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1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Roster Swimmers and Divers Support Staff Coaches / Support Staff In-Review Kansas All-Time Top Performances All-Time Records Kansas All-Americans Kansas Athletics Administration Kansas Athletic Facilities University of Kansas Table of Contents KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION Institution University of Kansas Location Lawrence, Kan./66045 Founded Enrollment ,849 Nickname Jayhawks Colors Crimson & Blue Facility Robinson Natatorium lane pool - 25 meters lane pool - 25 yards diving well UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL Chancellor Dr. Robert Hemenway Athletics Director Lew Perkins Senior Woman Administrator Kelly Landry Mehrtens MEDIA RELATIONS Swimming & Diving Contact Clay Meyer Office Phone Office Fax Home Phone clayman@ku.edu Athletic Website kuathletics.com Mailing Address Allen Fieldhouse, Room Naismith Drive Lawrence, KS SWIMMING & DIVING INFORMATION COACHING STAFF Head Coach Clark Campbell Alma Mater/Year Kansas/1993 Dual Meet Record at KU/Years /3 Career Dual Meet Record/Years /8 Diving Head Coach/Years Eric Elliott/First Year Alma Mater/Year West Chester/1992 Assistant Coach/Years Jen Fox/2 Alma Mater/Year Kansas/2001 Office Phone Office Fax RECAP Dual Meet Record (Big 12) (2-2) Big 12 Championships Third (503 points) NCAA Qualifiers (Amy Gruber) USA Swimming National Qualifiers INFORMATION Letterwinners Returning/Lost /5 Newcomers Top Returnees, Year, Events: Hannah Bakke, Sophomore, Breaststroke Aly Colver, Senior, Freestyle Gina Gnatzig, Junior, Backstroke/Freestyle Amy Gruber, Senior, Butterfly/Freestyle Miranda Isaac, Senior, Breaststroke Jackie Krueger, Senior, Freestyle Shelby Noonan, Sophomore, Diving Emily Rusch, Junior, Butterfly/Individual Medley Jenny Short, Sophomore, Backstroke Lindsey Urbatchka, Junior, Backstroke/Butterfly Becca Zarazan, Senior, Butterfly/Freestyle ON THE COVER Front: Seniors Amy Gruber, Miranda Isaac and Becca Zarazan. Back: Seniors Aly Colver, Jackie Krueger and Katie Knighton. Photos by Jeff Jacobsen. Design by media relations student assistant Clay Meyer. CREDITS The University of Kansas Swimming & Diving Media Guide is a product of the Kansas Media Relations Office, published by the University of Kansas Athletics Corporation and paid for with private funds. This guide was written, designed and edited by media relations student assistant Clay Meyer with assistance from Lisa Tilson. Editorial and design assistance provided by the Kansas Media Relations staff. Photography by Jeff Jacobsen. Printing by Pittcraft Printing, Inc., of Pittsburg, Kan. 1

2 KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Roster Swimmers & Divers Name Year Events Hometown (High School/Previous School) Hannah Bakke So. Breaststroke Little Rock, Ark. (Little Rock Christian Academy) Megan Boecker Jr. Backstroke, Freestyle Lake St. Louis, Mo. (Wentzville Holt) Lauren Bonfe Fr. Backstroke, Butterfly Canisteo, N.Y. (Alfred-Almond) Aly Colver Sr. Freestyle Holyoke, Colo. (Holyoke) Bryn Conley Fr. Diving Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley North) Gina Gnatzig Jr. Backstroke, Freestyle Whitewater, Wis. (Whitewater) Amy Gruber Sr. Butterfly, Freestyle Bigelow, Ark. (Bigelow) Kristi Hansen So. Freestyle Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest) Lindsay Herre Fr. Freestyle Overland Park, Kan. (Saint Thomas Aquinas) Miranda Isaac Sr. Breaststroke Hutchinson, Kan. (Hutchinson) Robyn Karlage Jr. Diving Edgewood, Ky. (Holmes) Katie Knighton Sr. Backstroke Wichita, Kan. (Southeast) Emily Knopp So. Butterfly Wichita, Kan. (Southeast) Jackie Krueger Sr. Freestyle Sussex, Wis. (Arrowhead) Anne Liggett Fr. Freestyle Portland, Ore. (Westview) Nikki Maples Fr. Breaststroke, Individual Medley St. Charles, Ill. (St. Charles North) Shelby Noonan So. Diving Edmond, Okla. (Edmond Santa Fe) Lia Pogioli So. Freestyle Peoria, Ill. (Woodruff) Beth Roach Fr. Freestyle Omaha, Neb. (Omaha Marian) Jenny Roberts So. Diving Chesterfield, Mo. (Marquette) Allie Rubino Fr. Backstroke, Individual Medley Naperville, Ill. (Rosary) Emily Rusch Jr. Butterfly, Individual Medley Urbana, Ill. (Urbana) Terri Schramka Fr. Backstroke, Freestyle Madison, Wis. (Edgewood) Jenny Short So. Backstroke Olathe, Kan. (Olathe North) Sierra Slavin Fr. Butterfly, Individual Medley Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest) Lisa Tilson So. Breaststroke Mercer Island, Wash. (Mercer Island) Tricia Tindall So. Butterfly, Freestyle Morristown, Tenn. (Morristown West) Kristin Tirabassi So. Backstroke, Butterfly Belleville, Ill. (Derby) Casey Topol Jr. Diving Mamaroneck, N.Y. (Mamaroneck) Lindsey Urbatchka Jr. Backstroke, Butterfly Sheridan, Wyo. (Sheridan) Becca Zarazan Sr. Butterfly, Freestyle Southlake, Texas (Blue Valley North/Colorado St.) Coaches Clark Campbell Swimming Head Coach (Third Year) Kansas, 1993 Eric Elliott Diving Head Coach (First Year) West Chester, 1992 Jen Fox Assistant Coach (Second Year) Kansas, 2001 Pronunciation Guide Hannah Bakke BAH-kee Emily Knopp NOPP Megan Boecker BECK-er Jackie Krueger KREE-ger Lauren Bonfe BON-fee Lia Pogioli pa-joe-lee Gina Gnatzig GUH-nat-zig Sierra Slavin SLAVE-in Lindsay Herre HAIR-ee Kristin Tirabassi TEAR-a-bah-see Robyn Karlage CAR-ledge Casey Topol TOE-pull Katie Knighton NIGHT-on Lindsey Urbatchka ur-batch-ka 2 Becca Zarazan ZAIR-a-zan

3 The University of Kansas swimming and diving team is fresh off a season where the team compiled a 9-3 mark in dual meets and finished third at the Big 12 Championships. The team has great expectations entering the season. The Jayhawks have a strong roster, returning 19 letterwinners among six seniors, seven juniors and 10 sophomores. Nine freshman join the team for what should be an exciting year for Kansas Swimming and Diving. We are on a mission this season, head swimming coach Clark Campbell said. This team has goals as well as individual goals. We will be prepared to go out and achieve them throughout the season. Freestyle - Sprint One of the most decorated swimmers in KU history, senior Amy Gruber will lead the Jayhawks in the freestyle sprint events. Gruber, a 2004 First Team All-Big 12 selection, qualified to compete in the NCAA Championships in the 50 and 100 freestyle events the past two seasons. Seniors Aly Colver and Jackie Krueger will be looked to this season to fill the void left by graduating seniors. Both Colver and Krueger finished in the top-16 at the Big 12 Championships last season. Sophomore Kristi Hansen will add depth to the Jayhawks in the freestyle events. Freshman Anne Liggett, a former Oregon state champion, will provide an immediate spark for Kansas, along with freshman Beth Roach. The freestyle event is Amy s best stroke. She has high goals entering her final season and following a good summer season, there should be nothing holding her back, said Campbell. Aly and Jackie are ready to step up and play a vital role in the freestyle events. Freestyle - Middle Distance Gruber, Colver and junior Gina Gnatzig will lead Kansas in these events. The trio of swimmers each recorded times in the 200 freestyle event that qualified them for the NCAA Championship consideration in Adding depth to the freestyle middle distance events is sophomore Tricia Tindall. Joining her is freshman Terri Schramka, a Wisconsin state champion in high school. Freestyle - Distance Sophomore Lia Pogioli serves as the only returning freestyle distance swimmer for the Jayhawks this season. Pogioli finished in the top-16 in the 1650 freestyle event in the Big 12 Championships last season. Freshman Lindsay Herre adds depth to the freestyle distance events and hopes for a top-eight finish in the mile at the Big 12 Championships this season. Butterfly Gruber qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100 butterfly last season and junior Lindsey Urbatchka finished in the top-15 at the Big 12 Championships. Senior Becca Zarazan will be the returning leader in the 200 butterfly event. She finished in the top-12 at the Big 12 Championships last season. Junior Emily Rusch is gearing up for a good season in the butterfly event, a new focus for her. Sophomores Emily Knopp and Kristin Tirabassi will also be competitive in the butterfly. Knopp scored big points for the team last season and Tirabassi is also looking forward to contributing at the Big 12 Championships. Freshmen Allie Rubino and Sierra Slavin will both be contenders in the butterfly sprint events. We have some strong butterfliers returning this season, Campbell said. Not only do we have depth returning in the butterfly, but we also have strong newcomers in Allie and Sierra. Backstroke Leading the way for the Jayhawks in the backstroke is Gnatzig, the KU record-holder in the 200 event. The Whitewater, Wis., native missed qualifying for the NCAA Championships by.8 seconds in the 200 backstroke event and is hoping to compete at the NCAA Championships this year. Senior Katie Knighton and juniors Megan Boecker and Lindsay Urbatchka will each add depth to the Jayhawk roster in the backstroke Season Outlook KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Outlook: We re on a mission Captains Front: Senior Becca Zarazan Back: Seniors Miranda Isaac and Amy Gruber Returning sophomore Jenny Short, a top- 15 finisher in the two backstroke events at the Big 12 Championships. Freshmen Allie Rubino, Terri Schramka and Lauren Bonfe round out the solid backstrokers on the Jayhawk roster. We have a lot of depth and talent in the backstroke event, Campbell said. This will definitely be one of our strongest areas. Breaststroke Senior Miranda Isaac will be a solid returner in both breaststroke events. She finished in sixth place in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the Big 12 Championships. Sophomore Hannah Bakke, who finished in the top-eight in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the Big 12 Championships, will be joined by sophomore Lisa Tilson and freshman Nikki Maples. Tilson and Maples will provide depth to the Jayhawk roster in this area. We have two very solid breaststrokers in Miranda and Hannah, Campbell said. Lisa and Nikki will both gain valuable experience this year. Individual Medley Rusch will be the go-to swimmer in the individual medley. She finished in the top-15 in the 200 IM at the Big 12 Championships. Joining Rusch will be Maples, who is making strides in developing her backstroke. Gruber, Isaac, Gnatzig and freshman Lauren Bonfe will also compete in the IM. We don t have a lot of depth in the IM, Campbell said. But what we lack in depth, we make up for with quality. Diving First year diving head coach Eric Elliott takes over a diving team that is relatively young. However, sophomore Shelby Noonan, the lone qualifier for the NCAA Zone Diving meet last season, will provide plenty of experience. Noonan will once again be one of the top scorers for the team and will look to have another strong season on the boards. Joining Noonan will be juniors Robyn Karlage and Casey Topol, who will both add experience and depth to the diving roster. Karlage has been diving well entering the season, while big things will be expected of Topol, one of the leaders of the diving team. Jenny Roberts, a redshirt freshman, will compete in her first year and will contribute valuable points. Freshman Bryn Conley, a strong high school diver, rounds out the diving roster. We want to do well in all of our duals and work to build up to the conference and NCAA championships, Elliott said. Starting the season with a new coach is different and we have had to make plenty of adjustments, but we are excited for this season. 3

