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SWIMMING & DIVING
Swimmers shatter records in two-day meet against ISU
BY HALLIE MANN hmann@kansan.com
Big 12 standings
The Kansas swimming and diving team already started filling up the new record board in Robinson Natatorium on Saturday.
Team Record Ranking
Kansas 11-3 NR
Texas A&M 9-2 8th
Texas 8-1 3rd
Iowa State 6-5 NR
Missouri 5-5 NR
Nebraska 3-4 NR
Maria Mayrovich leads the 150-yard free style Friday evening against Iowa State. Mayrovich finished first in her event and went on to break the pool record for 50-yard free style with a time of 22.72.
"We got a new board and we like to put up new records," swimming coach Clark Campbell said.
Kansas broke the 200-yard freestyle relay, the 200 medley relay and the 50 freestyle pool records against Iowa State.
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Senior Maria Mayrovich led the jayhawks in record breaking. She was on both relay teams and broke the 50-yard freestyle record with a time of 22.72 seconds, a 26-year old pool record. After winning the 200-yard medley relay team on Friday night, Campbell pushed Mayrovich and her teammates to break the 200-yard freestyle relay.
"We got to wear the speed suits and it helps mentally and physically to get you motivated," Mayrovich said. The full-body speed suits have been used by Olympians and significantly reduce race times.
For the Senior Day meet, Mayrovich was not the only senior finishing her home career with a splash. Senior Danielle Herrmann won the 100-yard breaststroke, the 150-yard breaststroke and the
100-yard individual medley. Senior Ashley Leidigh took first in the 150-yard butterfly and the 50-yard butterfly. Both swimmers were also on the record-breaking 200-yard medley relay team.
"Today was really special and I never thought this day would come," Leidigh said.
Kansas beat Iowa State 182-113 over the two-day meet. This matchup has been a special tradition between Iowa State and Kansas. The coaches have devised an untraditional line up of events. Coach Campbell said that the races were done at different distances than traditional races. It served as a good practice format for the four day conference meet coming up.
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"It's great because they have no idea what the times mean," Campbell said, "They just go out there and race."
Watch video from this weekend's meet as well as interviews with players and coaches at Kansan. com/videos.
Kansas' divers struggled on Friday in the 3-meter diving event. Sophomore Erin Mertz took second and placed highest for Kansas. Diving coach Eric Elliott attributed the weaker performance to a hard training day on Friday but was optimistic about the future.
"We're not really rested at all today but with some fine tuning and rest we should be good to go for conference," Elliott said.
On Saturday, Kansas divers won three out of the top four spots in the 1-meter diving event. Senior Hannah McMacken took fourth, junior Meghan Proehl took second and Mertz took first with a personal best score of 295.04. Coach Campbell said he thought this performance was "more like KU diving."
"I like lifting weights before a meet because it makes me feel
stronger but my head wasn't really in it on Friday? Mertz said.
Freshman Shannon Garlie had strong performances among her upperclassmen teammates. Garlie won the 400-yard and 800-yard freestyle with times of 3:58.76 and 8:19.73 respectively.
"Shannon has really peaked at the right time and she's setting up for a good meet at conference," Campbell said.
Garlie said she will miss the seniors and aiding their performances at the meet. She said the 200-yard freestyle relay was particularly exciting.
The layhawks will compete in the Big 12 Conference championships Feb. 25 to 28 in Columbia, Mo.
NFL
— Edited by Realle Roth
Fitzgerald shines in NFC's Pro Bowl victory in Honolulu
BY JAYMES SONG
Associated Press
HONOLULU—Larry Fitzgerald played as if the Super Bowl never ended.
Fitzgerald caught five passes for 81 yards and two touchdowns, 44-year-old John Carney kicked two fourth-quarter field goals, and the NFC rallied to a 30-21 victory over the AFC.
The Arizona Cardinals' All-Pro receiver, coming off a record-breaking postseason and a spectacular Super Bowl in a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, earned MVP honors. He caught a 46-yard scoring pass from Drew Brees before the half and a 2-yard TD pass from Eli Manning for the go-ahead score with 4:07 to play.
Fitzgerald said the victory over the AFC, which featured three
members of the Steelers' defense, didn't case the pain from the Super Bowl.
"No, not one bit," he said.
Manning, making his Pro Bowl debut, was 8-of-14 for 111 yards. While big brother Peyton had better stats, 12-of-17 for 151 yards and a TD, Eli got the win.
"He didn't play the whole second half, so it's not about beating my brother, it's just about having fun,"
The Manning brothers were the first quarterback brothers in Pro Bowl history. And Carney, who was a perfect 3-for-3, became the oldest player in the game's history. He booted a 48-yarder with 2:06 remaining to make it 30-21 and sealed the win with a 26-yarder with 32 seconds to go.
Sunday's all-star game ended a successful 30-year run at Alba
Eli Manning said.
Stadium, with a sellout every year. The Pro Bowl will be played in Miami next year, a week before the Super Bowl. The NFL, which has been looking to increase the profile of the game, hopes to bring the game back to Hawaii.
The players, who spent most of the week by the beach sipping umbrella-adorned mai tails, were pretty unanimous in wanting the game to return.
On a sweltering day, with 60 percent humidity, Kurt Warner started for the NFC and played just one series before making way for Brees. Warner was just 1-of-2 for 8 vards.
"I would've liked to have won last week and not this week, if I could switch them out," he said.
The question now is whether this was Warner's final game in the NFL or, as a free agent, will he opt to continue playing at age 38?