Swimming team finishes fall season at Kenyon Invitation
Published on Thu., December 4th, 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.
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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