4 KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Swimmers & Divers Aly Colver Senior Holyoke, Colo. Freestyle 50 Free Free Free : Free : Free : (Junior): Set career-bests in the 100 (51.24) and 500 (4:56.98) freestyle races and season-best times of in the 50 freestyle and 1:50.10 in the 200 freestyle at the Big 12 Championships... Was a member of the 800 free relay team that broke the KU record at the Big 12 Championships in 7: Was a member of three top KU relay teams including the 300 butterfly (sixth), 200 (sixth) and 800 (fifth) freestyle relays at the Big 12 Relays... Swam the 1000 freestyle race at two duals, setting her season-best time of 10:29.34 at Iowa... Member of the winning 400 freestyle relay team at the Minnesota Invite... Member of the Academic All-Big 12 First Team... Honorable Mention Academic All-American... Received the Kansas Swimming and Diving Academic Award (Sophomore): Set a season-best time in the 200 free, 1:50.08, at the conference meet for seventh-place... Also finished 16th in the 100 free... Owned the second-fastest season times in the 100 and 200 free, third-fastest in the 500 free and fourth-fastest in the 50 free... Won the 100 free and placed second in the 200 free in the first meet of the season versus Southern Illinois... Notched two first-place finishes in the 100 and 200 free against Nebraska and Louisville... Recorded second-place standings in the 100 free versus Notre Dame and Iowa State, and in the 50 free against Southwest Missouri State and Wyoming... Finished third in the 200 free and fifth in the 500 free against Texas A&M... Tallied three top-five finishes against Missouri in the 50 and 200 free (fourth) and the 100 free (fifth)... Finished fourth in the 50 free and fifth in the 100 free at Arkansas, and against Colorado State and Minnesota, took fifth in the 100 free competition... Member of the Academic All-Big 12 First Team... Honorable Mention Academic All-American (Freshman): Was a member of KU s 400 free relay team that finished 10th at the National Swimming Championships... Competed in three events at the Big 12 Championships... Scored in the 200 free with a 13th-place finish... Reached the bonus finals in the 100 and 50 free, finishing 19th and 20th, respectively... Swam on KU s second-place 400 free relay team at conference... Won the 200 free against Colorado State... Finished second in the 200 free against Nebraska... Took third in the 100 free against Southern Illinois... Finished 13th in the 200 free at the Minnesota Invitational... Also reached the bonus final of the 100 free, finishing 19th... Placed third in the 200 free vs. Wyoming... Was third in the 200 back against Nebraska... Took fourth in the 100 and 200 free vs. Iowa. High School (Holyoke): Was named a 2001 National Toyota Scholar... Conference Swimmer of the Year as a senior at Holyoke High... Undefeated in the 100 free as a senior... All-American consideration in the 100 and 200 free... Junior National times in the 100 free and 400 medley relay... Was named to Denver Post s Best of the Best... Earned six letters in swimming and track... Coached by her mother, Adria Colver. Personal: Born February 1, 1983, in Holyoke, Colo... Parents are David and Adria Colver... Psychology major. Amy Gruber Senior Bigelow, Ark. Butterfly, Freestyle 50 Free Free (c) 200 Free : Fly Back (Junior): Was the only KU swimmer to qualify for the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive season... At the NCAAs, she finished 34th in the 50 free, 26th in the 100 free and 24th in the 100 fly races... Set new careerbests in the 100 back (56.78) at the Minnesota Invite and the 100 fly (54.30) at the conference championships... Collected 17 individual wins: 4-50 free, free, free, fly, back and IM... Named the Tammy Thomas co-mvp... Recorded the fastest times in the 50, 100, 200 freestyle events as well as the 100 butterfly and the second-best time in the 100 backstroke... Was a member of the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle relay teams and the 200 and 400 medley relay teams, all of which set new KU school records... Selected to the All-Big 12 First Team... Named First Team Academic All-Big (Sophomore): Was the only KU swimmer to qualify for the NCAA Championships... Set a career-best in the 200 free (1:48.95), taking 29th place at the NCAA meet... Also, finished 33rd in the 100 free and 37th in the 50 free at the NCAA Championships... Set three second-best all-time KU times in the 50, 100 and 200 free... Was a member of the 200 medley relay team that set a new school record at the Big 12 Championships in a time of 1: Finaled in two events at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships... Took fifth in the 50 freestyle (23.27), sixth in the 200 freestyle (1:49.95) and reached the consolation finals in the 100 freestyle (50.61) with a ninth-place finish... Recorded the fastest times in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle events for KU last season... Won the 500 freestyle (5:06.15) against Southern Illinois in the first meet of the season... Collected second place finishes

5 Swimmers & Divers KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING against Missouri in the 50 freestyle (24.19) and the 100 butterfly (58.26)... Took first in the 200 freestyle against SMS and Wyoming, clocking in at 1: Had a career-best time of in the 50 freestyle at the Nike Cup Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C... The time marked the second-fastest in school history, and making her one of two Kansas swimmers to break 22 seconds in the event... The performance earned her Big 12 Swimmer of the Month honors for November... Captured first place in the 100 freestyle (52.16) against Texas A&M and second place in the 200 freestyle (1:52.04)... Against Colorado State and Minnesota, placed first in the 50 freestyle with a time of In a dual versus Arkansas, placed first in the 100 backstroke (57.55), second in the 100 freestyle (52.09) and second in the 100 butterfly (57.62)... Won the 200 freestyle against Iowa State, timing in at 1: In the last meet of the year, earned two second place finishes in the 100 butterfly (58.44) and the 100 backstroke (59.54) at the Arkansas Invitational... Earned Academic All-American and Academic All-Big 12 first team honors (Freshman): Notched 16 individual event wins... Was named Co-Most Valuable Swimmer and Newcomer of the Year for KU... Was KU s leading point scorer... Qualified for the National Swimming Championships and finished 45th in the 100 free and 55th in the 100 fly... Swam on the 400 medley relay that finished 11th at nationals... Finaled in two events at the Big 12 Championships... Finished fifth in the 200 free and seventh in the 100 free... Reached the consolation final of the 100 back, taking 11th... Held four of KU s fastest season times in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free and 100 fly... Also had the second-fastest time in the 100 back... Won the 100 fly vs. Southern Illinois... Took first in the 100 and 200 free against Missouri... Collected three victories against SMS and Houston in the 50 free, 100 back and 100 fly, setting pool records in the 50 free, and 100 fly... Took fourth in the 100 free and ninth in the 50 free at the Minnesota Invitational... Took first in the 100 fly and 200 free vs. Wyoming... Won the 200 free against Texas A&M... Notched three more victories against Nebraska in the 100 back, 100 free and 100 fly... Won the 100 free against Iowa and Iowa State. High School (Bigelow): Holds three Arkansas high school state records in the 100 and 200 free and the 100 back regional champion in the 100 free... Earned nine letters at Bigelow High School in swimming, track and softball... Coach: Paul Blair. Personal: Born September 5, 1982, in St. Paul, Minn... Parents are Paul and Mary Gruber... Strategic Communications major. Miranda Isaac Senior Hutchinson, Kan. Breaststroke 100 Breast : Breast : IM : (Junior): Finished in sixth place and set career-bests in both the 100 (1:03.75) and 200 (2:17.98) breaststroke events at the Big 12 Championships... Had the fastest KU 200 breaststroke time of the season and second fastest 100 breaststroke time... Won the 100 breaststroke race in dual meets against Miami, Nebraska and Arkansas... Won the 200 breaststroke race three times during the season against Northern Iowa and Iowa, Nebraska and Arkansas... Finished fourth in the 200 freestyle against Miami... Member of the 300 breaststroke, 400 freestyle and 150 breaststroke relay teams that finished fourth, sixth and fifth place, respectively, at the Big 12 Relays... Member of the 400 medley relay team that finished third at the Big 12 Championships... Named Honorable Mention Academic All-American... Named First-Team Academic All-Big (Sophomore): Swam the 100 and 200 breast and the 200 IM at the Big 12 Championships... Finished seventh in the 200 breast, 11th in the 100 breast and 22nd in the 200 IM... Had the second-fastest Kansas season times in the 100 and 200 breast and the fourth-fastest in the 200 IM... Won the 200 breast in the double-dual against Nebraska and Louisville... Notched second and third place finishes against Arkansas in the 200 and 100 breast, respectively... Against Texas A&M, tallied second place in the 100 breast and fifth place in the 200 breast... Took third place in the 200 breast and fifth place in the 100 breast in the dual against Missouri... Finished third in the 200 breast and fifth in the 50 free in the final home meet versus Iowa State... Member of the Academic All-Big 12 First Team (Freshman): Qualified for the National Swimming Championships... Swam the fifth-fastest time in school history in the 200 breast at 2: Finished 21st in the 100 breast and 34th in the 200 breast... Was a member of the 400 medley relay that finished 11th at Nationals... Finaled in two events at the Big 12 Championships, collecting 29 points... Finished fourth in the 200 breast... Took fifth in the 100 breast with a careerbest time of 1: Held KU s fastest season time in the 200 breast and second-fastest in the 100 breast... Won the 100 breast vs. SIU, SMS, Houston and Nebraska... Swam on the 100 and 200 medley relays that finished second at the Big 12 Relay Meet... Scored in the 100 and 200 breast at the Minnesota Invitational, finishing ninth and 10th, respectively... Took first in the 200 breast against Colorado State... Finished second in the 100 breast and third in the 200 breast vs. Texas A&M. High School (Hutchinson): Two-time league champion in the 100 breast and 200 IM... Holds the Hutchinson High School record in the 100 breast and 200 IM... Two-time all-state selection... Coach: Billy Gilbert. Personal: Born March 23, 1983, in Ulysses, Kan... Parents are Troy and Melissa DuPree... Psychology and Pre-Nursing major. 5

