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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2006
SWIMMING
Kansas out-swims, outscores Northern Iowa
Women prepare for Big 12, NCAA meets
BY DANIEL C. WEIXELDORFER
In front of a large crimson-and blue-painted crowd, the Kansas swimming and diving team performed to near perfection.
Bri Brotherson. Coffeville, Texas, senior, swims in the individual medley against Northern Iowa's Ally Green Friday in Robinson Center. Brotherson finished second with a time of 2:10.87.
The team dominated Northern Iowa as Kansas' swimmers placed first, second and third in six of the first eight events on Friday. The second session took place on Saturday, and was much of the same as Kansas won the dual 99-49.
Junior Lauren Bonfe recorded first-place finishes in the 100- and 50-yard backstroke. Bonfe finished second in the 200-yard backstroke to senior captain Jenny Short, who swam a personal best in the event. As a team, the Jayhawks handled
the Panthers in impressive fashion.
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"Home meets are great, and since we do not have many, we wanted to take advantage of it," coach Clark Campbell said. "We built on the energy given by the crowd, and I
The two-day meet that took place at Robinson Center was held to prepare the Jayhawks for their remaining schedule. The team will travel to College Park, Md. on Nov. 16. The Maryland Invite, which will be held in a similar style as this past weekend's meet, will be an all-day championship meet.
"It was important to get our best times in the meet as that will seed us higher for the Maryland Invite," senior captain jenny Short said. "Swinming like we did this week was great for our future and also for our immediate confidence and momentum."
The team rebounded against the Northern Iowa Panthers after losing to Missouri last week in its
"Swimming like we did this week was great for our future and also for our immediate confidence and momentum."
opening Big 12 meet. After succeeding in the Big 12 last year, suffering a loss to a Big 12 rival did not cause the team to lose focus.
think we did a good job of that. Our pool gives us a home-field advantage and also gives our girls a chance to swim up front of their family and peers."
JENNY SHORT Senior captain
A Missouri, we were in pretty good position and swam well.
They were really prepared, but our championships are in February, not against Missouri." Short said. "We are just trying to get better and swim our best come championship time.
Despite all that, it was important for us to get a win, especially for our young girls."
The majority of the 2007 schedule for the Jayhawks is held at the Big 12 and NCAA Championships.
The team will also swim against other Big 12 foes such as Nebraska and Iowa State before the end of the regular season, however the team remains focused on peaking later.
Campbell said. "I know how important it was to beat Missouri, but as a team, we were focused on controlling ourselves."
Kansan sportswriter Daniel C. Weixeldorfer can be contacted at
"Our team has a short memory."
dweixeldorfer@kansan.com.
—Edited by Kate Shipley
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Nikki Maples, Guntersville, Ala., junior, swims the 100-yard breaststroke Friday during the meet against Northern Iowa. She finished second with a time of 1.11.03. Maples also finished second in the 50 yard breaststroke. The team defeated UNI 99-49.
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