THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2014
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Kansas swimming and diving splits weekend double dual
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A Kansas swimmer adjusts her cap before a relay in Robinson Natatorium on Oct. 25. Kansas split the dual.
AMIE JUST
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No pool records were safe at the Kansas swimming and diving double dual this weekend. Over the two-day event, eight records came down, most at the hand of Missouri State.
Many of the men's records date back to the 1980s and 90s and have been preserved because it's not often that men swim in Robinson Natatorium these days.
"For October, this is a really high level," coach Clark Campbell said of the quality of the swims. "It's really nice to see some of our pool records that were set in the 90s to get taken down."
To get things started Friday, Missouri State broke a 16-year-old record in the 200-yard medley relay swimming a 1:32.30. The team comprised of Isaac Springer, Will Brand, Uvis Kalnins and Paul Le. The Missouri State men's 200-yard freestyle relay squad of Le, Kalnins, Caleb Schuermann and Isaac McKnight broke the old Texas A&M record that dated back to 2003 by .26 of a second.
Two relay records weren't enough for Kalnins as he went for the full sweep. He broke records in all four events he swam. He broke the 200-individual medley pool record, swimming a time of 1:49.81. In the 400-yard individual medley, he broke a record dating back to 1984 by swimming a time of 3:57.16.
"I was really happy for the team, even though the results didn't go in our favor, teamwise."
CLARK CAMPBELL Swimming and diving coach
Those two relay records weren't enough for Le either. He hammered out a 48.29 in the 100-yard backstroke, beating the previous record by more than two seconds. That time currently ties him for sixth best in the country. He also broke the record in the longer 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:45.11. That time puts him at second overall in the country and beat the former record by
more than four seconds.
It wasn't only men's records that came tumbling down. Like Le, University of Denver's Sam Corea also broke records in both lengths of the backstroke race. Corea broke the 100-yard backstroke record swimming a 54.13 in the event. That swim put her in the top 10 nationally. In the 200-yard backstroke, her time of 1:58.31 narrowly beat the former record by just .13 of a second.
Kansas may have not topped any pool records, but the team performed to the standards Campbell wanted.
"We had a really good second day," Campbell said. "I was really happy for the team, even though the results didn't go in our favor, teamwise. Swimmingwise, we're really happy with how we competed and how the divers dove. It was a really good day. We're much farther along in October now than we were last year, so that's pretty exciting."
Kansas split the dual winning 277-75 against Missouri State, but fell to Denver, 204-148.
Edited by Ben Carroll
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Budget: Did you support raising the Federal debt ceiling with no vstrings attached?
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Belleves debt ceiling debate hurt US credit
Budget: Do you support a Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment?
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Yes
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No
Supports strong disclosure of political spending¹
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Yes
No—supports constitutional amendment to overturn it
Economy: Do you support raising the minimum wage?
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Supports tying federal wage to inflation. Belleves areas with higher cost of living should have higher minimum wages
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No
Supports regulation of "two big to fall" banks, concerned about overregulation of smaller local banks and credit unions
Economy: Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
Supported initial $192 billion of 2009 stimulus, opposed additional stimulus funding
Ambiguous. Belleves it is the Government's responsibility to create environment conducive to job growth
Education: Do you support refinancing of student loans at lower rates, paid for by increasing taxes on income over a million dollars?
No
Unknown, but believes should cap tuition increases at inflation rate
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No
Yes
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No
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No
Supports gun show background checks to prevent sales to felons or mentally ill
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Yes
Opposed originally—not pushing for repeal but would support plan to reform²
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Yes
No--Belleves Congress has been "playing political games with this issue."
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No
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Unknown
US should be cautious about committing more troops
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Believes this should be decided at the state level.
Wants to evaluate the results in states where legalization has occurred
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Yes
No
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Social Issues: Should Planned Parenthood receive public funds for non-abortion health services?
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1 http://m.jonline.com/news/state/2014-09-15/senate-candidate-orman-urges-campaign-finance-reform/gse.tab=0
2 Believes the ACA expanded "a broken system" with insufficient focus on reducing health care costs.
3 Taken from Taxpayer Protection Pledge, created by Americans for Tax Reform (www.atr.org). Signers promise to oppose "any and all tax Increases" meant to generate additional revenue.