6 KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Swimmers & Divers Katie Knighton Senior Wichita, Kan. Backstroke 100 Back Back : Fly : (Junior): Finished 20th in the 200 (2:07.46) and 21st in the 100 (59.20) backstroke events at the Big 12 Championships... Her season-best time in the 200 backstroke (2:07.46) came in the Big 12 Championships and was also the fifth-fastest time for KU during the season... Had a season-best finish of fourth place in the 200 backstroke in a dual meet against Houston... Recorded a season-best finish of fourth place in the 100 backstroke in a dual meet against SMS... Finished fifth in the 200 backstroke in dual meets against Nebraska and Iowa State (Sophomore): Finished in 14th place in the 200 back at the Big 12 Championships, recording her career-best time of 2: Notched fourth-place finishes in the 100 back against Notre Dame and Nebraska/Louisville... In the doubledual versus Colorado State and Minnesota, took fifth in the 200 back... Held the fifthfastest KU season times in the 100 and 200 back... Also competed in the 50 free versus Southwest Missouri State and Wyoming and in the 100 free against Southern Illinois... Second Team Academic All-Big (Freshman): Competed in three events at the Big 12 Championships... Reached the bonus final of the 100 fly, finishing 23rd and the 200 back... Also swam the 50 free and 100 back at conference... Finished with KU s fifth-fastest season 100 back time... Took third in the 50 free against Nebraska... Competed in three events at the Minnesota Invitational... Finished sixth in the 200 back vs. Texas A&M. High School (Wichita Southeast): Four-year all-city selection... Holds the Wichita Southeast school record in the 100 back, 200 free relay and the 200 medley relay... City champion in the 100 fly... Member of the honor roll. Personal: Born June 28, 1982, in Wichita, Kan... Parents are Mac and Jean Knighton... Journalism major. Jackie Krueger Senior Sussex, Wis. Freestyle 50 Free Free Free : Free : Free : (Junior): Set career-best times when she finished 12th in both the 500 and 1650 free races in 4:58.87 and 17:22.82, respectively, at the Big 12 Championships... Also finished in 14th at the Big 12 Championships in the 200 freestyle... Was a member of the KU record-holding 800 freestyle relay team that finished third at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 7: Competed in numerous events during the season, including the 100, 200, 500, 1000 and 1650 freestyle races as well as 100 butterfly and the 200 IM races... Top finishes of the season included a first place finish in the 1000 free at a dual meet against SMS, and numerous second and third place finishes in the 1000 free... Named an Honorable Mention Academic All-American... Named to the 2004 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (Sophomore): Member of the 200 medley relay team that set a school record of 1:43.56 at the Big 12 Championships... Also finished 15th in the 50 free at the conference meet... Had the second-fastest Kansas season time in the 50 free, and the fourth-fastest in the 100 free, 200 free and 100 fly... Earned second place versus Southern Illinois in the 50 free and second against Southwest Missouri State and Wyoming in the 200 IM... In the double-dual with Nebraska and Louisville, notched second in the 100 free and third in the 50 free... Tallied second in the 50 free and fourth in the 100 fly in the dual against Texas A&M... Recorded two fourth-place finishes versus Arkansas in the 50 and 200 free... Member of the 2003 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (Freshman): Was a member of the 400 free relay team that finished 10th at the National Swimming Championships... Finaled in one event at the Big 12 Championships, taking eighth in the 100 breast... Placed 13th in the 100 free at conference and 18th in the 50 free... Also reached the bonus final of the 50 free, finishing 18th... Held KU s second-fastest season time in the 50 and 200 free... Also had the third-fastest time in the 100 free and 100 breast... Won the 200 free and finished second in the 100 breast against Southern Illinois... Swam on the 400 free relay that finished third at the Big 12 Relay Meet... Finished second in the 100 free vs. Missouri... Took seventh in the 50 and 100 free at the Minnesota Invitational... Won the 100 free against Wyoming... Took first in the 50 free against Iowa State... Finished second in the 50 free vs. Iowa. High School (Arrowhead): Named Most Valuable Swimmer at Arrowhead High School Wisconsin state champion in the 200 free... Holds the school record in the 50 free. 6 Personal: Born February 21, 1983, in Sussex, Wis... Parents are Ted and Kathy Krueger... Youngest of five siblings who are all swimmers... Sister, Cindy, swam at KU... Psychology major.

7 Becca Zarazan Senior Southlake, Texas Butterfly, Freestyle Swimmers & Divers KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING (Junior): Set career-bests in the 100 (56.07) and 200 (2:02.87) butterfly and 500 (4:58.85) freestyle races... Owned the fastest KU 200 butterfly time of 2:02.87 that she swam at the Big 12 Championships... Was a member of the 400 medley relay team that finished in 3:45.68 at the Big 12 Championships, which set a new KU school record... Had the second-fastest 100 butterfly time of the season with a finish at the Big 12 Championships... Finished first in the 100 and 200 fly in the dual meet with Northern Iowa and Iowa... Won the 200 fly race in the dual meet against Arkansas and the 100 fly in the dual meet against Nebraska... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team (Sophomore): Swam in three events at the Big 12 Championships, placing 15th in the 200 fly and 500 free... Owned the fastest 100 fly time for KU after clocking in at at the conference meet... Also had the second-fastest season time in the 200 fly, 2:03.81, and the fourthfastest 500 free time (5:01.31)... Began the season with a thirdplace finish in the 100 fly at Southern Illinois... Took second in the double-dual against Nebraska and Louisville (59.48) and fifth against Texas A&M (59.59) in the 100 fly... In 200 fly action, earned her best finish of the season and her best time at the Arkansas Invitational, finishing in second place with a time of 2: Earned four third-place outcomes -- Nebraska/Louisville, Colorado State/Minnesota, Arkansas and Iowa State -- and one fifth-place finish -- Missouri, in the 200 fly (Freshman): Competed for Colorado State in Fort Collins, Colo... Team finished third in the Mountain West Conference Championships... Placed seventh in the 200 butterfly and sixth in the 100 butterfly at the Championships... Member of the All-Academic Mountain West Conference Team. High School (Blue Valley North): Member of the squad that won the Kansas state championship in 1999, finished second in 2000 and placed third her senior season... The 2001 runner-up in the 100 butterfly at the state championship meet... Her team was the Eastern Conference and MoKan champions three straight years... Broke school records in the 200 freestyle, 200 medley relay, 100 butterfly and 400 freestyle relay... Earned three varsity letters in swimming. Personal: Born on June 10, 1983, in Houston, Texas... Parents are Maggie and Dan Zarazan... English major. 100 Fly Fly : Free :58.85 Megan Boecker Junior Lake St. Louis, Mo. Backstroke, Freestyle 500 Free : Back Back : (Sophomore): Finished 22nd in the 100 back and 200 back at the Big 12 Championships... Finished fifth in the 100 back versus SMS... Swam the 200 back and finished fifth against Houston and seventh against Minnesota... Also swam the 500 free, finishing eighth in duals against Miami and Nebraska (Freshman): Finished 22nd in the 100 back at the Big 12 Championships... Recorded a fifth-place finish versus Arkansas in the 100 back... Also swam the 200 back against Notre Dame, Nebraska/Louisville and Colorado State/Minnesota... Competed in the 50 free against Texas A&M and the 200 free versus Southern Illinois and Iowa State. High School (Wentzville Holt): Left Wentzville Holt High with four school records... Placed 14th at the state meet in the 500 freestyle her freshman year... Finished 14th in the 100 backstroke her sophomore year... Lettered twice in swimming and three times in volleyball... Earned MVP honors in volleyball and swimming during her freshman season... National Honor Society Parliamentarian... Coach: Grace Masters. Personal: Born June 15, 1984, in Columbus, Ohio... Parents are Gene and Jan Boecker... Industrial Design major. 7

8 KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Swimmers & Divers Gina Gnatzig Junior Whitewater, Wis. Backstroke, Freestyle 100 Back Back : Free : Free : (Sophomore): Broke her own school record in the 200 back at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 1:59.80, to finish in fourth place... Was a member of the school record-holding 400 (3:22.39) and 800 (7:20.10) free relay teams that both finished third at the conference championships... Had first-place finishes in the 200 backstroke in duals against Missouri and Houston... Finished in first place in the 200 freestyle in duals against Missouri and Arkansas... Had the team s best time in the 500 freestyle, 4:51.76, to finish fourth at the Big 12 Championships... Finished first in the 500 freestyle in duals against SMS, Miami, Nebraska and Iowa State (Freshman): Broke the school record in the 200 back at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 2:00.72, giving her a third-place finish... Also finished seventh in the 500 free and 11th in the 200 free at the conference meet... Held the fastest KU season times in the 500 free and 200 back, and the third-fastest in the 200 free... Earned 77 individual points for the season... Won the 500 free in the double-dual against Southwest Missouri State and Wyoming... Posted three second-place finishes in the 200 back against Missouri, Nebraska/Louisville and Iowa State... Grabbed second place in the 100 free competition versus Southern Illinois... Notched third place in both the 200 free and the 200 back versus Arkansas and Colorado State/Minnesota... Finished in third place in the 200 back and fourth place in the 200 free in the home dual against Texas A&M... Earned the KU Rookie of the Year award. High School (Whitewater): Won junior nationals in the 200 backstroke in Qualified for senior nationals in the 200 backstroke in Wisconsin state record holder in the 200-yard backstroke in the age group... Conference champions in volleyball in 1998 and Was a member of the state championship 800 free relay team... Was a two-time all-conference selection in volleyball in 2000 and Personal: Born March 30, 1984, in Fort Atkinson, Wis... Parents are Hugh and Sue Gnatzig... Her father, Hugh played basketball at UW Whitewater... Communications major. Robyn Karlage Junior Edgewood, Ky. Diving One-Meter Three-Meter (Sophomore): Her top scores of the season came in the dual against SMS, with a score of in the onemeter competition and in the three-meter competition (Freshman): Appeared in three meets during the season - - Southern Illinois, Texas A&M and Iowa State... Had her best one-meter score in the final home meet against Iowa State, with a total of Her score of , marked her best three-meter total of the season which came in the dual against Texas A&M. High School (Holmes): Three-time regional and Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference diving champion... Twice named to the all-region team and once to the All-State secondteam... Finished third, fourth and seventh at the state diving championships... Recorded six high school swimming records... Captained the diving and tennis teams for three years and the swim team for one... Accumulated 12 varsity letters in diving, tennis and swimming... Member of National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, student council and class treasurer. Personal: Born April 3, 1984, in Cincinnati, Ohio... Parents are Caren and Jeff Karlage... Exercise Science major. 8

9 Emily Rusch Junior Urbana, Ill. Butterfly, Ind. Medley Swimmers & Divers KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING 200 IM : IM : Fly : (Sophomore): Finished 14th at the Big 12 Championships in the 200 IM with a time of 2: Competed in the 200 fly at the Big 12 Championships and finished 20th with a time of 2: Consistently finished in the top-five in the 200 IM event at dual meets, with her top finish of third coming in meets against Iowa State and SMS... Finished third in the 400 IM against Nebraska... Member of the fifth-place 400 medley relay team at the Big 12 Relays... Named First Team Academic All-Big (Freshman): Swam in three events at the conference meet breast (2:25.14), 200 IM (2:08.18) and 400 IM (4:29.38)... Had KU s fourth-fastest 400 IM time and the fifth-fastest 200 breast time during the season... Earned a fifth-place finish in the 200 freestyle versus Missouri... In the double-dual against Nebraska and Louisville, took fourth in the 200 breast... Against Arkansas, finished fifth in the 100 breast... Placed in both the 200 IM (fourth) and the 200 breast (fifth) in the final home meet against Iowa State. High School (Urbana): Received all-state honors her senior year... Finished in sixth place at state her final season... Recorded school records in the 200 IM and the 100 butterfly... Four-time MVP... Earned athlete of the month four times in her career... Four-year letterwinner in swimming... Member of National Honor Society and French National Honor Society... Academic All-American... Finished high school in the top five percent of her class... Coach: Chris Seeton. Personal: Born June 1, 1984, in Urbana, Ill... Parents are Janis Chadsey and Frank Rusch... Accounting and Business major. Casey Topol Junior Mamaroneck, N.Y. Diving One-Meter Three-Meter Platform Nebraska (Sophomore): Recorded her season-best scores against Minnesota in the one-meter (236.85) and three-meter (227.18), where she finished sixth and fifth, respectively... Her season-best platform score was at the Minnesota Invite... Recorded a fourth place finish, which marked her season-best finishes in one-meter competition, against Miami, Nebraska and Arkansas... Finished fourth, her top finish in the three-meter competition, against SMS, Houston and (Freshman): Finished in fourth place against Arkansas and fifth place against Iowa State in one-meter diving action... Earned her best onemeter and three-meter point totals in the double-dual against Colorado State and Minnesota with points and points, respectively... At the Big 12 Championships, scored points in the platform diving competition. High School (Mamaroneck): Senior captain and three time MVP for Mamaroneck High... Broke the MHS pool record for six different dives... Finished 17th at state her senior season... Team finished seventh at state her final year, and was the state Section 1 champions her junior and senior years... An NISCA All-American in 2000 and Earned all-league and state honors every year... Received a silver medal at the 2001 New York Empire State Games... Finished first in three-meter and fourth in one-meter diving at the Down Under Games in Sydney, Australia... Received a National Merit Scholar Commendation... Four-time recipient of the scholarathlete award. Personal: Born October 6, 1984, in Manhattan, N.Y... Parents are Floss and John Topol... Art History major. 9

