THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5.2011
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SWIMMING & DIVING
Team sees personal bests, school record at MU
NATHAN FORDYCE
nfordyce@kansan.com
Sophomore Morgan Sharp swims to victory in the 500 yard freestyle race during the Nov. 11 meet held at the Robinson Natatorium. Sharp continued her dominance in the event this weekend at the Missouri Invite when again she placed first with a time of 4:48.01 which set a Jayhawk school record.
The three-day Mizzou Invite concluded with the Jayhawk swimmers and divers taking third place as a team. Along with that, the individuals sped toward personal best records to cap the event.
Kansas swimmers and divers finished the Mizzou Invite with 604 points combined, finishing behind only Boise State (819 points) and host Missouri (999 points).
Sharp wasn't out looking to break any records but she felt good during the race and went after it.
The Jayhawks rode a school record breaking performance by sophomore Morgan Sharp in the 500 freestyle on Thursday. Sharp swam a 4:48.01 time as she surpassed the old record of 4:48.77, that was previously set by Gina Gnatzig in 2006, and won the event.
"I wasn't looking to break it at this meet, or any time. I wasn't thinking about it. But I felt good during my race and I just went for," Sharp said. "I hit the wall and saw my time, then Clark told me I got it. It still hasn't hit me that I broke it."
Coach Clark Campbell was surprised by the record falling, especially this early in the season.
"It doesn't happen too often to have a record fall this early in the season, but Morgan just did an awesome job," Campbell said in a press release. "We have been working with her and tweaked her stroke a bit and she has taken to it really well."
Sharp's teammates weren't going to be overshadowed as five of them set personal best performances in the pool on the opening day. Senior Sarah Hettenbach set her personal best in the 50-yard freestyle, 24.28. While her fellow senior teammate, Abigail Anderson reached her fastest time in the 100 butterfly, 53.39. Freshman Caroline Patterson, sophomore Alison Moffit and junior Svetlana Golovchun also set personal best records. Patterson finished with a time of 2:08.66 time in the 200 IM. Moffit, a sophomore, got her new mark in the 100 butterly, with a 4:56.24 and a tenth place.
finish in the finals of the 500 freestyle. The junior transfer Golovchun continues her strong performances, as she set her mark in the 50 free with a 23.06 time.
Sharp and senior captain Stephanie Payne said hard work the reason why the number of personal best records were set.
"Hard work, training and lifting and along with having fast swimmers there, we had to be at our best," Payne said.
On the opening day, the Jayhawks came out strong with 120 team points and used it to push the momentum through the next two days of competition. Payne had the only
first place finish on Friday as she won the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:18.44.
"I thought today was a tale of two sessions," Campbell said in a Friday release. "The first session we swam really well off the momentum we created on Thursday, but tonight's final session I feel we took a step back."
Brittany Rospierski, junior, had a strong outing on Friday in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1.03.97.
Sharp followed up her record breaking Thursday performance with an 11th place finish in the 200 freestyle.
On the final day of the invitational, finished on a high note as they six top five places, with the relay team finishing in third place.
Brooke Brull, junior, highlighted the Saturday showing by placing first in the 200 backstroke in a time of 1:59.49. Freshman teammate Deanna Marks had a sensational showing as she finished seventh in the 200 backstroke (2:02.60) and a fourth place finish in the 200 butterfly (2:02.69).
Christy Cash, a junior diver, also had a good last day as she compiled a third place finish in the platform dive with a score of 216.30.
Anderson had another good outing as she recorded a third place finish in 200 backstroke (1:59.89). Golovchun also continued to swim hard as she took fifth in the 100 freestyle (50.45). The relay team of Golovchun, Anderson, Brull and Sharp finished third as the invitational wound to a close.
"It seems like everybody on the team is walking away from this weekend with at least a couple swims that they are going to be really happy with," Campbell said.
Not only are the swimmer and divers walking away with many personal bests, but as a team they are
in better condition than they were a year ago.
"After this weekend, we're at a better spot than we were last year at the Georgia Invitational," Payne said. "With more rest, it'll set us up for the Big 12 and the end of February."
The layhawks will have some time to get healthy as they wait until the new year to see the pool again as they travel to the warm weather of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico for a weeklong training trip.
