afternoon.

Kansas began the meet with a 1-2-3 finish in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of sophomore Iuliia Kuzhil (backstroke), senior Danielle Herrmann (breaststroke), senior Ashley Leidigh (butterfly) and senior Maria Mayrovich (freestyle) won the event with a time of 1:46.11.

In the second event on the day, senior Anne Liggett led the Jayhawks to a victory in the 200-yard freestyle. Liggett won the race with a time of 1:54.94 with freshman Shannon Garlie coming in second with a time of 1:56.11.

The next two events on the day were sprint events, not traditionally swam except for in relays. In the 50-yard backstroke, Kuzhil (:27.21) edged out teammate Abigail Anderson (:27.39) to earn first and second place points for Kansas. In the 50-yard breaststroke, the Jayhawks went 1-2-3, led by Herrmann, sophomore Joy Bunting and senior Rhynn Malloy.

Kansas also swept the 100-yard butterfly led by sophomore Brittany Potter who won the event with a time of 58.60. Freshman Kath Liggett and sophomore Alyssa Potter finished second and third respectively.

Mayrovich won the 50-yard freestyle (23.73) and sophomore Amanda Maez earned second place points for the Jayhawks.

Sophomore Erin Mertz, senior Hannah McMacken and junior Meg Proehl dominated the diving portion of the meet. On the 3-meter board, Mertz finished with a score of 310.85, one of her highest scores during the dual meet season. Although the 1-meter diving competition was scored as exhibition for the Kansas women, Mertz placed first, followed by Proehl and McMacken.

In the 50-yard butterfly, freshman Abigail Anderson took first place with a time of 26.97.

The Jayhawks coasted their way through the last two events on the day. In the 200-yard individual medley Herrmann, Bunting and Kuzhil placed 1-2-3, but like the 1-meter diving, only Nebraska-Omaha received points for the event.

To close out the day, a 200-yard freestyle relay that consisted of Mayrovich, Leidigh, A. Liggett and Maez placed first with a time of 1:37.73.

Kansas will have a two-week break from meet action and will finish the meet season for the fall semester with the Kenyon Invite in Gambier, Ohio from Dec. 4 to 6.

— — Edited by Arthur Hur

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