10 KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Swimmers & Divers Lindsey Urbatchka Junior Sheridan, Wyo. Backstroke, Butterfly 100 Fly Back Back : (Sophomore): Finished 13th in the 100 butterfly with a season-best time of at the Big 12 Championships... Recorded her top times in the 100 (58.68) and 200 (2:07.01) backstroke at the Big 12 Championships... Won the 100 fly race versus SMS... Finished in second against Houston and third against Missouri, Texas A&M and Nebraska... Recorded her highest finish in the 100 back against Missouri where she finished third... Was a member of the 100 medley, 300 back, 400 medley and 150 butterfly relay teams... Also competed in the 200 fly, 100 free and 50 free races... Named First Team Academic All-Big (Freshman): Competed in three events at the Big 12 Championships, placing 14th in the 100 fly (57.74) and 16th in the 100 back (59.76)... Held the third-fastest season time in the 100 fly (57.23), the fourth-fastest in the 100 back (57.95) and the fifth-best time in the 50 free (24.72)... Won twice in the 100 fly against Nebraska and Louisville in the double-dual and at the Arkansas Invitational... Took third against Texas A&M and Arkansas and fourth versus Missouri, all in the 100 fly... Also earned a fourth-place finish against Arkansas in the 100 back and placed fifth versus Iowa State in the 200 back. High School (Sheridan): Two-time All-American... Set 10 school records and six relay records at Sheridan High School... Helped her team to a conference championship in Was a four-time MVP and all-state member... Earned Who s Who Among America s High School Athletes four times... Lettered in swimming four years... Academic All-American and Summit Award recipient. Personal: Born September 28, 1983, in Sheridan, Wyo... Parents are Rich and Kathy Urbatchka... Pharmacy major. Hannah Bakke Sophomore Little Rock, Ark. Breaststroke 100 Breast : Breast : (Freshman): Had the top KU time in the 100 breaststroke, recording a fourth place finish at the Big 12 Championships in 1: Finished eighth at the Big 12 Championships in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2: Was a member of two KU record-holding relay teams, the 200 medley relay that finished in third at the Big 12 Championships and the 400 medley relay that finished first at the Minnesota Invite... Won the 100 breaststroke in four duals against Northern Iowa and Iowa, SMS, Missouri and Houston... Finished in second in four other duals... Finished as high as third in the 200 breaststroke in three duals against Northern Iowa and Iowa, Nebraska and Arkansas. High School (Little Rock Christian Academy): Was a four-time state champion in the 100 breast... Finished second at state in the 100 butterfly in 2002 and State record holder in the 100 and 200 breaststroke... District champion in 100 breaststroke from Arkansas Swimmer of the Year in 1999 and All-American in the 100 breaststroke in Junior National Champion in the 100 breaststroke in Qualified for the Olympic Trials in National Honor Society member. Personal: Born December 1, 1984, in San Antonio, Texas... Parents are Chris and Sandy Bakke... Her father was a member of the golf team at Temple Junior College and her brother was the captain of the golf team at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock... Undecided major. 10

11 Kristi Hansen Sophomore Shawnee, Kan. Freestyle Swimmers & Divers KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING 50 Free Free (Freshman): Against Miami, finished seventh in the 50 free with a time of and seventh in the 100 free with a time of Set season-best times in the 50 (25.81) and 100 (56.00) freestyle races finishing seventh and eighth, respectively, against Minnesota... Was a member of the 400 free relay team that finished sixth at the Big 12 relays. High School (Shawnee Mission Northwest): High School All-American from Named to the Kansas all-state team three straight years... Kansas City All-Metro Swimmer from Earned the highest points for her team during Selected to the Missouri Valley All- American team from Missouri Valley Top 8 Swimmer all four years... Lawrence Aquahawk Top 5 swimmer her senior season... Team won the 2000 Sunflower League Championship... Set 10 swimming records over the course of four years. Personal: Born September 11, 1984, in Hampton, Va... Parents are Paul and Joyce Hansen... Mother was on the rowing team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln... Community Health major. Emily Knopp Sophomore Wichita, Kan. Butterfly 100 Fly : Fly : (Freshman): Finished 22nd in the 200 fly at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 2: Best finish in the 200 fly was third against Houston... Competed in the 100 butterfly with her best finish, fourth, coming against Northern Iowa and Iowa. High School (Southeast): Team won three city league championships in 2000, 2001 and Won the city league championship from in the 100 fly... Team captain of the swimming and cross country teams in Voted Most Inspirational by the swim team in Eight-time letterwinner, four each in swimming and cross country. Personal: Born September 21, 1985, in Wichita, Kan... Parents are Ted and Nancy Knopp... Father, Ted, and cousin, Andy, both attended Kansas... Exercise science major. Shelby Noonan Sophomore Edmond, Okla. Diving One-Meter Three-Meter Platform (Freshman): Was the only Jayhawk diver to compete at NCAA Zone Diving Championships, and finished twelfth in both the one and three-meter competitions with scores of and , respectively... Set her season high marks in the one and three-meter dives against Minnesota with scores of and , respectively... Finished first in the one-meter competition against Missouri... Won the three-meter competition in duals against SMS and Iowa State... Collected her best score in the platform competition at the Minnesota Invite with a score of High School (Edmond Santa Fe): Won state all four years in high school... Holds all of Edmond Santa Fe s diving records... Holds all Mid-State Conference records... Three-time USD Region 8 Champion... Four-time USD Zone qualifier... Four-time USD junior national qualifier... All-State selection in Four-time letterwinner in diving... Was the team s Most Valuable Diver all four years... All-American in Only female in Oklahoma to win state all four years... Student Council president... Mrs. Santa Fe High School in Voted Who s Who Among American Sports. Personal: Born September 11, 1984, in Colorado... Mother is Cierra Cathcart... Early Childhood Education major. 11

12 KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Swimmers & Divers Lia Pogioli Sophomore Peoria, Ill. Freestyle 500 Free : Free : Free : (Freshman): Swam the 500 free at the Big 12 Championships, finishing 24th with a season-best time of 5: Finished the 1650 free at the Big 12 Championships in a season-best time of 17:39.61 good for 15th place... Competed in the 1000 free in eight duals, with her best finish coming at the Houston and Miami duals, where she finished third... Was a member of the 300 fly relay team that finished sixth at the Big 12 Relays. High School (Woodruff): Broke eight varsity records... Eight-time conference and sectional champion... Eight-time state qualifier... All-American in the 500 free... Woodruff Athlete of the Year Babe Ruth award Two-time Peoria Area Swimmer of the Year Four-time letterwinner in swimming... Member of National Honor Society her junior and senior years... Sterling Merit Scholar... Earned the Scholastic Achievement Award. Personal: Born June 27, 1985 in Peoria, Ill... Parents are Tim and Janet Pogioli... Brother, Giordan, is a member of the swim team at Purdue... Education major. Jenny Roberts RS Freshman Chesterfield, Mo. Diving One-Meter RS Three-Meter RS Platform RS (Freshman): Redshirted. High School (Marquette): Won the Southwest Conference diving championship in All-American diver in Finished eighth in diving at the Missouri state meet in Her team won conference championships from All-State diving in and Sixth in diving at the 2001 Missouri state meet... Nationals qualifier in Her team won the 2000 Missouri state championship... Marquette Excellence Award... Member of the cheerleading team that finished second in regionals and fourth at state in Cheerleading captain for three years... Earned seven letters in diving and cheerleading... Graduated 12th out of 436 in her class... Member of the honor roll all four years... National Language Scholar... Listed in Who s Who among high school students. Personal: Born June 8, 1985, in Grand Junction, Colo... Parents are Wayne and Judy Roberts... Exercise Science and Pre-Med major. Jenny Short Sophomore Olathe, Kan. Backstroke 100 Back Back : (Freshman): Finished 14th in the 100 and 11th in the 200 backstroke events at the Big 12 Championships... Set season-best times in both races with a time of in the 100 and 2:03.87 in the Finished as high as third in the 100 backstroke in a dual against SMS and third in the 200 backstroke in duals against Houston and Texas A&M... Was also a member of the 150 backstroke relay team. High School (Olathe North): Broke the school record in the 50 free and the 100 back... An all-league swim team selection from All-state swim team in Was a member of the varsity swimming team for four years and the varsity volleyball team for three years... Selected to the all-league volleyball team in Personal: Born November 2, 1984, in Denver, Colo... Parents are Ryan and Susan Short...Biology major. 12

13 Lisa Tilson Sophomore Mercer Island, Wash. Breaststroke Swimmers & Divers KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING 100 Breast : IM : (Freshman): Recorded career best times in the 100 breast (1:11.84) and 200 individual medley (2:24.05) during the season... Was sidelined during most of the season with mononucleosis. High School (Mercer Island): Finished second at state in the 200 medley relay in Eighth place at state in the 100 breast Placed fifth at state in the 100 breast in Member of the district championship team in Her team finished second at the Washington state competition in and third in Her team won the conference championship from Was the first recipient of the Brett Storie Scholarship in Captain of the swimming team during the season. Personal: Born July 1, 1985 in Seattle, Wash... Parents are Dale and Joan Tilson... Uncle, Wayne, and aunt, Lori, attended Kansas... English and Journalism major. Tricia Tindall Sophomore Morristown, Tenn. Butterfly, Freestyle 200 Fly : Free : Free : Free : (Freshman): Finished 16th in the 1650 freestyle at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 17: Competed eight times in the 500 freestyle in duals during the season... Her top finish in the 500 freestyle was second place against Houston... Finished second in the 200 freestyle against Houston... Was a member of the 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams as well as the 300 butterfly and 800 medley relay teams at the Big 12 Relays. High School (Morristown West): Eight-time state finalist... Broke eight high school records... Selected as MVP and team captain from Northeast Region Swimmer of the Year in Junior National Qualifier in Southern Zone Southeastern team member in Southern Zone champion Four-year honor roll recipient. Personal: Born June 6, 1985, in Knoxville, Tenn... Parents are Katy Tindall and the late Dr. Ray Tindall... Father, Ray, ran track and cross country at Emory University... Sister, Allyson, swam at DePauw University... Business Administration major. Kristin Tirabassi Sophomore Derby, Kan. Backstroke, Butterfly 100 Fly Fly : (Freshman): Competed in the 100 fly and finished fourth with a season-best time of 1:00.99 against SMS... Finished 13th at the Minnesota Invitational in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2: Collected a pair of seventh-place finishes against Minnesota in the 100 and 200 butterfly events. High School (Derby): Holds school records in the 100 fly, the 200 IM and 200 medley relay... Team won Ark Valley league and district championships from Finished in the top five percent of her graduating class... Member of student council... Lettered in swimming all four years... Kansas Honor Scholar. Personal: Born January 9, 1985, in Colorado Springs, Colo... Parents are George and Caroline Tirabassi... Math Education major. 13