Edited by Laura Nightengale
TOP 15 PERFORMANCES
200-yard Freestyle Relay- Dec. 1
4.3) Relay A: Sveta Golovchuk, Abigail Anderson, Brooke Brull, Sarah Hettenbach 1.33:49
10.1) Relay B: Shelby Cox, Deanna Marks, Madison Wagner, Kara Stranski 1.36:36
15.1) Relay C: Kath Liggett, Brittanny Rospiersky, Alyssa Rudman, Rachel Snyder 1.39:45
500-yard freestyle- Dec. 4
1.) A final: Morgan Sharp: 4:48.01
7.) A final: Rebecca Swank: 4:55.75
10.) B final: Shannon Garlie: 4:56.01
11.) B final: Alison Moffit: 4:56.24
100-yard butterfly- Dec. 1
2) A final: Abigail Anderson. 53.39
6) A final: Deanna Marks. 55.14
200-yard IM- Dec. 1
6.) A final: Stephanie Payne: 2:01.98
7.) A final: Brooke Brull: 2:02.27
15.) B final: Brittany Rospierski:
2:05.79
50-yard free- Dec. 1
6.) A final: Sveta Golovchun: 23.14
1-meter Diving- Dec. 1
6.) final: Christy Cash: 237.80
400-yard Medley Relay- Dec. 1
3.) Relay A: Abigail Anderson,
Brittany Rospierski, Deanna Marks,
Shannon Garlie: 3:42.95
14.) Relay B: Alyssa Rudman, Alison
Lusk, Brooke Brull, Sveta Golovchun:
3:51.61
15.) Relay C: Caroline Patterson,
Stephanie Payne, Kara Stranski,
Morgan Sharp: x3:51.78
200-yard medley relay- Dec. 2
6) Relay A; Abigail Andr rson,
Brittany Rospierski, Deanna Marks,
Sveta Golovchun: 14.27
11.) Relay B; Alyssa Rudman, Alison
Lusk, Brooke Bruil, Shelby Cox:
1.46.79
400-yard IM- Dec 2
1.) Final A: Stephanie Payne
4:18.44
200-yard free- Dec 2
7.) Final A: Shannon Garlie: 14.99
11.) Final B: Morgan Sharp: 15.02
13.) Final B: Brooke Brull: 15.10
100-yard breaststroke- Dec 2
11.) Final B: Brittany Rospierski:
1:03.41
14.) Final B: Alison Lusk: 1.04.36
100-yard backstroke- Dec 2
3.) final A: Abigail Anderson: 54.31
10.) Final B: Svetla Golovchin: 56.78
3-Meter Diving- Dec. 3
6.) Final: Christy Cash: 232.30
800-yard free relay- Dec. 3
3.) Relay A: Shannon Garlie, Morgan
Sharp, Brooke Brull, Deanna Marks:
7.26.67
6.) Relay B: Rebecca Swank, Kath
Liggett, Malia Johnson, Alison Moffit:
7.30.88
200-yard backstroke- Dec. 5
1.) Final A: Brooke Brull: 1:59.49
3.) Final A: Abigail Anderson: 1:59.89
7.) Final A: Deanna Marks: 2:02.60
12.) Final B: Alyssa Rudman: 2:03.94
15.) Final B: Caroline Patterson: 2:08.43
100-yard free- Dec. 3
5) Final A: Svetla Golovchun: 50.45
12) Final B: Morgan Sharp: 51.79
13) Final B: Shannon Garlie: 51.93
200-yard breaststroke- Dec 3
6). Final A. Alison Lusk: 2.16.37
13). Final B. Brittany Rospierski:
2.19.85
20). Final C. Alison Moffit: 2.25.13
21). Final C. Cora Powers: 2.25.37
200-yard butterfly- Dec 3
3.) Final A: Stephanie Payne:
2:01.55
4.) Final A: Deanna Marks: 2.02.76
1.) Final B: Rachel Snyder: 2.06.65
400-yard free relay
3.) Relay A: Svetla Golovchun, Abigail Anderson, Brooke Brull, Morgan Sharp: 3:23.17
8.) Relay B: Shannon Garlie, Malia Johnson, Sarah Hettenbach, Deanna Marks: 3:29.52
10.) Relay C: Shelly Cox, Madison Wagner, Sarah Rospiers, Stephanie Payne: x3:30.43
team Total: 604
Congratulations to the new members of GOLDEN KEY International Honour Society
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