14 KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Swimmers & Divers Lauren Bonfe Freshman Canisteo, N.Y. Backstroke, Butterfly Anne Liggett Freshman Portland, Ore. Freestyle High School (Alfred-Almond): Is the current New York State Section 5 record holder in the 100 butterfly medley relay high school champions... Eight-time Empire State medalist in the 50 Butterfly... Won sectionals in 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke... Second at New York State meet... U.S. Open qualifier... MVP of Alfred-Almond High School swim team from Knights of Columbus MVP in High School section meet MVP in All-American in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke in Member of National Honor Society and a scholar-athlete. Personal: Born October 28, 1985 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla... Parents are Sam and Beth Bonfe... Communications major. Bryn Conley Freshman Overland Park, Kan. Diving High School (Blue Valley North): 2004 MoKan Diving Champion EKL Diving Champion... Placed second in diving at 2004 Kansas High School state championships... Was a member of the top-six divers in the state of Kansas and an All-American from Member of 2002 and 2003 second place and 2001 and 2004 third place state teams. High School (Westview): Oregon state champion in 50 freestyle in Placed in the top-16 at nationals in the 100 freestyle... Westview High School record holder in 50, 100, 200 and 500 freestyle, 100 and 200 butterfly and 400 individual medley... Competed in the 100 freestyle at the 2003 summer nationals... Competed in the relays at the summer nationals... Member of 2001 Oregon state runner-up team... High school valedictorian. Personal: Born July 5, 1986, in Memphis, Tenn... Parents are Mary and Jim Liggett... Both parents attended Kansas... Undecided major. Nikki Maples Freshman St. Charles, Ill. Breaststroke, IM High School (St. Charles North): 2000, Swimming All-American breaststroke and 200 individual medley record holder... Sectional and conference champion in the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM... Member of three-time sectional champion team. Personal: Born August 5, Parents are Drake and Patience Maples... Nursing major. 14 Personal: Born December 12, 1985, in Appleton, Wis... Parents are John and Deidre Conley... Brother, Matthew, attended Kansas... Undecided major. Lindsay Herre Freshman Overland Park, Kan. Freestyle High School (Saint Thomas Aquinas): Won the 200 and 500 freestyle state championship in Saint Thomas Aquinas record holder in the 50, 100, 200 and 500 freestyle and 200 individual medley Kansas Swimmer of the Year and All-Metro First Team. Personal: Born October 8, 1985, in Overland Park, Kan... Parents are Chris and Marcia Herre... Parents, two uncles, Scott and Craig, and one aunt, Joanne, all attended Kansas... Graphic design major. Beth Roach Freshman Omaha, Neb. Freestyle High School (Omaha Marian): 2003 Nebraska State Swimmer of the Year... Won the 100 and 200 freestyle Nebraska state championships in team captain... Six-time NICA All-American... Member of Nebraska state record-holding 200 freestyle relay team... From she was a member of the Nebraska state championship team, Metro Champions and undefeated in dual meets from Personal: Born March 30, 1986, in Omaha, Neb... Parents are Michael Roach and Donna Roach... Human biology major.

15 Allie Rubino Freshman Naperville, Ill. Backstroke, IM Swimmers & Divers / Support Staff KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Gary Kempf Assistant Athletics Director 25th Year University of Kansas 76 High School (Rosary): Was an All-American and All-State swimmer at Rosary High School from Best individual finish at the Illinois state competition was eighth in the 100 backstroke in Also a member of the state champion medley relay team in Member of swim team that finished as the state runner-up in 2001 and 2004, third place in 2002 and fourth place in Was a member of National Honor Society. Personal: Born February 6, 1986, in Oak Lawn, Ill... Parents are Judy and Tony Rubino... Twin brother, Anthony, is a freshman swimmer at Florida Atlantic University... Human biology major. Terri Schramka Freshman Madison, Wis. Backstroke, Freestyle High School (Edgewood): Named an All- American and an All-State swimmer from Named most valuable swimmer of her high school team from WIAA Division II Swimmer of the Year... Club team, Badger Aquatics Club, won the USS State Championship in Member of Edgewood High swim team that won the section championships in and the conference championship in Named WISCA Academic All-State... Received the Wisconsin Science Congress award and a Community Sevice Award... Member of National Honor Society and the Honor Roll. Personal: Born July 17, 1986, in Madison, Wis... Parents are E.G. and Barb Schramka... Father played soccer at St. Norberts College and grandfather, Eugene, played basketball at Marquette University... Accounting major. Sierra Slavin Freshman Shawnee, Kan. Butterfly, IM High School (Shawneed Mission Northwest): Named the 2004 Shawnee Mission Northwest Athlete of the Year Swimmer of the Year at Shawnee Mission Northwest individual medley school record holder... Member of the 4.0 honor roll and National Honor Society. Personal: Born March 29, 1986, in Shawnee, Kan... Parents are Richard and Ida Beth Slavin... Sister, Starr, attended the University of Kansas... Exercise science and nursing major. Gary Kempf was head coach of the KU women s program for 24 seasons, compiling a dual meet record of and winning 13 Big Eight titles. Kempf was the 13th coach inducted into the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame. The legendary coach was the Big Eight Conference Coach of the Year five times and was named the 1983 NCAA Women s Coach of the Year for his squad s seventh-place finish at the NCAA meet. He was also selected as the 1999 Big 12 Coach of the Year for his team s third place finish. During the Kempf era, the Jayhawks finished in the top 25 at the NCAA Championships 10 times. Currently, Kempf is Assistant Athletics Director for Traditions. In his role, Kempf continues to work with KU coaches in a counseling and mentoring role, but also works extensively with the K-Club, KU Hall of Fame and the Williams Educational Fund. Kempf graduated from KU in 1976 with a degree in biology and then assumed the reigns of the women s swimming team later that year. In his first year as head coach, he recorded a 2-1 dual meet record and led the Jayhawks to a Big Eight Championship and a first-place finish at the Region VI Championships. The Bartlesville, Okla., native began his association with Kansas swimming as a freshman in He won eight individual Big Eight titles while leading the Jayhawks to four conference crowns. In 1973, he was named the Big Eight Conference Swimmer of the Year. 15

16 KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Coaches Clark Campbell Swimming Head Coach Third Year Kansas 93 Third-year head coach Clark Campbell hopes to build from last season s successes. Campbell finished his second year at Kansas with a 9-3 record in dual meets, the best record since the season. His team also finished third in the Big 12, one place better than the prior year. The Jayhawks had a record-breaking season, posting seven times that broke school records including five relays and the 100 and 200 backstroke. The swimmers also had nine other entries into KU s top-five record books. Under Campbell, Amy Gruber earned a spot on the All-Big 12 First Team. Campbell s team not only performed well in the pool, but also in the classroom. The swimming and diving team, which posted an impressive 3.39 overall grade-point average, led all sports at KU and also marked the highest GPA ever recorded by the KU swimmers and divers. The team was selected as an Academic All-American team by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). The team s GPA was the highest among all Big 12 swimming and diving teams and the eighth-best among all public universities. The team had four Honorable Mention Academic All-Americans, 10 First Team Academic All-Big 12 selections and two second-teamers. Campbell, the 2000 Missouri Valley Conference Men s and Women s Swimming Coach of the Year, led several athletes to success at the national level and helped the Evansville program reach new heights. Impressively, Evansville established school records in all 19 men s and 19 women s events while Campbell was at the helm of the program in Those top marks included 12 Missouri Valley Conference records. During his four-year tenure at Evansville, his squads were named Academic All-America by the CSCAA all eight semesters. Prior to his appointment at Evansville, Campbell served as Clark, Cierra, Canaan, Cassie and Claire Campbell 16 an assistant men s coach at the University of Minnesota from During his time in Minneapolis, the Golden Gophers captured Big Ten Conference titles in 1996 and 1998 while earning top 15 finishes all three years at the NCAA Championships. Campbell served as the head coach of the men s and women s programs at West Virginia Wesleyan from and directed that school into a top 10 NAIA program in just two years. He was named the NAIA Swimming Coach of the Year in Campbell competed as a professional triathlete for seven years before his coaching career began. After turning professional at the age of 19, he became one of the most consistent top- 10 finishers on the pro circuit. During his career, Campbell was self-coached. He was the 1986 National Long Course Champion and the 1990 runner-up at the United States Triathlon Series National Championship. Campbell received a bachelor CAMPBELL S FILE RECORD AT KANSAS 16-9, third season RECORD OVERALL 86-54, eight seasons (both men s and women s teams) BIRTHDATE May 3,1966 BIRTHPLACE Grand Rapids, Mich. HIRED AT KANSAS August 1, 2002 WIFE Married to the former Cassie Calender CHILDREN Canaan, Cierra, Claire EDUCATION Bachelor s Degree, University of Kansas, Major: Exercise Science. Master s Degree, West Virginia University, Major: Physical Education/Athletic Coaching. SWIMMING EXPERIENCE 1984 Kansas PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Pro Triathlete, National long Course Champion 1990 Coca-Cola Grand Prix Sixth Place 1990 U.S. Triathlon Series National Championship runner-up COACHING EXPERIENCE Kansas, Assistant Coach West Virginia Wesleyan College, Men s and Women s Head Coach University of Minnesota, Men s Assistant Coach University of Evansville, Men s and Women s Head Coach 2002-PresentUniversity of Kansas Head Coach of science degree from Kansas in 1993, and a master of science degree in physical education/coaching from West Virginia University in Campbell and his wife Cassie have three children, Canaan (8), Cierra (7) and Claire (4).

17 Eric Elliott Diving Head Coach First Season West Chester Coaches / Support Staff KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Diving coach Eric Elliott enters his first year at the University of Kansas with plenty of collegiate diving coaching experience on his resume. He joins the Jayhawks after one year as the head diving coach at the University of Louisiana-Monroe. Prior to coaching at Louisiana-Monroe, he was a volunteer assistant coach with the University of Georgia diving team, and started an age-group program with Dan Laak in 1995 in Athens, Ga. In eight years with the diving program, he coached divers that reached the Junior National finals and who represented the Junior U.S. Diving team in international competitions. Elliott began his coaching career at Upper Marion High School in Pennsylvania before being named the head diving coach at Old Dominion University from and Virginia Tech from A native of Alexandria, Va., Elliott was an accomplished diver himself. He earned high school All-American diving honors at Mount Vernon High School and NCAA Division II All-American honors at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. He graduated from West Chester with a secondary education degree with an emphasis in history in Elliott is married to Kirsteen Bennington and they have a son, Liam (2), and daughter, Doran (7 months). Jen Fox Assistant Coach Second Season Kansas 01 Second-year assistant coach Jen Fox is familiar with the Kansas swimming and diving program. She was recruited by former head coach and current Assistant Athletic Director Gary Kempf to swim for KU. As a swimmer at Kansas from , Fox competed in both the backstroke and the freestyle events. She was a seven-time scorer at the Big 12 Championships. Fox was a student assistant under former KU head coach Cathy Burgess during the season. She graduated from KU in 2001 with a general studies degree in communications. After graduation, the Mansfield, Ohio, native, joined the full-time staff of Athletes in Action. Athletes in Action is a Christian-based sports group that helps student-athletes throughout the country. AIA sent her to the University of Virginia where she became a volunteer assistant under head coach Mark Bernardino and worked with the men s and women s swimming teams. Both of the teams finished in the top 10 in the NCAA. We are really excited about having a former Jayhawk swimmer on staff, said head coach Clark Campbell. Jen was an accomplished athlete and she is a great coach. Her experience at the University of Virginia is a huge help to our team. Laura Jacobsen Academic Advisor Dennis Coonan Athletic Trainer Kristen Johnson Student Assistant Charlie Goodman Student Assistant George Lottes Aquatics Director Clay Meyer Media Relations Contact Whitney Rodden Strength Coach Mary Bergamino Office Assistant Ron Aulet Equipment Manager David Pfeuffer Massage Therapist 17

18 18 KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING In-Review The swimming and diving season was one for the record books. Kansas won nine dual meets, the most since and finished third at the Big 12 Championships. In his second season as head coach, Clark Campbell and the Jayhawks showed signs that Kansas swimming was on its way back to dominance in the Big 12 Conference. The Jayhawks started off their season finishing in sixth place at the Big 12 Relays in Ames, Iowa. The Jayhawks earned 37 total points on the day, only one-half point behind fifth-place finisher Nebraska. Kansas followed up the Big 12 Relays with two big wins in Iowa City. The Jayhawks defeated the University of Iowa, , and Northern Iowa, KU had eight first-place finishes in the day, including junior Becca Zarazan in the 100 and 200 butterfly. Junior Amy Gruber won the 100 and 200 freestyle events. Senior Maegan Himes, 400 individual medley, junior Miranda Isaac, 200 breast and freshman Hannah Bakke, 100 breast, finished first in their respective events. Kansas suffered its first loss of the season against Border Showdown rival Missouri by six points, The Jayhawks recorded nine first-place finishes on the day. Gruber led the Jayhawks with four first place finishes. The Bigelow, Ark., native won the 50 and 100 freestyle races and was also on the winning 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams. The Jayhawks then defeated Southwest Missouri State, Kansas brought home 13 first-place finishes in the meet. Junior Jackie Krueger and sophomore Gina Gnatzig led the Jayhawks with victories in the 1000 free and the 500 free, respectively. Junior Aly Colver won the 200 free. KU took home a first place finish at the Minnesota Invitational, Nov Kansas finished ahead of No. 10 Wisconsin and No. 25 Minnesota. Senior Whitney Sondall won the 100 and 200 backstroke events. Gruber finished first in the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly. Kansas also collected wins in the 400 freestyle relay and the 200 medley relay. During the the first day of the meet Kansas set a school record in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3: The relay team featured Sondall, Bakke, Zarazan and Gruber. The Jayhawks defeated Houston, , at Houston, Texas. Kansas had nine first-place finishes at the meet which included four from Gruber and three from senior Ashley Dower. In only its second loss of the season, KU fell to Texas A&M, , in College Station, Texas. The Jayhawks did not win an event at the meet, but had strong performances from Dower and Sondall. Kansas then traveled to Florida and defeated the University of Miami. KU took home 10 first-place finishes, led by Colver who registered wins in the 100 and 200 freestyle events. Six other Jayhawks brought home individual victories including Dower in the 50 freestyle, senior Kristen Johnson in the 200 individual medley, Gruber in the 100 butterfly, Sondall in the 100 backstroke, Gnatzig in the 500 freestyle and Isaac in the 100 breaststroke. KU recorded its first Big 12 win by defeating the University of Nebraska, Kansas won 11 events in the seventh dual meet victory of the year for the Jayhawks, which matched their season total from the previous year. The Jayhawks' victory was sparked by Sondall and Isaac, who each had two individual wins. Sondall swept the 100 and 200 backstroke events. Isaac took home victories in both the In-Review Swimming and Diving Seniors and 200 breaststroke. Kansas followed with its second straight Big 12 win, defeating Iowa State, KU had eight first-place finishes in its eighth win of the season. Gruber won both the 50 and the 100 freestyle races. Colver finished first in the 200 and second in the 100 freestyle, just two-tenths of a second behind Gruber. In diving competition, Noonan brought home first-place in the three-meter competition, which marked the first diving win of the season in Big 12 competition for the Jayhawks. KU then fell to No. 24 Minnesota, The Jayhawks' day was highlighted by Noonan, whose score of in the three-meter diving competition qualified her to compete in the Zone D Diving Championships. The 'Hawks finished off regular season action and celebrated Senior Day with a win over the Arkansas Razorbacks, Gruber won the 50 and 100 freestyle events and the 100 butterfly. Isaac placed first in the 100 and 200 breaststroke. Kansas wrapped up the season with a third place finish at the Big 12 Championships in Austin, Texas. The Jayhawks total score of 503 was 83 points higher than fourth-place Nebraska. It was the highest finish for the team since the 1999 Big 12 Championships. School records fell as Gnatzig finished the 200 backstroke in fourth place with a time of 1:59.80, which broke her previous school record by nearly one second. The 400 freestyle relay team consisting of Gruber, Dower, Bolin and Gnatzig placed third with a time of 3:22.39, which broke the previous school record that was set in 1995 at the Big Eight Championships. The team's season ended after the Big 12 Championships, but two members went on to compete individually. Diver Shelby Noonan competed in the Zone D Diving Championships in Houston. Noonan finished 12th in the one-meter and three-meter competitions with scores of and , respectively. Amy Gruber participated in the 2004 NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas. She competed in three events finishing 34th in the 50 free (25.76), 24th in the 100 butterfly, setting a new personal best time of 1:01.09, and 26th in the 100 freestyle (55.83). The Bigelow, Ark., native finished an outstanding season by being named to the All-Big 12 First Team. At the annual postseason banquet, awards were handed out to the top swimmers. The Tammy Thomas MVP award was shared by Sondall and Gruber. The recipient of the Karen Dionne award was Dower. The academic award was given to Colver, and senior Kim Bolin received the Newcomer of the Year award. The team also excelled in the classroom, earning a combined team GPA of The team s GPA was the highest among all Big 12 swimming and diving teams and eighth-best among all public universities. It was also the best of any sport at KU during the academic year and the highest GPA ever recorded by KU swimmers and divers. Four swimmers -- Aly Colver, Kim Bolin, Miranda Isaac and Jackie Krueger -- were named CSCAA Honorable Mention Academic All-Americans. Ten members of the swimming and diving team were named Academic All-Big 12 First Team and two were named to the Second Team.

19 Kansas All-Time Top Performances KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Kansas All-Time Top Performances Tammy Thomas Whitney Sondall Gina Gnatzig Carolyn Grevers Jenny Wagstaff Michelle Rojohn 50 Free 200 Backstroke 400 Individual Medley Tammy Thomas, USS Nationals : Gina Gnatzig, Big 12 at Austin : Kristin Nilsen, Speedo Cup Amy Gruber, Nike Cup at Chapel Hill Kim Bolin, Big 12 at Austin Carrie Kirkham, Big 12 at Austin Rebecca Andrew, Big Eight at Okla. City : Whitney Sondall, Big 12 at Austin : Rebecca Eustice, Big 12 at College Station : Katie Chapeau, Big Eight at Okla. City : Kristen Carlson, Big Eight at Okla. City : Krista Cordsen, Big Eight at Okla. City : Gwen Haley, Dual at Texas A&M : Marcie Herrold, NCAA at Tuscaloosa : Kelly Redden-Reynolds, Longhorn Invitational Freestyle Tammy Thomas, NCAA at Lincoln Amy Gruber, NCAA at College Station Rebecca Andrew, Big Eight at Okla. City Ronda Lusty, Big Eight at Okla. City Carolyn Grevers, Big 12 at Austin Breaststroke 1: Carolyn Grevers, Big 12 at College Station : Kristen Johnson, Big 12 at College Station : Quincy Adams, Nike Cup Invitational : Hannah Bakke, Big 12 at Austin : Krista Cordsen, Big Eight at Okla. City Freestyle Relay 1: (Gruber, Dower, Bolin, Sondall) Big 12 at Austin Freestyle Relay 3: (Gruber, Dower, Bolin, Gnatzig) Big 12 at Austin Freestyle 1: Jennifer Peltier, Big Eight at Okla. City : Amy Gruber, NCAA at Auburn : Jenny Wagstaff, USS Nationals : Janet Lindstrom, AIAW at Pittsburgh : Tammy Thomas, USS Nationals Freestyle 200 Breaststroke 2: Kristin Nilsen, Big 12 at Austin, Texas : Kelly Williams, Speedo Cup : Jennifer Peltier, Big Eight at Okla. City : Kristen Johnson, Nike Cup at Chapel Hill : Miranda Isaac, Big 12 at Austin : Quincy Adams, Big 12 at Austin Freestyle Relay 7: (Gruber, Gnatzig, Colver, Krueger) Big 12 at Austin Medley Relay 1: (Sondall, Bakke, Gruber, Bolin) Big 12 at Austin Medley Relay 3: (Sondall, Bakke, Zarazan, Gruber) Big 12 at Austin : Emily Peters, Big Eight at Okla. City : Heather Switzer, Big Eight at Lincoln : Lyndsay DeVaney, Big 12 at College Station : Jennifer Peltier, Big Eight at Okla. City : Gina Gnatzig, Big 12 at Austin Freestyle 100 Butterfly Tammy Thomas, USS Nationals Amy Gruber, Big 12 at Austin Barb Pranger, NCAA at Austin Jenny Wagstaff, NCAA at Indianapolis Rebecca Andrew, UGA Invite at Athens Meter Diving Michelle Rojohn, Big Eight at Okla. City Kelley Kauzlarich, Big Eight at Lawrence Kerri Pribyl, Dual w/ Nebraska Amy Graham, Dual at Notre Dame : Frankie Hanson, NCAA at Minneapolis : Barbara Ann Smith, Big Eight at Lincoln : Lynsay DeVaney, Big 12 at College Station : Marcie Herrold, Big Eight at Lincoln : Jennifer Peltier, Big Eight at Okla. City Backstroke 200 Butterfly 1: Jenny Wagstaff, USS Nationals : Adrienne Turner, NCAA at Ann Arbor : Barb Pranger, Big Eight at Ames : Donna Christensen, Big Eight at Okla. City : Celine Cerny, Big Eight at Lawrence Meter Diving Michelle Rojohn, Big Eight at Okla. City Kelley Kauzlarich, Saluki Invitational Rebecca McFall, Iowa State Kerri Pribyl, Big 12 at College Station Amy Graham, Big Eight at Okla. City Whitney Sondall, Big 12 at Austin Katie Chapeau, NCAA at Minneapolis Nicole Paplham, Big 12 at College Station Amy Gruber, Minnesota Invite Rebecca Eustice, Big 12 at Austin Individual Medley 2: Krista Cordsen, Big Eight at Lincoln : Kristin Nilsen, Big 12 at Austin : Gwen Haley, Big 12 at College Station : Andee Greves, Big Eight at Okla. City Platform Diving Rebecca McFall, Big 12 at Austin Tammy Pace, Big 12 at Austin Deanna Beiswanger, Big 12 at Austin Kerri Pribyl, Big 12 at Austin : Jenny Wagstaff, Big Eight at Norman Bold indicates current swimmer or diver 19

20 KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Big 12 and Robinson Center All-Time Records Event (Yards) 50 Freestyle 100 Freestyle 200 Freestyle 500 Freestyle 1650 Freestyle 100 Backstroke 200 Backstroke 100 Breaststroke 200 Breaststroke 100 Butterfly 200 Butterfly 200 Ind. Medley 400 Ind. Medley 200 Free Relay 400 Free Relay 800 Free Relay 200 Medley Relay 400 Medley Relay 1-Meter Diving 3-Meter Diving Platform Diving 20 All-Time Records Kansas Robinson Center Big 12 Meet Big Tammy Thomas Tammy Thomas :48.88 Jennifer Peltier :50.58 Emily Peters :31.52 Frankie Hanson Whitney Sondall :59.80 Gina Gnatzig :03.31 Carolyn Grevers :15.37 Kristin Nilsen Tammy Thomas :59.78 Jenny Wagstaff :02.42 Krista Cordsen :19.70 Kristin Nilsen :32.40 (2004) Gruber, Dower, Bolin, Sondall 3:22.39 (2004) Gruber, Dower, Bolin, Gnatzig 7:20.10 (2004) Gruber, Gnatzig, Colver, Krueger 1:42.48 (2004) Sondall, Bakke, Gruber, Bolin 3:45.68 (2004) Sondall, Bakke, Zarazan, Gruber Michelle Rojohn Michelle Rojohn Rebecca McFall Tammy Thomas Kansas, Tammy Thomas Kansas, :49.74 Jenny Wagstaff Kansas,1981 4:52.71 Sandra Cam SMU, :38.72 Michelle Butcher Nebraska, Katie Chapeau Kansas, :03.84 Katie Chapeau Kansas, :04.71 Allison Lyle Iowa, :17.75 Kristin Nilsen Kansas, Melanie Wirtner Nebraska, :01.94 Wagstaff (KU, 83) Garcia (NU, 91) 2:04.48 Gitta Jensen SMU, :24.01 Gwen Haley Kansas, :33.83 Nebraska :25.76 Kansas :29.26 Nebraska :46.52 Kansas :50.10 Kansas Kelley Kauzlarich Kansas, Amy Aarsen Nebraska, 1991 n/a Colleen Lanne Texas, Colleen Lanne Texas, :44.93 Colleen Lanne Texas, 200 4:43.48 Shandra Johnson Nebraska, :04.54 Rachel Harris Texas, Sarah Wanezek Texas, :56.26 Rebecca Sturdy Texas A&M, :00.66 Elizabeth Tinnon Texas, :10.25 Julia Russell Nebraska, Sarah Wanezek Texas, :57.94 Rebecca Wolfe Nebraska, :58.10 Joscelin Yeo Texas, :13.92 Alisa Schuknecht Texas, :29.87 Texas :15.29 Texas :12.70 Nebraska :38.38 Texas :36.48 Texas Vera Ilyina Texas, Vera Ilyina Texas, Laura Wilkinson Texas, Colleen Lanne Texas, Colleen Lanne Texas, :44.93 Colleen Lanne Texas, :43.48 Shandra Johnson Nebraska, :04.54 Rachel Harris Texas, Sarah Wanezek Texas, :56.26 Rebecca Sturdy Texas A&M, :00.66 Elizabeth Tinnon Texas, :10.25 Julia Russell Nebraska, Sarah Wanezek Texas, :57.34 Joscelin Yeo Texas, :58.03 Jocelin Yeo Texas, :13.92 Alisa Schuknecht Texas, :28.89 Texas :14.52 Texas :10.89 Nebraska :38.38 Texas :36.48 Texas Vera Ilyina Texas, Vera Ilyina Texas, Laura Wilkinson Texas, 1997

21 1978 at Durham, N.C. McMorrow, Ingham, Sheehan, Bunker....13th, 200 Free Relay 1979 at Pittsburgh, Pa. Janet Lindstrom rd, 200 Freestyle Janet Lindstrom th, 100 Freestyle 1980 at Las Vegas, Nev. Tammy Thomas th, 50 Freestyle Thomas, McMurrow, Schaffer, Sheehan....10th, 200 Free Relay Schaffer, Fitzgerald, Thomas, McMorrow...10th, 200 Medley Relay Lindstrom, Schaffer, McMorrow, Thomas th, 400 Free Relay Schaffer, Fitzgerald, Thomas, Lindstrom....16th, 400 Medley Relay 1981 at Columbia, S.C. Jenny Wagstaff th, 100 Butterfly Jenny Wagstaff th, 200 Freestyle Jenny Wagstaff th, 100 Individual Medley Jenny Wagstaff th, 200 Individual Medley Schaffer, Fitzgerald, Wagstaff, Thomas....12th, 400 Medley Relay Schaffer, Fitzgerald, Thomas, McMorrow...16th, 200 Medley Relay Schaffer, McMorrow, Wagstaff, Thomas...16th, 200 Free Relay Kansas All-Americans Kansas All-Americans KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING 1986 at Fayetteville, Ark. Marcie Herrold th, 1650 Freestyle Marcie Herrold th, 400 Individual Medley Easton, Bunger, Duncan, Spry th, 200 Freestyle Relay Easton, Dickinson, Duncan, Spry....12th, 400 Freestyle Relay 1988 at Austin, Texas Barbara Ann Smith th, 400 Individual Medley 1989 at Indianapolis, Ind. Barb Pranger th, 100 Butterfly Barbara Ann Smith th, 400 Individual Medley Barbara Ann Smith th, 1650 Freestyle Fisher, Easton, Pranger, Spry th, 200 Medley Relay Fisher, Easton, Pranger, Spry th, 400 Medley Relay 1990 at Austin, Texas Barb Pranger th, 100 Butterfly Redden-Reynolds, Wilde, Pranger, Brainard14th, 200 Medley Relay 1991 at Indianapolis, Ind. Barb Pranger th, 100 Butterfly 1982 at Gainesville, Fla. Tammy Thomas rd, 50 Freestyle Tammy Thomas th, 100 Freestyle Jenny Wagstaff th, 100 Butterfly Cerny, Raney, Thomas, Wagstaff th, 200 Free Relay Burke, Raney, Schaffer, Wagstaff th, 800 Free Relay 1983 at Lincoln, Neb. Tammy Thomas st, 50 Freestyle Tammy Thomas st, 100 Freestyle Jenny Wagstaff th, 100 Butterfly Jenny Wagstaff th, 200 Individual Medley Jenny Wagstaff th, 200 Butterfly Tammy Pease th, 100 Individual Medley Cerny, Pease, Wagstaff, Thomas th, 400 Medley Relay Cerny, Pease, Raney, Thomas th, 200 Freestyle Relay Pease, Raney, Wagstaff, Thomas th, 400 Freestyle Relay Bowen, Pease, Schaffer, Thomas th, 200 Medley Relay 1984 at Indianapolis, Ind. Jenny Wagstaff th, 100 Butterfly Jenny Wagstaff th, 200 Backstroke Jenny Wagstaff th, 200 Individual Medley Tammy Pease th, 50 Freestyle Pease, Wagstaff, Duncan, Bowen th, 200 Freestyle Relay 1985 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tammy Pease th, 50 Freestyle Tammy Pease th, 100 Freestyle Marcie Herrold th, 400 Individual Medley Marcie Herrold th, 200 Individual Medley Celine Cerny th, 200 Backstroke Cerny, Pease, Duncan, Dionne th, 200 Medley Relay T. Pease, Dionne, Duncan, J. Pease...11th, 200 Freestyle Relay 1992 at Austin, Texas Barb Pranger th, 100 Butterfly Barb Pranger th, 200 Butterfly Cordsen, Lusty, Brainard, McRoberts th, 400 Free Relay Carlson, Cordsen, Pranger, Brainard...11th, 200 Medley Relay Cordsen, Brainard, Lusty, McRoberts th, 200 Free Relay Carlson, Cordsen, Pranger, McRoberts..15th, 400 Medley Relay 1993 at Minneapolis, Minn. Frankie Hanson th, 1650 Freestyle Katie Chapeau th, 100 Backstroke 1994 at Indianapolis, Ind. Andrew, Peltier, Peters, Cordsen th, 400 Freestyle Relay Peters, Andrew, Peltier, Cordsen th, 800 Freestyle Relay 1995 at Austin, Texas Jennifer Peltier th, 200 Freestyle Donna Christensen th, 100 Butterfly Michelle Rojohn th, Three-Meter Diving Lusty, Peltier, Christensen, Andrew...15th, 200 Freestyle Relay Lusty, Peltier, Christensen, Andrew...13th, 400 Freestyle Relay Davis, Christensen, Andrew, Nilsen...15th, 800 Freestyle Relay 1996 at Ann Arbor, Mich. Michelle Rojohn st, Three-Meter Diving Adrienne Turner th, 200 Butterfly Andrew, Peltier, Christensen, Nilsen.. 16th, 200 Freestyle Relay Peltier, Andrew, Nilsen, Turner th, 400 Freestyle Relay Peltier, Andrew, Christensen, Turner...16th, 80 Freestyle Relay 1998 at Minneapolis, Minn. Kristin Nilsen th, 200 Breaststroke 21

22 KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Lew Perkins Athletics Director Lew Perkins' first year as KU's director of athletics was marked by grand success - both on the field of play and in the classroom. Consider the following: 86 Jayhawk student-athletes earned academic All-Big 12 honors. Four student-athletes were named to academic All-America teams. 54 Jayhawk student-athletes were named to All-Big 12 teams. Six University of Kansas student-athletes earned All-America honors. 226 (55 percent) of KU's student-athletes were named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0 grade-point average or better) during the Spring of of those student-athletes earned perfect 4.0 GPA's. In addition, KU's student-athletes recorded their best academic performance in department history last spring, boasting a 2.98 overall GPA. Several teams achieved their highest GPA's ever, including swimming and diving (3.39), rowing (3.39) and soccer (3.28). On the playing field, the results were just as outstanding. Head coach Mark Mangino, in only his second season, guided his muchimproved football team to the 2003 Mazda Tangerine Bowl. New head coach Bill Self took over a men's basketball team that had lost two NBA lottery picks and produced an Elite Eight appearance in the 2004 NCAA tournament. The KU's women's soccer team advanced all the way to the 2003 NCAA tournament Sweet 16, and the women's volleyball team made its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance, beating perennial national power Long Beach State to reach the second round of the 2003 tournament. In addition, alumni and friends have made donations to the KU Williams Educational Fund at record levels. Those donations will assist in one of Perkins' primary goals - to ensure that student-athletes on all of KU's teams get the support they need to be competitive not only athletically in the Big 12 Conference and nationally, but also in the classroom. Success is nothing new to Lew 22 Kansas Athletics Administration Perkins. Prior to being named KU's athletics director in June 2003, he achieved unprecedented success as director of athletics at the University of Connecticut for 13 years. He was instrumental in guiding UConn athletics to impressive growth, both athletically and academically. During his tenure, UConn won six NCAA National Championships, including four in women's basketball, and one each in men's basketball and men's soccer. In his 13 years a total of 61 Husky squads earned NCAA Division I Tournament berths, and UConn claimed 64 Big East Conference regular season and tournament championships. In addition, Perkins worked tirelessly to upgrade UConn's football program to NCAA Division I-A status. He was instrumental in the State of Connecticut's decision to provide funding for the construction of a $90-million, 40,000-seat stadium, which opened in August of The Huskies began competing in the Big East Football Conference in 2004, making UConn the only school ever to leap from Division I-AA to a BCS Conference. Under Perkins' direction, UConn's athletic fund-raising reached the $10 million mark in each of his last four years there. The UConn Club reached new heights with more than 5,300 members, and Connecticut's expanding endowed scholarship program also continued to grow. Perkins was honored in 2000 as the inaugural winner of the National Athletic Director of the Year Award as selected by Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal, in conjunction with the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). Perkins serves on the NCAA Basketball Issues Committee, and recently completed terms on two other prestigious NCAA committees, the Championships & Competition Cabinet and the Bowl Certification Committee. In 2004 CBS Sportsline.com named him one of the 50 most influential people in college football. Perkins grew up in Massachusetts and was a highly recruited high-school basketball star. He played college basketball at the University of Iowa ( ) for Hall of Fame coach and KU graduate Ralph Miller. From 1969 to 1980, Perkins served as Director of Athletics at the University of South Carolina at Aiken, as that institution grew from a junior college to a fouryear institution. He also was head basketball coach at USC- Aiken from He received his master's degree in education in 1975 from the University of South Carolina. From , Perkins served as Associate Director of Athletics at the University of Pennsylvania. He then served as Director of Athletics at Wichita State University from and at the University of Maryland from He was inducted into his high school Hall of Fame in 1989, and was honored in his hometown of Chelsea, Mass. Perkins' wife, Gwen, earned both an undergraduate degree from Iowa and a master's degree in education from the University of South Carolina. She served in public education for the East Hartford (Conn.) School System. Lew and Gwen have two daughters -- Amy Macneill, a 1993 graduate of the University of Maryland (married to Brandon Macneill), and Holly Halligan, a 1996 graduate of the University of Connecticut (married to Tom Halligan). They are the proud grandparents of one granddaughter, Caroline Macneill, born in Pam Byrn Administrative Assistant Pam Byrn has worked at the University of Kansas for 32 years, 23 of those in the athletic department. She has three sons and three daughters-in-law, John and Shelly, Mike and Amy, and Bill and Michelle, in addition to six grandchildren. John and Mike played baseball at KU, while Bill played for Baker University. Shelly was a member of the 1992 KU softball World Series team. In 1981, Marian Washington hired Byrn as the secretary for women s basketball, volleyball, swimming and diving, softball, tennis and the non-revenue training room. During her 21 years, she has also worked for sports information, maintenance and the business office. Byrn, a 1981 graduate of the University of Kansas, returned to swimming and diving in the fall of Kelly Landry Mehrtens Associate Athletics Director - Senior Woman Administrator Kelly Landry Mehrtens, a former collegiate All- American and the Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator at the University of Illinois, is in her second year in the same capacity at the University of Kansas. At Illinois, Mehrtens oversaw all operations of men s and women s basketball, volleyball, men s and women s track and field, men s and women s golf, women s swimming and softball. She also administered game contracts and scheduling for men s basketball, coordinated postseason travel for men s and women s basketball and performed numerous other senior managementlevel duties. She also served four years as Assistant Athletic Director for Business/Senior Woman Administrator at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. At Miami, Mehrtens managed the athletic department s $20 million budget, and was responsible for financial planning and budgeting for all sports programs. Mehrtens has also served as Special Assistant to the Director at the Northeastern University Center for the Study of Sport in Society, and as Assistant Athletic Director for Business for the Northeastern University women s athletics department. She also spent two years as Executive Director of S.M.A.R.T. Sports, Inc., a community-wide partnership program to provide mentoring assistance for youth in Miami, Fla. A former collegiate track standout, Mehrtens earned a bachelor s degree in accounting from the University of Alabama in 1986, where she was an All- American in track and field. She was a member of the World University Games Team and the Pan American Team in 1987, and finished fourth in the United States Olympic Trials in Mehrtens later earned a master s degree in higher education from the University of Illinois in Mehrtens and her husband, Nicholas "Nick" Mehrtens, III, were married January 3, 2004.

23 Kansas Swimming & Diving Athletic Facilities KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING Anderson Family Strength and Conditioning Center Robinson Natatorium Robinson Natatorium headlines tradition-rich facilities that have helped lift Kansas to national swimming and diving prominence. Opened in 1966, Robinson Natatorium includes a six-lane, 25-yard pool and an eight-lane, 25-meter pool in addition to one-meter, three-meter and platform diving resources. In the infancy of the Kansas swimming and diving program, the Jayhawks used a pool at old Robinson Gymnasium for practice and competition. An expansion program lengthened the pool to 20 yards during the season, however it was still not large enough to accommodate a crowd without the splashing caused by the swimmers. This problem was solved in 1966 with the opening of a pool in the new Robinson Gymnasium. Measuring 25 yards by 25 yards, the six-lane pool included one-meter and three-meter boards. A 1980 expansion added an eight-lane, 25-meter pool for practice purposes. In 1985, the facility was upgraded to include two one-meter and two three-meter diving boards. During the season, a five-meter platform was added, made possible in part by donations from the program s alumni, parents and friends. We have lots of water to practice in, coach Clark Campbell said. We are able to train at the highest level. Kansas is one of the only few schools with a free standing 25M pool. Championship meets are beginning to use that type of pool, so it is a huge competitive advantage to train everyday in a championship situation. Robinson has twice hosted the Big Eight Conference Championships. In 1984, both the men s and women s conference meets were held in Lawrence, with the Jayhawk women capturing their tenth consecutive Big Eight title. Robinson also played host to conference rivals in 1991, as the women s championships came to KU. The Jayhawks also have access to another training facility in town at Lawrence Freestate High School s brand new 50-meter indoor pool. The Anderson Family Strenth and Conditioning Center opened in March The state-of-the-art facility features an array of free weights, exercise machines and workout areas throughout its 42,000 square feet of area. The center is the training facility for all University of Kansas athletic teams. The swimming and diving team uses the center extensively for its dry-land training. Many people do not realize how much dry-land training we do as a swimming and diving team, head coach Clark Campbell said. Being able to train in a facility such as the Anderson Center is one of the greatest privileges we have as a team here at the University of Kansas. 23

24 KANSAS SWIMMING & DIVING University of Kansas A Comprehensive Public University Opened in 1866, the University of Kansas is a comprehensive educational and research institution with 28,849 students and more than 2,200 faculty members. KU includes the main campus in Lawrence; the Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.; the Edwards Campus in Overland Park; a clinical campus of the School of Medicine in Wichita; and educational and research facilities throughout the state. Campuses Considered one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation, KU's main campus occupies 1,000 acres on and around Mount Oread in Lawrence, a community of 80,000 among the forested hills of eastern Kansas. The Medical Center occupies 50 acres in nearby metropolitan Kansas City. The Edwards Campus is situated on 38 acres in a suburban Kansas City corridor known for its high-tech manufacturers and laboratories. Colleges reports that KU "has a long and distinguished tradition as one of America's premier universities." Another popular college guidebook, The Fiske Guide to Colleges, for more than a decade has awarded KU a four-star rating for academics, social life and overall quality of university life. Research Research is an integral part of the university's educational activity. During fiscal year 2002, KU faculty secured $243 million in research funding. The ripple effect of that funding is estimated to contribute $900 million to the Kansas economy. KU is one of only 32 public universities to belong to the American Association of Universities, a select group of higher education institutions in the United States and Canada. Members are chosen on the basis of national significance in graduate studies and research. Degrees The largest of the Kansas Regents institutions, KU annually grants one-third of the bachelor's and master's degrees and two-thirds of the doctorates for Regents schools. Culture The Lawrence campus offers a rich cultural life. Lecturers, scholars, artists, concert musicians, actors and dancers perform at the university's beautiful Lied Center of Kansas, a 2,020-seat performing arts hall. Nearby is the 250-seat Bales Organ Recital Hall. With a 72-foot high ceiling and two-foot thick walls, the hall provides cathedral-like acoustics for its three-manual pipe organ, built by Hellmuth Wolff. The Colleges KU comprises 14 major academic divisions: the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School, and the schools of Allied Health, Architecture and Urban Design, Business, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Journalism and Mass Communications, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Social Welfare. Academic Achievement Historically, KU students have built an impressive record of scholastic achievement. Two of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies, Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi, chartered their first chapters west of the Mississippi at KU. A total of 24 KU students have won Rhodes Scholarships. In 2002, KU ranked third among public research universities in the percentage of students participating in study abroad programs. In , KU faculty won 11 Fulbright grants for international study -- the highest number awarded to faculty at any public or private university. What Others Say About KU The university enjoys a fine national reputation. U.S. News and World Report ranks KU among the top 50 public universities in the nation. The most recent edition of Peterson's Guide to Competitive 24 Academic All-Americans Kansas swimmers have always performed well both in the classroom and out, as 11 swimmers and divers have been named Academic All- Americans. Four swimmers from last year s team earned the honor. 1991: Barb Pranger 1992: Barb Pranger, Curtis Taylor 1994: Curtis Taylor 1995: Marc Hensel 1997: Adrienne Turner 1998: Roberto Iglesias 1999: Adrienne Turner 2003: Amy Gruber, Gwen Haley 2004: Kim Bolin, Aly Colver, Miranda Isaac and Jackie Krueger Spencer Museum of Art, with more than 17,000 works of art, has long been considered one of the top teaching museums in the nation. In the summer of 2003, KU s majestic Dole Institute of Politics opened. Among the treasures of this civic cathedral are state-of-theart exhibits, a World Trade Center memorial, the world s largest stained glass American flag and a memory wall honoring World War II veterans. Location and Campus Lawrence (population 80,098) is known for arts, alternative music, downtown shops, galleries and restaurants. The campus sits on 1,000 acres. KU has a national reputation for collections at the Spencer Museum of Art and its Natural History Museum. The Lied Center, KU s performing arts center, attracts both national and international acts. Student Life More than 400 clubs and organizations are run by KU students. Support services throughout campus help students succeed. Visit or for more information. Visit KU Check out the many visit options available by visiting calling , or ing visit@ku.edu.